Declaration by Nagai San

Dated: 23 October 2022 The Director (Registration & Incentive – Commercial) Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Prime Minister’s office Government of the People’s republic of Bangladesh E-6/B Agargaon, Sher -e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207 Dear Sir, I, the undersigned person, Yoshihiro Nagai, Japanese national (Bearing Passport: TZ1373664) humbly would like to request you that I have been working with Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. (Bangladesh liaison office) from 27th October 2018 as a “Country Manager” and I am the Bank signatory of Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. (Bangladesh liaison office) Bank Account from the beginning. I am very responsible and respectful towards the laws and regulations in Bangladesh. When we established the Liaison office and opened a Bank Account for Company operational purpose according to the banker requirement, the expatriate required to be work permit holder. Since I was the only signatory of the Bank account, so I had taken work permit on that time. As I am assigned for Japan Head office, I have to work in Japan and I just monitoring Bangladesh liaison office from Japan. When it is needed, I am visiting Bangladesh and after finishing bank and others urgent Job, I usually return back to Japan. Since I am not staying in Bangladesh, so I am receiving my salary from Japan instead of Bangladesh although I opened a personal bank account during my last work permit extension. I would also like to declare that I am paying total Tax on my salary regularly as per Bangladesh Income Tax Ordinance 1984 as well as I am submitting my Individual Tax Return every year. So, I humbly like to request to BIDA (Bangladesh Investment Development Authority) that please accept my request and approve my work permit extension considering the above scenario. _________________________ Yoshihiro Nagai Country Manager Toyoshima & Co., Ltd. (Bangladesh liaison office)