Square Enix

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Notification of Changes in the Representative Director of the Company and a Consolidated Subsidiary The Board of Directors of SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (the "Company") announced today the following proposed changes regarding the position of Representative Director at the Company and a consolidated subsidiary. 1. Proposed Change in the Company's President and Representative Director (1) Reason for proposed change Under the rapid change of business environment surrounding the entertainment industry, the proposed change is intended to reshape the management team with the goal of adopting ever- evolving technological innovations and maximizing on the creativity of the Company's group in order to deliver even greater entertainment to its customers around the world. (2) Details of proposed change Name Takashi Kiryu Yosuke Matsuda Takashi Kiryu June 20, 1975 Jun. 2020 Apr. 2021 Jan. 2022 New Title President and Representative Director (3) Biography of New President and Representative Director Date of Birth Biography General Manager Corporate Planning Division, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. May. 2022 Jun. 2022 Previous Title Director President and Representative Director Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Officer, Corporate Strategy and Corporate Communications, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent) Executive Officer, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent) Chairman of the Board, SQUARE ENIX (China) CO., LTD. (the Group's operating company in China) (incumbent) Director, SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (incumbent) Director, SQUARE ENIX HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (incumbent) Shares owned 1,471 shares

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Square Enix^[1] is a major Japanese video game company merged by Square^[2] and Enix.^[3] They are highly known for the Final Fantasy series, Dragon Quest series, and Kingdom Hearts series.

History

Square was a Japanese video game company officially founded by Masafumi Miyamoto in September 1986. Originating as a subsidiary of power line company Den-Yu-Sha, which Miyamoto's father owned, they released their first game The Death Trap for the NEC PC-8801. In the following years, they would develop franchises and series such as Final Fantasy, the Chrono and Mana series of games, and Kingdom Hearts.

Enix Corporation was another Japanese video game company founded by Yasuhiro Fukushima on September 22nd, 1975. Rather than developing games, they acted as a publisher for other companies and developers, eventually becoming known for publishing the Dragon Quest series games along with acting as a Japanese distributor some American-developed games.

On April 1st, 2003, Square Enix was formed through the merger of the two companies