Linkties Holdings, Inc. announces that it acquired the shares of SHAHANI ASSOCIATES Co., Ltd. on April 21, 2026, and welcomed the company as a new group company. On the same date, Tomoyuki Ando, Representative Director of Linkties Works Co., Ltd., was appointed as a Director of SHAHANI ASSOCIATES. Since its founding in 2005, SHAHANI ASSOCIATES has provided highly specialized executive search and talent advisory services in the financial, asset management, consulting, and other high-end professional sectors. Through this group integration, Linkties Holdings aims to combine its executive network and group solutions with SHAHANI ASSOCIATES’ search-driven expertise to strengthen business development in the high-caliber talent domain and deliver a more integrated approach to management challenges beyond recruitment alone. This English section provides a summary only. For full details, please refer to the Japanese version of this press release.