Note: This document has been translated from a part of 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.
Securities Code: 8007 Date of sending by postal mail: June 4, 2024 Start date of measures for electronic provision: May 31, 2024
To our shareholders:
Koichi Takashima, President and Representative Director
Takashima & Co., Ltd.
2-2 Kandasurugadai, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Notice of the 136th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
We cordially inform you that the 136th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Takashima & Co., Ltd. (the "Company") will be held as set forth below.
When convening the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company takes measures for providing information that constitutes the content of reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders, etc. (items for which the measures for providing information in electronic format are to be taken) in electronic format, and posts this information on the following respective websites. Please access any of the websites by using the Internet address shown below to review the information.
The Company's website: https://www.tak.co.jp/ja/index.html (in Japanese)
(From the above website, select "Investor Relations," "Stock Information," and then "General Meeting of Shareholders.")
Website for posting materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders https://d.sokai.jp/8007/teiji/ (in Japanese)
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you can exercise your voting rights via either of the following methods. Please review the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders and exercise your voting rights.
[Exercise of voting rights via the Internet]
Please indicate your vote for or against the proposal on the website for exercising voting rights designated by the Company (https://www.web54.net) (in Japanese), and exercise your voting rights by 5:00 p.m. on Monday,
June 24, 2024.
[Exercise of voting rights in writing (by post)]
Please indicate your vote for or against the proposal on the voting form and return it so that it arrives no later
than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 24, 2024.
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- Date and Time: Tuesday, June 25, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. (JST) (Reception will open at 9:30 a.m.)
- Venue: Room "Tenku B" at 2F, Tokyo Garden Palace 1-7-5, Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
- Agenda
Items to be reported: - Reports on the Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 136th Fiscal Term (April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024), and results of audits by the Financial Auditor and the Audit and Supervisory Committee of the Consolidated Financial Statements
- Reports on the Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 136th Fiscal Term (April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
Item to be resolved:
Proposal No. 1: Election of Four Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Proposal No. 2: Election of Five Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
Proposal No. 3: Revision of Restricted Share-Based Remuneration Plan for Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members and Outside Directors)
Proposal No. 4: Revision of Amount of Remuneration for Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
Proposal No. 5: Determination of Remuneration for Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members to Grant Restricted Shares Thereto
4. Items Relating to the Convocation
- If you exercise your voting rights more than once via the Internet, etc., the last vote will be treated as a valid vote.
- If you exercise your voting rights more than once via the Internet, etc. and in writing (by mail), the vote exercised via the Internet, etc. will be treated as the valid vote, regardless of the arrival date and time.
- If you exercise your voting rights in writing (by mail) and do not indicate your vote for or against the proposal on the voting form, it will be treated as if you indicated your approval.
- Please also refer to the "Instructions for the Exercise of Voting Rights" described below (in Japanese only).
- If attending the meeting in person, please present the voting form at the reception desk.
- If revisions to the items subject to measures for electronic provision arise, a notice of the revisions and the details of the items before and after the revisions will be posted on the Company's aforementioned website and the website for posting materials for the general meeting of shareholders.
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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal and Reference Information
Proposal No. 1: Election of Four Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
The terms of office of four Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members; hereinafter, the same applies in this proposal) will expire at the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, the Company proposes the election of four Directors. Furthermore, with regard to this proposal, the Company has obtained an opinion from the Audit and Supervisory Committee to the effect that all candidates for Director are qualified.
The candidates for Director are as follows:
Candidate No. 1 | Koichi Takashima | |||
Reelection | ||||
(Date of birth: August 8, 1952) | ||||
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | ||||
Feb. 1978 | Joined Procter & Gamble Japan | |||
July 2000 | External Relations Director of Procter & Gamble Far East Inc. | |||
June 2002 | Joined the Company | |||
June 2002 | Vice President and Director | |||
Number of the | June 2003 | Vice President and Representative Director | ||
June 2004 | President and Representative Director | |||
Company's shares owned | Apr. 2016 | President and Representative Director, and Division Chief of Industrial | ||
252,921 | Solutions Division | |||
Number of years in office | June 2016 | President and Representative Director, Chief Executive Officer, and Division | ||
Chief of Industrial Solutions Division | ||||
22 | Apr. 2018 | President and Representative Director, and Chief Executive Officer (current | ||
Attendance at Board of | position) | |||
Directors meetings | ||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
14/14 | ||||
Koichi Takashima joined the Company in 2002 after gaining operational experience in | ||||
international and domestic marketing, sales departments, and other areas. As such, Mr. | ||||
Takashima possesses abundant experience in management positions. Since 2004, he has | ||||
proactively engaged in activities in his position supervising Group management as President and | ||||
Representative Director of the Company, and thus has contributed to enhancing the corporate | ||||
value of the Company. Based on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be | ||||
expected to continue to utilize his experience and other qualities in the execution of business | ||||
operations and the supervision of management as a Director of the Company. |
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Candidate No. 2 | Toshio Goto |
(Date of birth: December 12, 1959) |
Reelection
Number of the Company's shares owned
101,849
Number of years in office 12
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings
14/14
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company]
Apr. 1983 | Joined the Company |
Oct. 1997 | Manager Attached to Strategic Planning & Management Office of the Company; |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
Apr. 2003 | General Manager of Electronic Devices of the Company; |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
Apr. 2009 | President of iTak (International) Limited |
June 2012 | Director of the Company; |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
June 2016 | Director and Group Executive Officer of the Company; |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
Apr. 2018 | Director and Group Managing Executive Officer of the Company; |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
Apr. 2020 | Director, Group Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Device |
Solutions Division of the Company; | |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
Apr. 2021 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Electronic Devices |
Division of the Company; | |
President of iTak (International) Limited | |
Apr. 2023 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Electronic |
Devices Division of the Company; | |
President of iTak (International) Limited (current position) | |
Apr. 2024 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Electronic |
Devices Division of the Company; | |
President of iTak (International) Limited; | |
Director of TAKASHIMA INDUSTRIES CO., LTD. (current position) |
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Toshio Goto possesses abundant experience in management positions, having gained operational experience in international sales departments. Since 2012, Mr. Goto has promoted international business development, etc., in his position supervising the electronic devices business as a Director of the Company, and thus has contributed to enhancing the corporate value of the Company. Based on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be expected to continue to utilize his experience and other qualities in the execution of business operations and the supervision of management as a Director of the Company.
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Candidate No. 3 | Akira Yamamoto |
(Date of birth: February 9, 1963) |
Reelection
Number of the Company's shares owned
29,445
Number of years in office 6
Attendance at Board of Directors meetings
14/14
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company]
Apr. 1987 | Joined Osaka Totsu Co., Ltd. (currently Kansai Totsu Co., Ltd.) |
Oct. 1991 | Joined Marubeni Synthetic Resin Products Co., Ltd. (currently Marubeni Plax |
Corporation) | |
Feb. 2010 | Joined the Company |
Special Sales Promotion Osaka Business Unit Manager of Construction Supply | |
Division | |
Apr. 2011 | Manager of Chugoku Office, Construction Supply Division |
Apr. 2013 | Deputy General Manager of West Japan Business Development Department, |
Construction Supply Division | |
Apr. 2014 | General Manager of East Japan Business Development Department, |
Construction Supply Division | |
June 2016 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of TOHKEN inc. (current position) |
Apr. 2017 | Executive Officer and General Manager of East Japan Business Development |
Department, Construction Supply Solutions Division of the Company | |
Apr. 2018 | Executive Officer, Deputy Division Chief of Construction Supply Solutions |
Division, and General Manager of East Japan Business Development | |
Department | |
June 2018 | Director, Executive Officer, Deputy Division Chief of Construction Supply |
Solutions Division, and General Manager of East Japan Business Development | |
Department | |
Apr. 2020 | Director, Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Construction Supply |
Solutions Division | |
Apr. 2021 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Construction |
Supply Division | |
Apr. 2024 | Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of |
Construction Supply Division (current position) |
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Akira Yamamoto possesses abundant experience in management positions, having gained operational experience in sales departments. Since 2017, Mr. Yamamoto has proactively engaged in activities in his position supervising the most important areas of the construction supply business as Executive Officer of the Company, and has contributed to enhancing the corporate value of the Company in his position continuing to supervise the most important areas of the construction supply business as a Director of the Company since 2018, and in his position supervising the construction supply business as a whole since April 2020. Based on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be expected to continue to utilize his experience and other qualities in the execution of business operations and the supervision of management as a Director of the Company.
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Candidate No. 4 | Takahiro Suzuki |
(Date of birth: October 20, 1968) |
Reelection
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | ||
Apr. 1991 | Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) | |
Apr. 2002 | Investigator of Business Promotion Department of Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. | |
(currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) | ||
Apr. 2007 | Executive Consultant of KFi Co., Ltd. (currently Tokyo International Consulting | |
K.K.) | ||
June 2014 | Managing Director of ltcb inc. | |
Dec. 2015 | Joined the Company | |
Deputy General Manager of Internal Auditing Department | ||
Jan. 2016 | General Manager of Internal Auditing Department | |
Apr. 2017 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Internal Auditing Department | |
Apr. 2018 | Executive Officer, Division Chief of Business Management Division, and | |
Number of the | General Manager of Internal Auditing Department | |
June 2018 | Director, Executive Officer, Division Chief of Business Management Division, | |
Company's shares owned | and General Manager of Internal Auditing Department | |
29,837 | Mar. 2019 | Director, Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Business Management |
Number of years in office | Division; | |
Director of iTak (International) Limited | ||
6 | Sept. 2019 | Director, Executive Officer, Division Chief of Business Management Division, |
Attendance at Board of | ||
and General Manager of General Affairs & Human Resources Department of the | ||
Directors meetings | ||
Company; | ||
14/14 | ||
Director of iTak (International) Limited | ||
Apr. 2021 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Business | |
Management Division of the Company; | ||
Director of iTak (International) Limited | ||
Mar. 2022 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Division Chief of Business | |
Management Division of the Company (current position) | ||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||
Takahiro Suzuki possesses abundant experience in management positions, having gained | ||
operational experience in sales departments in finance, consulting, and other industries. Since | ||
2017, Mr. Suzuki has proactively engaged in activities in his position supervising internal auditing | ||
departments as Executive Officer of the Company, and has contributed to enhancing the corporate | ||
value of the Company in his position supervising business management departments as a Director | ||
of the Company since 2018. Based on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be | ||
expected to continue to utilize his experience and other qualities in the execution of business | ||
operations and the supervision of management as a Director of the Company. |
Notes: 1. There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company.
- The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance policy with an insurance company pursuant to Article 430-3, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, whereby the Company's Directors are the insureds. The insurance covers damages that could arise under situations where an insured bears liability in regard to performance of duties or where an insured becomes subject to a claim seeking to hold them liable in that regard. All candidates for Director are to be the insureds under the directors and officers liability insurance policy should they be elected. In addition, when the policy is renewed next time, the Company plans to renew the policy with the same details.
- The number of the Company's shares owned by each candidate includes the number of shares they own through the Takashima Officer Shareholding Association.
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Proposal No. 2: Election of Five Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
The terms of office of all four Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members will expire at the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, in order to improve the effectiveness of the job duties of the Audit and Supervisory Board Members as these have been increasing, the Company proposes to increase the number of Audit and Supervisory Committee Members by one and to elect five Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members. Furthermore, with regard to this proposal, the Company has obtained consent from the Audit and Supervisory Committee.
The candidates to be Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members are as follows:
Candidate No. 1 | Akifumi Ujita | Reelection | ||||
Outside | ||||||
(Date of birth: August 5, 1957) | Independent | |||||
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | ||||||
Apr. 1980 | Joined The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Limited (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) | |||||
Jan. 1999 | Deputy General Manager of New York Branch | |||||
Apr. 2002 | General Manager of Americas Department No. 1 of Mizuho Corporate Bank, | |||||
Ltd. (currently Mizuho Bank, Ltd.) | ||||||
Number of the | May 2009 | Joined SAKATA SEED CORPORATION | ||||
June 2009 | Executive Officer and General Manager of Accounting Dept. | |||||
Company's shares owned | ||||||
Aug. 2011 | Director, Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of General | |||||
2,427 | ||||||
Administration Div. | ||||||
Number of years in office | June 2017 | Director, Senior Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of General | ||||
Administration Div. | ||||||
2 | ||||||
June 2021 | Director, Managing Executive Officer in charge of General Administration | |||||
Attendance at Board of | ||||||
Directors meetings | Div. | |||||
14/14 | Aug. 2021 | Retired as Director, Managing Executive Officer in charge of General | ||||
Attendance at Audit and | Administration Div. | |||||
Aug. 2021 | Corporate Governance Advisor (Advisor) | |||||
Supervisory Committee | ||||||
June 2022 | Outside Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the | |||||
meetings | ||||||
14/14 | Company (current position) | |||||
Overview of the Reasons for Nomination of Candidate for Director who are Audit and | ||||||
Supervisory Committee Member and Expected Roles | ||||||
Akifumi Ujita possesses operational experience spanning 29 years at financial institutions and | ||||||
ten years of executive experience at a commercial company. Based on these achievements, the | ||||||
Company has judged that he can be expected to continue to utilize his experience and other | ||||||
qualities in the auditing etc. of management as a Director who is an Audit and Supervisory | ||||||
Committee Member of the Company. |
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Candidate No. 2 | Yuji Momosaki | Reelection | ||||
Outside | ||||||
(Date of birth: December 18, 1950) | Independent | |||||
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | ||||||
Oct. 1978 | Joined Nishikata Audit Corporation (currently Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu | |||||
LLC) | ||||||
July 1991 | Partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC | |||||
July 1998 | Representative Partner | |||||
Feb. 2004 | Member of Management Committee of Tokyo Office | |||||
Number of the | Mar. 2008 | General Manager of Operations Management Division and Management | ||||
Meeting Observer | ||||||
Company's shares owned | ||||||
Jan. 2012 | Chief Information Officer, Tohmatsu Group (audit company, tax accountants, | |||||
0 | ||||||
consulting subsidiaries, and FA subsidiaries) | ||||||
Number of years in office | Jan. 2015 | Established Momosaki CPA Office, Representative (current position) | ||||
June 2015 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of OBAYASHI ROAD | |||||
8 | ||||||
CORPORATION | ||||||
Attendance at Board of | ||||||
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of OSJB Holdings Corporation | ||||||
Directors meetings | ||||||
13/14 | June 2016 | Outside Director of Benefit One Inc. | ||||
Attendance at Audit and | Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the | |||||
Company (current position) | ||||||
Supervisory Committee | Sept. 2021 | |||||
Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member), | ||||||
meetings | ||||||
14/14 | ProjectHoldings, Inc. (current position) | |||||
Overview of the Reasons for Nomination of Candidate for Director who are Audit and | ||||||
Supervisory Committee Member and Expected Roles | ||||||
Yuji Momosaki possesses expert knowledge and abundant experience as a certified public | ||||||
accountant. Although Mr. Momosaki has no past experience of involvement in corporate | ||||||
management other than as an outside Director or outside Audit and Supervisory Board Member, | ||||||
based on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be expected to continue to | ||||||
utilize his experience and other qualities in the auditing etc. of management as a Director who is | ||||||
an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company. | ||||||
Candidate No. 3 | Ren Shino | Reelection | ||||
Outside | ||||||
(Date of birth: February 26, 1957) | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | ||||||
Oct. 1986 | Passed the national bar examination | |||||
Number of the | Apr. 1989 | Registered as attorney (Dai-Ichi Tokyo Bar Association) | ||||
Jan. 1990 | Participated in establishment of KOHWA SOHGOH LAW OFFICES | |||||
Company's shares owned | Partner Attorney of KOHWA SOHGOH LAW OFFICES (current position) | |||||
0 | June 2016 | Outside Director (Audit/Supervisory Committee Member) of SINANEN | ||||
Number of years in office | HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (current position) | |||||
June 2018 | Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the | |||||
6 | Company (current position) | |||||
Attendance at Board of | June 2019 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of MAEDA CORPORATION | ||||
Directors meetings | ||||||
Overview of the Reasons for Nomination of Candidate for Director who are Audit and | ||||||
14/14 | ||||||
Supervisory Committee Member and Expected Roles | ||||||
Attendance at Audit and | ||||||
Ren Shino possesses abundant experience and wide-ranging insight as an attorney well versed in | ||||||
Supervisory Committee | ||||||
the field of corporate law. The Company has assessed her as being a person capable of | ||||||
meetings | ||||||
contributing to the enhancement of the management governance of the Company from the | ||||||
14/14 | ||||||
perspective of legal affairs. Although Ms. Shino has no past experience of involvement in | ||||||
corporate management other than as an outside Director or outside Audit and Supervisory Board | ||||||
member, based on these points, the Company has judged that she can be expected to continue to | ||||||
utilize her experience and other qualities in the auditing etc. of management as a Director who is | ||||||
an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company. |
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Candidate No. 4 | Yasushi Aoki | Reelection | |||||||
Outside | |||||||||
(Date of birth: April 16, 1955) | Independent | ||||||||
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | |||||||||
Apr. 1979 | Joined Kao Sekken Co., Ltd. (currently Kao Corporation) | ||||||||
Feb. 2000 | General Manager of Organization & Planning Group Department, Personnel | ||||||||
Number of the | Division | ||||||||
Mar. 2004 | Supervising Personnel Development Division | ||||||||
Company's shares owned | |||||||||
June 2006 | Executive Officer | ||||||||
8,000 | |||||||||
Mar. 2011 | Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Supervising Personnel and General | ||||||||
Number of years in office | Affairs Division of Kanebo Cosmetics Inc. | ||||||||
Mar. 2014 | Supervising Human Resources Development Division of Kao Corporation | ||||||||
4 | |||||||||
Representative Director and Chair of Board of Directors of Kanebo Cosmetics | |||||||||
Attendance at Board of | |||||||||
Inc. | |||||||||
Directors meetings | |||||||||
Mar. 2015 | Managing Executive Officer of Kao Corporation | ||||||||
14/14 | |||||||||
Attendance at Audit and | June 2020 | Outside Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the | |||||||
Company (current position) | |||||||||
Supervisory Committee | |||||||||
meetings | Overview of the Reasons for Nomination of Candidate for Director who are Audit and | ||||||||
14/14 | Supervisory Committee Member and Expected Roles | ||||||||
Yasushi Aoki possesses abundant experience in management positions, having gained | |||||||||
operational experience in personnel, general affairs, and planning departments and other areas. | |||||||||
Based on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be expected to continue to | |||||||||
utilize his experience and other qualities in the auditing etc. of management as a Director who is | |||||||||
an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member of the Company. | |||||||||
Candidate No. 5 | Shuichi Sakamoto | ||||||||
New election | |||||||||
(Date of birth: October 13, 1957) | Outside | ||||||||
[Career summary, and position and responsibility in the Company] | |||||||||
Apr. 1981 | Joined Asahi Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (currently Asahi Kasei Corp.) | ||||||||
Dec. 2003 | General Manager of Acrylonitrile Global Marketing, Acrylonitrile Division of | ||||||||
Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. | |||||||||
Apr. 2011 | Executive Officer, General Manager of Performance Plastics Division | ||||||||
Apr. 2014 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Acrylonitrile Division | ||||||||
Nov. 2014 | Lead Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy of Asahi Kasei | ||||||||
Corp. | |||||||||
Apr. 2016 | Senior Executive Officer (for Strategy, Accounting & Finance, IT, IR), CFO | ||||||||
Number of the | June 2016 | Director, Senior Executive Officer (responsible for Strategy, Accounting & | |||||||
Company's shares owned | Finance, IT, IR), CFO | ||||||||
0 | Apr. 2019 | Director, Primary Executive Officer (for Health Care) | |||||||
Apr. 2023 | Director | ||||||||
June 2023 | Advisor (current position) | ||||||||
Overview of the Reasons for Nomination of Candidate for Director who are Audit and | |||||||||
Supervisory Committee Member and Expected Roles | |||||||||
Shuichi Sakamoto possesses abundant experience in management positions, having gained | |||||||||
business experience in the petrochemistry and health care sectors, and also operational experience | |||||||||
in the management planning, accounting and finance, and IT departments and other areas. Based | |||||||||
on these achievements, the Company has judged that he can be expected to utilize his experience | |||||||||
and other qualities in the auditing etc. of management as a Director who is an Audit and | |||||||||
Supervisory Committee Members of the Company. | |||||||||
Notes: 1. There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company. |
2. The Company has entered into a contact with each of Akifumi Ujita, Yuji Momosaki, Ren Shino, and Yasushi Aoki for limitation of liability for damages to be incurred by the Company pursuant to Article 423, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, in accordance with the provisions of Article 427, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act. The liability for damages under the contract is the minimum liability amount as set out in laws and regulations. The contract will be renewed if their proposed reelections are approved. In addition, if the election of Shuichi Sakamoto is approved, the Company is expected to enter into a contract of the same content with him for limitation of liability for damages to be incurred by the Company.
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- The Company has filed notification with the Tokyo Stock Exchange that Akifumi Ujita, Yuji Momosaki, Ren Shino, and Yasushi Aoki are designated as independent directors under the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. If their reelections are approved, they will remain independent directors.
- The Company has entered into a directors and officers liability insurance policy with an insurance company pursuant to Article 430-3, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, whereby the Company's Directors are the insureds. The insurance covers damages that could arise under situations where an insured bears liability in regard to performance of duties or where an insured becomes subject to a claim seeking to hold them liable in that regard. All candidates for Director are to be the insureds under the directors and officers liability insurance policy should they be elected. In addition, when the policy is renewed next time, the Company plans to renew the policy with the same details.
- The number of the Company's shares owned by each candidate includes the number of shares they own through the Takashima Officer Shareholding Association.
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Special Notes regarding candidates for Directors who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members are as follows. Regarding independence of candidates
In the past, Akifumi Ujita has experience of being someone who executed business for Mizuho Bank, Ltd., a specified associated service provider (major business partner) of the Company, but he retired from the said bank in March 2010.
In the past 10 years, Shuichi Sakamoto has experience of being someone who executed business for Asahi Kasei Corporation, a specified associated service provider (major business partner) of the Company.
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