This document has been translated from the Japanese original for the convenience of non-Japanese shareholders. In the event of any discrepancy between this document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.
Securities Code: 7893
June 10, 2024
To Our Shareholders
Takeshi Ueno
President and Representative Director
PRONEXUS INC.
2-20, Kaigan 1-chome,Minato-ku, Tokyo
NOTICE OF THE 80TH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
This is to notify you that the 80th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be held as follows.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, it would be appreciated if you exercise your voting rights by either of the following methods after reviewing the attached reference materials for the general meeting of shareholders.
Meeting Details
- Date and Time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
- Venue: "Primavera" at Dai-ichi Hotel Tokyo 4F
2-6, Shimbashi 1-chome,Minato-ku, Tokyo
3. Agenda:
Items to be Reported:
- The Business Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements for the 80th Business Period (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024), as well as the Audit Report for the Consolidated Financial Statements by Accounting Auditors and Audit & Supervisory Board
- The Report of Financial Statements for the 80th Business Period (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
Items to be Resolved:
Proposal 1: Election of Eight (8) Directors
Proposal 2: Election of Four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members
4. Exercise of Voting Rights, etc.
Shareholders not attending the meeting in person can exercise their voting rights in writing or via the internet. If you exercise your voting rights in advance in writing or via the internet, please exercise your voting rights no later than 6:00 p.m., Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (Japan Standard Time).
Please note that rather than attending this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in person, you can attend online using the dedicated site shown below (in Japanese only).
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Measure for Provision of Informational Materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders in Electronic Format
When convening this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company takes measures for providing information that constitutes the content of reference materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders, etc. (items subject to measures for electronic provision) in electronic format, and posts this information on the following website (date of commencement of measures for providing information in electronic format: June 3, 2024). Please access the following websites to confirm the information.
Moreover, the items subject to measures for electronic provision are also available on the website of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in addition to the website for the General Meeting of Shareholders as shown below. Access the TSE website (Listed Company Search) by using the internet address shown below, and enter "PRONEXUS" in "Issue name (company name)" or our securities code "7893" in "Code," click "Basic information" and select "Documents for public inspection/PR information," and confirm the "Notice of General Shareholders Meeting /Informational Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting" section.
Website for Informational Materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders:
https://d.sokai.jp/7893/teiji/ (in Japanese)
WEB *It can also be accessed via the Company's website at https://www.pronexus.co.jp/. (in Japanese)
TSE website (Listed Company Search): https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show (in Japanese)
Among the items subject to measures for electronic provision, in accordance with the provisions in laws and regulations and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the following items are not included with the paper- based documents delivered to shareholders who have requested the delivery of such documents. The Audit & Supervisory Board Members and the Accounting Auditors have audited the documents subject to audit, including the following items.
- Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity and the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
- Statement of Changes in Equity and the Notes to the Financial Statements
Note: The items listed above are available in Japanese only.
If revisions are made to the items subject to measures for electronic provision, a notice of the revisions and details of the items before and after the revisions will be posted on each of the aforementioned websites.
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Reference Materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal 1: Election of Eight (8) Directors
The terms of office of all nine (9) Directors will expire at the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. In that regard, upon reviewing the management structure from the perspective of changes in the economic environment, the Company proposes the election of eight (8) Directors, lowering the number of Directors by one (1) (adding one (1) Outside Director), to establish a Board of Directors that provides a more diverse range of insight and expertise and to enable more efficient decision making.
The candidates for Directors are as follows:
Attendance | ||||||
Candi- | Name | Gender | Attribute of | Current Positions and | at Board of | |
Directors | ||||||
date No. | Candidate | Responsibilities in the Company | ||||
Meetings | ||||||
(FY2023) | ||||||
1 | Takeshi Ueno | Male | Reelection | President and Representative | 10 out of 10 | |
Director | 100% | |||||
Director and Managing | ||||||
Executive Officer (in charge of | 10 out of 10 | |||||
2 | Hirofumi Morisada | Male | Reelection | system strategy), General | ||
100% | ||||||
Manager, System Consulting | ||||||
Division | ||||||
Director and Managing | ||||||
3 | Yuichi Shiotsu | Male | Reelection | Executive Officer (in charge of | 10 out of 10 | |
solution business strategy), | ||||||
100% | ||||||
General Manager, Solution | ||||||
Business Division | ||||||
Director and Executive Officer | ||||||
4 | Norio Ozawa | Male | Reelection | (in charge of marketing | 10 out of 10 | |
strategy), in charge of Marketing | 100% | |||||
Business Division | ||||||
Reelection | 10 out of 10 | |||||
5 | Takatsugu Nagatsuma | Male | Outside | Outside Director | ||
100% | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
Reelection | 10 out of 10 | |||||
6 | Ken Shimizu | Male | Outside | Outside Director | ||
100% | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
Reelection | 10 out of 10 | |||||
7 | Ichiro Sakai | Male | Outside | Outside Director | ||
100% | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
New election | ||||||
8 | Emi Onozuka | Female | Outside | - | - | |
Independent | ||||||
Reelection: | Candidate for reelection as Director | |||||
New Election: Candidate for new election as Director | ||||||
Outside: | Candidate for Outside Director | |||||
Independent: | Independent Officer stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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Candidate No. 1 | Takeshi Ueno | |||
Reelection | ||||
(Date of birth: January 30, 1970) | ||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||
important concurrent positions | ||||
June 1997 | Joined the Company | |||
October 1999 | General Manager, Electronic Disclosure Promotion Office, Sales | |||
Headquarters of the Company | ||||
June 2000 | Director of the Company | |||
April 2004 | Managing Director of the Company | |||
June 2005 | Senior Managing Director of the Company | |||
June 2007 | Executive Vice President and Director of the Company | |||
June 2008 | Executive Vice President, Representative Director and COO of the | |||
Company | ||||
Number of the | May 2010 | President and Representative Director of ASP Communications | ||
Company's shares held: | Co., Ltd. (incumbent) | |||
734,420 | June 2010 | President and Representative Director of the Company | ||
Attendance at Board of | (incumbent) | |||
July 2014 | President of PRONEXUS TAIWAN Co., Ltd. (incumbent) | |||
Directors meetings | ||||
October 2019 | Chairman of PRONEXUS VIETNAM CO., LTD (incumbent) | |||
(FY2023): | ||||
May 2021 | Chairman and Representative Director of Zaihon, Inc. (incumbent) | |||
10 out of 10 (100%) | ||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
For over 10 years after joining the Company, Mr. Takeshi Ueno has played an active | ||||
role in establishing new businesses that today have become mainstay businesses of | ||||
the Company such as the digitization of legal disclosure documents and the database | ||||
business. Since becoming the Company's President, by promoting Medium-term | ||||
Management Plan, he has worked to reform the business structure to make it better | ||||
suited to the changing business environment, including digitization initiatives while | ||||
at the same time working to steadily increase the operating results of the Overseas | ||||
Promotion Support Business in the field of new businesses. He has been steadily | ||||
striving in this way to deal with various management issues to enhance the corporate | ||||
value, and he is expected to continuously show strong leadership. Accordingly, the | ||||
Company nominated him as a candidate for Director. |
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Candidate No. 2 | Hirofumi Morisada | |||
Reelection | ||||
(Date of birth: July 30, 1974) | ||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||
important concurrent positions | ||||
April 1997 | Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (current Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC) | |||
September 2000 Joined Internet Disclosure Co., Ltd. | ||||
November 2006 Joined Primal INC. | ||||
Director and Vice President of Primal INC. | ||||
October 2010 | Joined the Company | |||
Assistant General Manager, XBRL Promotion Office, Sales | ||||
Planning Division, Sales Headquarters of the Company | ||||
March 2014 | General Manager, IT Strategy Office of the Company | |||
Number of the | October 2016 | General Manager, System Consulting Division, Sales | ||
Headquarters of the Company | ||||
Company's shares held: | ||||
June 2017 | Executive Officer, General Manager, System Consulting Division, | |||
4,600 | ||||
Sales Headquarters of the Company | ||||
Attendance at Board of | April 2019 | Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, System | ||
Consulting Division, Sales Headquarters of the Company | ||||
Directors meetings | ||||
June 2021 | Director and Managing Executive Officer (in charge of system | |||
(FY2023): | ||||
10 out of 10 (100%) | strategy), General Manager, System Consulting Division of the | |||
Company (incumbent) | ||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
Mr. Hirofumi Morisada has experience working for an auditing firm as a certified | ||||
public accountant and also possesses the accounting and IT-related knowledge and | ||||
experience required by the Company's electronic disclosure business. For example, | ||||
in his previous work he participated as a software developer in the development of | ||||
PRONEXUS WORKS, a disclosure support system that is a major product of the | ||||
Company. As General Manager of the System Consulting Division, he is working on | ||||
strategic functional enhancements of the Company's system services. As it is | ||||
expected that he can contribute to the realization of the Company's system strategy, | ||||
the Company nominated him as a candidate for Director. |
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Candidate No. 3 | Yuichi Shiotsu | |||
Reelection | ||||
(Date of birth: September 18, 1958) | ||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||
important concurrent positions | ||||
August 2008 | General Manager, Sales Division, Ichigaya Publication Printing | |||
Operations of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. | ||||
November 2009 | Joined the Company | |||
General Manager, Financial Sales Division, Sales Headquarters of | ||||
the Company | ||||
June 2013 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial Business Division | |||
1, Sales Headquarters of the Company | ||||
Number of the | June 2015 | Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial Business | ||
Division and General Manager, Financial Business Division 1, | ||||
Company's shares held: | Sales Headquarters of the Company | |||
12,000 | June 2023 | Director and Managing Executive Officer (in charge of solution | ||
Attendance at Board of | business strategy), General Manager, Solution Business Division | |||
of the Company (incumbent) | ||||
Directors meetings | ||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
(FY2023): | ||||
Mr. Yuichi Shiotsu has been involved in publishing industry sales since his previous | ||||
10 out of 10 (100%) | ||||
job at a major printing company, and after joining the Company, he has contributed | ||||
to the growth in sales of the "PRONEXUS FUND DOCUMENT SYSTEM," which | ||||
is a disclosure document preparation support system for investment trust | ||||
companies, as well as to the expansion of the Web business, which is one of the | ||||
Company's growth areas. He also has broad knowledge and experience in the | ||||
printing and non-printing fields. He is currently the General Manager of the | ||||
Solution Business Division, and is expected to contribute to the growth of the non- | ||||
printed products field, which is the aim of the Company's solutions strategy, by | ||||
helping to increase sales of new digital products in response to the paperless trend | ||||
in the investment trust field. Therefore, the Company has nominated him as a | ||||
candidate for Director. |
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Candidate No. 4 | Norio Ozawa | |||||
Reelection | ||||||
(Date of birth: May 19, 1959) | ||||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||||
important concurrent positions | ||||||
October 1989 | Joined the Company | |||||
January 2007 | General Manager, Business Planning Office of the Company | |||||
June 2008 | Executive Officer, General Manager, | |||||
Business Planning Office of the Company | ||||||
March 2010 | Executive Officer, General Manager, | |||||
IR Business Division, Sales Headquarters of the Company | ||||||
January 2013 | Executive Officer, General Manager, Financial Solution Division | |||||
Number of the | and General Manager, Communication Planning Division, Sales | |||||
Headquarters of the Company | ||||||
Company's shares held: | ||||||
October 2020 | Executive Officer, in charge of Marketing Business Division of | |||||
12,800 | ||||||
the Company | ||||||
Attendance at Board of | June 2021 | Director and Executive Officer (in charge of marketing strategy), | ||||
Directors meetings | in charge of Marketing Business Division of the Company | |||||
(FY2023): | (incumbent) | |||||
10 out of 10 (100%) | Reason for nomination as candidate for Director | |||||
Since joining the Company, Mr. Norio Ozawa has spent many years formulating | ||||||
and advancing plans for new businesses for the Company and he is currently | ||||||
making a big contribution to the establishment of IR, investment trust-related, and | ||||||
J-REIT-focused businesses, which are the Company's core businesses. He also | ||||||
possesses abundant knowledge and experience in these fields. As it is expected that | ||||||
he can contribute to meeting diversifying customer needs through the promotion of | ||||||
strategic marketing activities based on market analysis and the like, uncovering | ||||||
potential customer needs and creating new business models for the Company's | ||||||
marketing strategy through his current work as Director in charge of the Marketing | ||||||
Business Division, the Company nominated him as a candidate for Director. | ||||||
Candidate No. 5 | Takatsugu Nagatsuma | Reelection | ||||
Outside | ||||||
(Date of birth: May 21, 1965) | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||||
important concurrent positions | ||||||
April 1992 | Joined IBM Japan, Ltd. | |||||
January 1994 | Joined Sankyo Frontier Co., Ltd. | |||||
June 1995 | Director, General Manager, Management Planning Division and | |||||
Number of the | Regional Block Head, Sales Headquarters of Sankyo Frontier Co., | |||||
Ltd. | ||||||
Company's shares held: | June 1996 | Senior Managing Director and General Manager, Management | ||||
- | Planning Division of Sankyo Frontier Co., Ltd. | |||||
Attendance at Board of | June 2001 | Representative Senior Managing Director and General Manager, | ||||
Sales Promotion Headquarters of Sankyo Frontier Co., Ltd. | ||||||
Directors meetings | June 2002 | President of Sankyo Frontier Co., Ltd. (incumbent) | ||||
(FY2023): | June 2016 | Outside Director of the Company (incumbent) | ||||
10 out of 10 (100%) | ||||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of | ||||||
expected roles | ||||||
Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma currently serves as President of a listed company. As he is | ||||||
considered to be able to use his abundant experience and insights of corporate | ||||||
management for the Company's management from an objective standpoint, and is | ||||||
also expected to promote enhanced corporate governance, the Company nominated | ||||||
him as a candidate for Outside Director. |
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Candidate No. 6 | Ken Shimizu | Reelection | ||||
Outside | ||||||
(Date of birth: June 23, 1968) | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||||
important concurrent positions | ||||||
April 1992 | Joined The Sakura Bank, Limited (current Sumitomo Mitsui | |||||
Number of the | Banking Corporation) | |||||
May 1998 | Joined WDI Holding, Inc. (current WDI Corporation) | |||||
Company's shares held: | Director of WDI Holding, Inc. | |||||
- | April 2003 | President of WDI Corporation (incumbent) | ||||
Attendance at Board of | June 2018 | Outside Director of the Company (incumbent) | ||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of | ||||||
Directors meetings | expected roles | |||||
(FY2023): | Mr. Ken Shimizu currently serves as President of a listed company and has abundant | |||||
10 out of 10 (100%) | ||||||
experience of corporate management in a variety of regions including North America | ||||||
and Asian countries. As he is considered to be able to give appropriate advice for the | ||||||
Company's management based on his experience as a corporate executive and from a | ||||||
global perspective, and is also expected to further strengthen the group governance, | ||||||
the Company nominated him as a candidate for Outside Director. | ||||||
Candidate No. 7 | Ichiro Sakai | Reelection | ||||
Outside | ||||||
(Date of birth: December 4, 1961) | Independent | |||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | ||||||
important concurrent positions | ||||||
July 1990 | Joined SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | |||||
June 1991 | Director, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning | |||||
Department of SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | ||||||
Number of the | July 1993 | Managing Director, General Manager, Business Development | ||||
Department of SAKAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. | ||||||
Company's shares held: | March 1995 | President and Representing Director of SAKAI HEAVY | ||||
- | INDUSTRIES, LTD. (incumbent) | |||||
Attendance at Board of | June 2019 | Outside Director of the Company (incumbent) | ||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of | ||||||
Directors meetings | ||||||
expected roles | ||||||
(FY2023): | ||||||
Mr. Ichiro Sakai has been serving as President of a global construction equipment | ||||||
10 out of 10 (100%) | ||||||
manufacturer with over 100 years of history and has been engaged in overall | ||||||
management of the company for many years. As he is considered to be able to give | ||||||
appropriate advice that contributes to improving the corporate value and | ||||||
sustainability of the Company from a medium- to long-term and broad perspective | ||||||
which has been cultivated through his abundant knowledge of and experience in | ||||||
corporate management, the Company nominated him as a candidate for Outside | ||||||
Director. |
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Candidate No. 8 | Emi Onozuka | New election | |||||
Outside | |||||||
(Date of birth: May 28, 1974) | Independent | ||||||
Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility in the Company, and | |||||||
important concurrent positions | |||||||
April 1998 | Joined Morgan Bank. (current JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A) | ||||||
February 2000 Joined Goldman Sachs Asset Management Co., Ltd. | |||||||
September 2017 Manager of the stewardship promotion, Goldman Sachs Asset | |||||||
Management Co., Ltd. | |||||||
April 2020 | Joined Japan Catalyst, Inc. | ||||||
May 2020 | Executive Vice President COO, Japan Catalyst, Inc. | ||||||
May 2022 | President and CEO, Eminent Group Ltd. (incumbent) | ||||||
Number of the | Representative Director, Future Design Initiative by Science and | ||||||
Finance (incumbent) | |||||||
Company's shares held: | - | June 2022 | Outside Director, Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co., Ltd. | ||||
(incumbent) | |||||||
June 2023 | Outside Director, Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd. (incumbent) | ||||||
Reason for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and outline of | |||||||
expected roles | |||||||
Ms. Emi Onozuka has a wide range of business experience at a global asset | |||||||
management company and business management experience at an investment | |||||||
advisory company, bringing a particular wealth of knowledge and experience | |||||||
regarding dialogues with capital markets, governance, and ESG. She has specialized | |||||||
experience and expertise in sustainability and ESG and is expected to contribute to | |||||||
furthering the Company's sustainability management. The Company has therefore | |||||||
nominated her as a candidate for Outside Director. |
Notes: 1. There are no special interests between each candidate and the Company.
- Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma, Mr. Ken Shimizu, Mr. Ichiro Sakai and Ms. Emi Onozuka are candidates for Outside Directors.
- Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma, Mr. Ken Shimizu and Mr. Ichiro Sakai currently serve as Outside Directors of the Company, and their terms of office as Outside Director of the Company will be 8 years for Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma, 6 years for Mr. Ken Shimizu and 5 years for Mr. Ichiro Sakai at the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
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Pursuant to Article 427, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, the Company has entered into an agreement with Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma, Mr. Ken Shimizu and Mr. Ichiro Sakai to limit their liability for damages as prescribed in Article 423, paragraph (1) of the same Act. The maximum amount of liability for damages based on the agreement shall be the amount prescribed in laws and regulations. Such limitation of liability shall apply only when the Outside Directors acted in good faith and without gross negligence in performing the duties giving rise to liabilities.
If the proposal is approved, the Company will continue the said agreement with Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma, Mr. Ken Shimizu and Mr. Ichiro Sakai. In addition, the Company plans to enter into the same agreement with Ms. Emi Onozuka. - The Company has concluded a directors and officers liability insurance policy with an insurance company as stipulated in Article 430-3, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act. This insurance policy covers the insured persons, including Directors of the Company, against damage incurred when accepting liability for the execution of their duties and when receiving claims in pursuit of this liability. If each candidate is elected and assumes the office as Director, the Company plans to include every such Director as an insured in the insurance policy. Also, the next time this insurance policy comes up for renewal, the Company intends to renew it with the same content.
- The Company has notified the Tokyo Stock Exchange of the status of Mr. Takatsugu Nagatsuma, Mr. Ken Shimizu and Mr. Ichiro Sakai as Independent Officers stipulated by the Exchange. If the proposal is approved, in addition to the abovementioned Outside Directors, the Company plans to register newly elected Ms. Emi Onozuka as an Independent Officer. The Company has judged that there are no potential conflicts of interests between each of them and the general shareholders of the Company and each of them fulfills the requirement for Independent Officers stipulated by the Exchange.
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Proposal 2: Election of Four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members
The terms of office of all four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members will expire at the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, the Company proposes the election of four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members.
In addition, the consent of the Audit & Supervisory Board has been obtained for this proposal.
The candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Members are as follows:
Current | Attendance | Attendance | |||||
at Audit & | |||||||
Candi- | Attribute of | at Board of | |||||
Name | Gender | Positions and | Supervisory | ||||
Directors | |||||||
date No. | Candidate | Responsibilities | Board | ||||
Meetings | |||||||
in the Company | Meetings | ||||||
(FY2023) | |||||||
(FY2023) | |||||||
Standing Audit | 10 out of 10 | 12 out of 12 | |||||
1 | Akane Sase | Female | Reelection | & Supervisory | |||
100% | 100% | ||||||
Board Member | |||||||
Reelection | Outside Audit & | 9 out of 10 | 11 out of 12 | ||||
2 | Osamu Sudoh | Male | Outside | Supervisory | |||
90% | 92% | ||||||
Independent | Board Member | ||||||
3 | Takuya Oshida | Male | Reelection | Outside Audit & | 10 out of 10 | 12 out of 12 | |
Supervisory | |||||||
Outside | 100% | 100% | |||||
Board Member | |||||||
Reelection | Outside Audit & | 10 out of 10 | 12 out of 12 | ||||
4 | Yoshihiro Tsuda | Male | Outside | Supervisory | |||
100% | 100% | ||||||
Independent | Board Member | ||||||
Reelection: | Candidate for reelection as Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ||||||
Outside: | Candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member | ||||||
Independent: | Independent Officer stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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