Basic Views and Guidelines on Corporate Governance

The SHIONOGI Group (the “Group”) has created a corporate governance system to make its Company Policy – SHIONOGI Group Heritage – a reality worldwide. In conformity with the spirit of the Corporate Governance Code that went into effect in Japan, the Group defines corporate governance as a structure for transparent, fair, timely and decisive decision-making by companies, with due attention to the needs and perspectives of customers, societies, shareholders and employees, and based on this, the Board of Directors established the Group’s Basic Views and Guidelines on Corporate Governance to realize the best possible corporate governance.

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) fulfills its fiduciary responsibility to shareholders and its obligations to stakeholders in accordance with the Basic Views and Guidelines on Corporate Governance, and the Group shall work to achieve sustainable corporate growth and increased corporate value over the medium- to long-term.