To: Our Shareholders

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to you for your continued support.

While society undergoes various forms of change including the shrinking workforce and intensifying environmental issues, technological innovation is accelerating, as symbolized by the emergence of generative AI. There is growing potential for IT to solve problems that have been unsolved up to now.

NS Solutions Corporation will take these changes as opportunities and leverage digital technology, which is our strength, to actively initiate engagement with society and open up new possibilities.

With our PURPOSE, "Dream our future, unleash the possibilities of society, with technology and passion," we will promote sustainability management based on our value creation process, whereby contributing to the realization of a sustainable society as a member of the global community.

The NSSOL group has promoted business activities in accordance with the Medium-term Business Strategy 2021-2025. In the 44th fiscal year, we achieved record highs as well in both revenue and operating profit, exceeding our initial forecasts thanks to strong IT demand. Growth investments were also implemented smoothly as planned.

Given that the current Medium-term Business Strategy is outpacing the plan, and the external environment and IT megatrends are changing dramatically, we have positioned the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, the 25th year of our establishment, as our second founding period and will launch new activities to prepare for the next stage. To lead the movement, we have formulated the "NSSOL 2030 Vision," which is what we aim for in 2030.

As the role of IT expands from solving the issues of individual companies and organizations to solving those of society as a whole and across industries, we aspire to grow out of our existing presence as a partner of individual companies and become a "producer" that envisions and realizes the future for society and businesses. We aim to achieve industry-leading business growth with the vision of becoming a "Social Value Producer with Digital" by 2030.

We ask for the continued understanding and support of our shareholders.

Yours truly,

Kazuhiko Tamaoki

Representative Director & President

NS Solutions Corporation

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This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail. The Company assumes no responsibility for this translation or for direct, indirect or any other forms of damages arising from the translation.

Securities code: 2327 May 31, 2024 (Date of commencement of electronic provision measures: May 27, 2024)

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:

Kazuhiko Tamaoki

Representative Director & President

NS Solutions Corporation

1-17, Toranomon 1-chome,Minato-ku,

Tokyo, Japan

NOTICE OF

THE 44TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

We hereby inform you that the 44th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of NS Solutions Corporation (the "Company") will be held as described below.

When convening this general meeting of shareholders, the Company has taken measures for providing information in electronic format (the "electronic provision measures") and has posted matters subject to the electronic provision measures as "Notice of the 44th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders" on the following Company website.

The Company website: https://www.nssol.nipponsteel.com/ir/shareholders.html

In addition to the website shown above, the Company also has posted the same information on the following websites on the internet.

The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) website: https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do?Show=Show

(To view the information, please access the TSE website shown above, enter the company name or securities code, click on "Search," and then select "Basic information" and "Documents for public inspection/PR information" in this order.

The Portal of Shareholders' Meeting (operated by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank): https://www.soukai-portal.net

(Please scan the QR code printed on the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form or enter your ID and initial password.)

  • Please note that the websites above may be temporarily inaccessible due to scheduled maintenance or other reasons.
    If you are unable to view the website, please access other websites or try again later.

If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you can exercise your voting rights in writing or via electromagnetic means. Please review the accompanying Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders and exercise your voting rights.

[When exercising voting rights in writing (Voting Rights Exercise Form)]

Please indicate your approval or disapproval of each Proposal on the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form and return it so that it can reach us no later than Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. If there is no indication of approval or disapproval of each Proposal in the space provided, it shall be deemed as an indication of approval.

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[When exercising voting rights via electromagnetic means (the internet, etc.)]

In accordance with "Guide to Exercising Your Voting Rights Via the Internet, etc." (page 6) below (in Japanese), please access The Portal of Shareholders' Meeting site via the smartphone or other devices (by logging in the site with the log-in QR code indicated on the Voting Rights Exercise Form), or otherwise access The Portal of Shareholders' Meeting site (https://www.soukai-portal.net) or the voting rights exercise website (https://www.web54.net) via the internet, and exercise your voting rights no later than Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 5:20 p.m. by entering your approval or disapproval, following the instructions on the screen.

[When a proxy exercises voting rights on your behalf]

Please have your proxy submit your Voting Rights Exercise Form and a form stating that you give power of attorney to your proxy. Only one shareholder entitled to exercise voting rights is qualified to be a proxy.

live-streaming of the General Meeting of Shareholders>

The Meeting will be live-streamedon the internet. For more details, please refer to "Guide to Live Online Streaming" on page 7 (in Japanese). Please note that you will not be able to exercise voting rights, ask questions, or make a motion while viewing the live-streamed meeting.

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1. Date and Time: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. Japan time (The reception will start at 9:00 am.)

2. Place:

Conference Room of the Company, 17F, Toranomon Hills Business Tower,

1-17, Toranomon 1-chome,Minato-ku, Tokyo

3. Meeting Agenda:

Matters to be reported: The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the

Company's 44th Fiscal Year (April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024), results of audits by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Committee of the Consolidated Financial Statements, and Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the Company's 44th Fiscal Year (April 1, 2023-March 31, 2024)

Proposals to be resolved:

Proposal: Election of Ten (10) Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)

(Notes)

  1. When attending the Meeting, please submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception desk.
  2. If you plan to exercise your voting rights diversely, please notify the Company to that effect and of the reason thereof in writing or via electromagnetic means no later than Thursday, June 13, 2024.
  3. If any amendments are made to matters subject to the electronic provision measures, such amendments will be posted on the respective websites where the matters are posted.
  4. The English versions of the notice of convocation and the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders are placed and provided on the Company website shown below:
    The Company website (https://www.nssol.nipponsteel.com/en/)
  5. Pursuant to laws and regulations and Article 15 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the following matters subject to the electronic provision measures are not included in the documents required to be sent to shareholders who make a request for delivery of documents.
    • Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements as part of Consolidated Financial Statements
    • Non-consolidatedStatement of Changes in Equity and Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements

as part of Non-consolidated Financial Statements

Accordingly, the documents sent to shareholders constitute only part of the documents audited by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Committee in the preparation of the Audit Report.

  1. Questions regarding the agenda of the Meeting will be accepted in advance via The Portal of Shareholders' Meeting. Of the questions we receive, we plan to share with you some of the items that we believe will be of interest to shareholders in general during the Meeting.
    Period for accepting questions: Friday, May 31, 2024 to Monday, June 10, 2024 To send us your questions in advance, please access the following website: https://www.soukai-portal.net (in Japanese)
  2. We appreciate your understanding in advance that no souvenirs will be provided to shareholders and no food or beverages will be available during the Meeting.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders

Proposals and References

Proposal: Election of Ten (10) Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)

The terms of office of all ten (10) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) will expire at the close of the Meeting. Accordingly, the Company proposes to elect ten (10) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members).

The candidates for Directors are as follows.

No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1985

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2001

Seconded to the Company

February 2002

Director, Sales Department, Infrastructure

Solutions Division-III of the Company

March 2003

Left Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2012

Director, Human Resources Department of the

Company

April 2015

Executive Officer and Director, Human Resources

Department of the Company

April 2016

Executive Officer and Director, Retail & Service

Business System Solutions Division, Industrial &

Retail Business System Solutions Bureau of the

Company

April 2018

Executive Officer and Director, Human Resources

Bureau of the Company

June 2018

Executive Director, Executive Officer, and

Director, Human Resources Bureau of the

Company

April 2019

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer in

charge of Steelmaking System Solutions Units,

Kazuhiko Tamaoki

Sales Planning & Management Bureau, and

Human Resources Bureau, and Director of Human

(December 2, 1961)

1

Resources Bureau of the Company

8,455

[Reappointment]

June 2020

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer in

charge of Sales Planning & Management Bureau

and Human Resources Bureau, and Director of

Human Resources Bureau of the Company

April 2021

Executive Director and Managing Executive

Officer in charge of Sales Planning & Management

Bureau, Corporate Administration Bureau,

Corporate Planning & Strategic Alliance

Department, Accounting & Finance Department,

Legal & Intellectual Property Department, Human

Resources Bureau, and Internal Control & Audit

Department of the Company

June 2022

Executive Director and Managing Executive

Officer in charge of Corporate Administration

Bureau, Corporate Planning & Strategic Alliance

Department, Accounting & Finance Department,

Legal & Intellectual Property Department, Human

Resources Bureau, and Internal Control & Audit

Department of the Company

April 2023

Representative Director & President of the

Company

(to present)

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1986

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation

April 1992

Chief Researcher, Semiconductor Substrate

Technology Research Center, Electronics

Laboratories, Technology Development Bureau of

Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2001

Seconded to Wacker NSCE Corporation

SOI/SIMOX Group Leader

October 2004

Transferred to Siltronic Japan Corporation (renamed

in 2004)

August 2008

President and Representative Director and General

Manager, Sales Management Department of Siltronic

Japan Corporation

November 2012

Left Siltronic Japan Corporation

December 2012

Joined Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

Senior Principal Manager, Corporate Planning

Division

April 2015

Advisor of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal

Corporation

June 2015

Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company

April 2016

Executive Officer of Nippon Steel & Sumitomo

Metal Corporation

April 2017

Executive Officer and General Manager, Business

Process Reform Promotion Department of Nippon

Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation

April 2019

Managing Executive Officer of Nippon Steel

Corporation

Atsuki Matsumura

March 2020

Left Nippon Steel Corporation

2

(May 18, 1961)

April 2020

Joined the Company

2,616

Managing Executive Officer in charge of

[Reappointment]

Steelmaking System Solutions Bureau and IoX

Solution Business Promotion Department

June 2020

Executive Director and Managing Executive Officer

in charge of Steelmaking System Solutions Units and

IoX Solution Business Promotion Department of the

Company

April 2021

Executive Director and Senior Managing Executive

Officer in charge of Steelmaking System Solutions

Units and IoX Solution Business Promotion

Department of the Company

April 2022

Executive Director and Senior Vice President in

charge of Manufacturing Industry Digital

Transformation Center, Industrial Business System

Solutions Units, Steelmaking System Solutions Units,

and IoX Solution Business Promotion Department of

the Company

April 2023

Executive Director and Senior Vice President in

charge of Manufacturing Industry Digital

Transformation Center, Industrial Business System

Solutions Units, Steelmaking System Solutions Units,

and Technology Bureau of the Company

April 2024

Executive Director and Senior Vice President in

charge of Manufacturing Industry Digital

Transformation Center, Industrial Business System

Solutions Units, and Steelmaking System Solutions

Units

(to present)

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1989

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2001

Seconded to the Company

March 2003

Left Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2005

Director, Sales Department-I, Financial System

Solutions Division of the Company

April 2010

Director, Sales Department, Retail & Service

Business System Solutions Division of the

Company

April 2011

Deputy Director, Retail & Service Business

System Solutions Division of the Company

October 2014

Director, Sales Division, Financial System

Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2016

Deputy Director, Financial System Solutions

Bureau of the Company

April 2017

Executive Officer and Deputy Director, Financial

System Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2018

Executive Officer and Director, Retail & Service

Masunao Kuroki

Business System Solutions Division, Industrial &

Retail Business System Solutions Bureau of the

(January 10, 1967)

3

Company

2,742

[Reappointment]

April 2020

Executive Officer and Director, Financial System

Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2021

Senior Executive Officer and Director, Financial

System Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2022

Senior Executive Officer in charge of Retail &

Service Business System Solutions Units,

Financial System Solutions Units, and Sales

Planning & Management Bureau of the Company

June 2022

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer

in charge of Retail & Service Business System

Solutions Units, Financial System Solutions Units,

and Sales Planning & Management Bureau of the

Company

April 2023

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer

in charge of Digital Solution & Consulting Unit,

Retail & Service Business System Solutions Units,

Financial System Solutions Units, and Sales

Planning & Management Bureau of the Company

(to present)

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1991

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2001

Seconded to the Company

March 2003

Left Nippon Steel Corporation

October 2007

Director, Technology Planning Department, IT

Engineering Division, IT Infrastructure Solutions

Bureau of the Company

April 2009

Director, IT Engineering Department, IT

Engineering Division, IT Infrastructure Solutions

Bureau of the Company

April 2010

Director, Systems Engineering Department-II, IT

Engineering Division, IT Infrastructure Solutions

Bureau of the Company

April 2011

Director, Systems Engineering Department-III, IT

Engineering Division, IT Infrastructure Solutions

Bureau of the Company

April 2012

Director, Systems Engineering Department-I, IT

Tatsuya Endo

Engineering Division, IT Infrastructure Solutions

4

(June 16, 1964)

Bureau of the Company

4,363

April 2015

Director, IT Service Solution Division, IT

[Reappointment]

Infrastructure Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2017

Director, IT Infrastructure Service Engineering

Division, IT Infrastructure Solutions Bureau of the

Company

April 2019

Executive Officer and Deputy Director, IT

Infrastructure Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2020

Executive Officer and Director, Public Sector

System Solutions Division of the Company

April 2022

Executive Officer and Director, IT Infrastructure

Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2023

Senior Executive Officer in charge of Telecom

Solutions Unit and IT Service & Engineering Unit

of the Company

June 2023

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer in

charge of Telecom Solutions Unit and IT Service

& Engineering Unit of the Company

(to present)

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1989

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2001

Seconded to the Company

March 2003

Left Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2007

Director, Sales Department-III, Industrial Business

System Solutions Division of the Company

April 2008

Director, Sales Department-IV, Industrial Business

System Solutions Division of the Company

October 2008

Director, Corporate Planning & Strategic Alliance

Department of the Company

September 2009

Director, IT Service Division, IT Infrastructure

Solutions Bureau of the Company

March 2011

Director, Data Center Division, IT Infrastructure

Solutions Bureau of the Company

July 2012

Seconded to NS Solutions (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. as

Director & President

April 2016

Director, IoX Solution Business Promotion

Department of the Company

April 2020

Executive Officer and Director, Retail & Service

Business System Solutions Bureau of the Company

April 2022

Executive Officer and Director, Corporate

Akimi Tojo

Planning & Strategic Alliance Department of the

Company

5

(June 21, 1965)

4,183

April 2023

Senior Executive Officer in charge of Corporate

[Reappointment]

Administration Bureau, Corporate Planning &

Strategic Alliance Department, Accounting &

Finance Department, Legal & Intellectual Property

Department, Human Resources Bureau, and

Internal Control & Audit Department of the

Company

June 2023

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer in

charge of Corporate Administration Bureau,

Corporate Planning & Strategic Alliance

Department, Accounting & Finance Department,

Legal & Intellectual Property Department, Human

Resources Bureau, and Internal Control & Audit

Department of the Company

January 2024

Executive Director and Senior Executive Officer in

charge of Transformation Center, Corporate

Administration Bureau, Corporate Planning &

Strategic Alliance Department, Accounting &

Finance Department, Legal & Intellectual Property

Department, Human Resources Bureau, and

Internal Control & Audit Department of the

Company

(to present)

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No.

Name

Career summary, positions, responsibilities,

Number of

shares of the

(Date of birth)

and significant concurrent positions

Company held

April 1991

Joined Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2001

Seconded to the Company

March 2003

Left Nippon Steel Corporation

April 2014

Director, Systems Engineering Department-VIII,

Industrial Business System Solutions Division,

Industrial & Retail Business System Solutions

Bureau of the Company

April 2015

Director, Industrial Business System Solutions

Division, Industrial & Retail Business System

Miho Kamada

Solutions Bureau of the Company

6

(July 2, 1966)

April 2016

Director, Solutions Systems Engineering

5,149

Department-III, Industrial Business System

[New appointment]

Solutions Division, Industrial & Retail Business

System Solutions Bureau of the Company

July 2019

Deputy Director, Technology Bureau of the

Company

April 2021

Executive Officer and Director, Technology

Bureau of the Company

April 2024

Executive Officer in charge of Technology Bureau

and Work Practice Reform & Diversity Promotion

of the Company

(to present)

Note: Ms. Miho Kamada's name in the family register is Ms. Miho Fukuyama.

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