TARO HASHIMOTO

Hashimoto graduated in 1982 from the Faculty of Economics at Keio University. After a stint at Nomura Securities, he became a corporate investment chief at Softbank’s Financial Accounting Department in 1996. In 1997, he became a director of JSkyB, and executive managing director (CFO) of Japan Digital Broadcast Services (now JSAT K.K.) in 1998. From March of 2000 to present, he has served as President of Broadmedia.

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Broadmedia, the name of our company, collectively refers to our business operations. It is an abbreviation of broadband media, and is intended to express the meaning of broader media, the expansion of the conventional media framework.

Broadmedia Group operates in three domains. One is "Content" in a broad sense, including video distribution, broadcasting, studio and education, among other forms of content. The second domain is "Technology" in a broad sense, which involves distribution (CDN service), security measures and other technologies. The promotion of these two core domains constitutes the third domain.

The two core domains have a wide variety of multiple businesses, most of which had been undertaken through our subsidiaries. But in April 2020, our six wholly owned subsidiaries were merged into Broadmedia Corporation to integrate seven companies into one, removing as many barriers as possible between businesses and improving openness. Through the integration of the group, the governance and compliance functions of each subsidiary have been unified in both name and substance, and a structure has been created to pursue "One Broadmedia."

Subsequently, Broadmedia eSports Corporation and The Pocket Company were made consolidated subsidiaries, from April 2023, we now consists of six segments to promote its business: "Education," "Media Content," "Studio & Production," "Broadcast," "Technology," and "Others.”

We have recovered our performance after a difficult period and resumed dividend payments at the end of FY2021 for the first time in 9 fiscal years, and have continued to pay dividends since then.

Every business has its difficulties. We will overcome them and continue to grow. Our goal is not only to make a profit, but also to serve people and society.

We aim to grow with sustainable and ethical businesses.

June 2023