February 14, 2022
Note: This document is a translation of a part of the original Japanese version and provided for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between the Japanese original and this English translation, the Japanese original shall prevail.
Company name: | DRAFT Inc. |
(Code number: 5070, Mothers market | |
of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) | |
Representative: | Taiju Yamashita, President and |
Representative Director | |
Contact: | Masahiko Aranami, Director |
(Telephone: +81-3-5412-1001) |
Partial amendments to Articles of Incorporation
DRAFT Inc. (the Company) announces that at a meeting held on February 14, 2022, the Board of Directors resolved to submit a proposal for the partial amendment of the Articles of Incorporation to the ordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on March 24, 2022, as follows.
1. Reason for amendment
(1) Changes to accompany revised executive officer system
The Company plans to redefine the duties of directors and executive officers effective April 1, 2022, under changes to the executive officer system. Under the revised system, executive officers will be in charge of business operations, so positions such as president and executive managing director, which have been previously assigned to directors, will be abolished. Accompanying this, Article 14 (Officers authorized to convene and chair meeting), Article 22 (Representative director and directors with executive responsibility), and Article 23 (Officers authorized to convene and chair meeting of the Board of Directors) of the current Articles of Incorporation will be amended.
(2) Measures to provide documents for general meetings of shareholders in electronic format
The Company will introduce measures to provide documents for general meetings of shareholders in electronic format in accordance with provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Companies Act (Act No. 70 of 2019) that take effect on September 1, 2022, therefore plans to make the following changes to the Articles of Incorporation.
- The Company is required to stipulate in its Articles of Incorporation that the information in reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders to be provided in electronic format, so will newly establish Paragraph 1 of the proposed Article 15 (Measures for the provision of electronic documents).
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- For paper versions of electronic reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders requested by shareholders, the Company will newly establish Paragraph 2 of the proposed Article 15 (Measures for the provision of electronic documents) to limit the scope of matters to that specified in the applicable Ministry of Justice ordinance.
- The provisions of the current Article 15 (Internet disclosure and deemed provision of reference documents for general meetings of shareholders) of the Articles of Incorporation will become unnecessary upon the introduction of electronic provision of materials, so the Company proposes to remove it.
- Supplementary provisions concerning the effect of the above newly established and removed provisions shall be established and removed after the effective date.
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2. Details of changes
The details of the changes are as shown below.
(Changes are underlined) | |||||||||||||||
Current Articles of Incorporation | Proposed Articles of Incorporation | ||||||||||||||
(Officers authorized to convene and chair the | (Officers authorized to convene and chair the | ||||||||||||||
general meeting of shareholders.) | general meeting of shareholders.) | ||||||||||||||
Article 14 | Article 14 | ||||||||||||||
The president and representative director | The representative directorshall convene and | ||||||||||||||
shall convene and chair the general meeting | chair the general meeting of shareholders. | ||||||||||||||
of shareholders. | |||||||||||||||
2 If the office of president and representative | 2 If the representative director is unable to | ||||||||||||||
director is vacant or the president and | carry out his or her duties, another director | ||||||||||||||
representative director is unable to carry | shall convene and chair the general | ||||||||||||||
out his or her duties, another director shall | meeting of shareholders in the order | ||||||||||||||
convene and chair the general meeting of | previously determined by the Board of | ||||||||||||||
shareholders in the order previously | Directors. | ||||||||||||||
determined by the Board of Directors. | |||||||||||||||
(Internet disclosure and deemed provision of | (To be removed) | ||||||||||||||
reference documents for general meetings of | |||||||||||||||
shareholders) | |||||||||||||||
Article 15 | |||||||||||||||
When convening a general meeting of | |||||||||||||||
shareholders, the Company may deem to | |||||||||||||||
have supplied information about matters to be | |||||||||||||||
stated or shown in reference documents for | |||||||||||||||
the meeting, business reports, financial | |||||||||||||||
statements, and consolidated financial | |||||||||||||||
statements to shareholders by disclosure via | |||||||||||||||
the Internet in accordance with the relevant | |||||||||||||||
Ministry of Justice ordinance. | |||||||||||||||
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(Newly established)
(Representative director and directors with executive responsibility )
Article 22
The Board of Directors shall appoint the representative director by resolution.
2 The Board of Directors may, by resolution, appoint one president and representative director, and, as necessary, one chairman of the Board, executive vice presidents, senior managing directors, and executive managing directors.
(Officers authorized to convene and chair meeting of the Board of Directors)
Article 23
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be convened and chaired by the president and representative director, unless otherwise provided by law.
(Measures for the provision of electronic documents)
Article 15
When convening a general meeting of
shareholders, the Company shall take measures to electronically provide informationcontained in reference documents for the
meeting.
2 The Company may omit all or part of matters provided electronically as stipulated in the Ministry of Justice ordinance in paper documents delivered to shareholders who request such documents by the record date for voting rights.
(Representative director)
Article 22
The Board of Directors shall appoint the representative director by resolution.
(To be removed)
(Officers authorized to convene and chair meeting of the Board of Directors)
Article 23
Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be convened and chaired by the representative director, unless otherwise provided by law.
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2 If the office of president and representativedirector is vacant or the president and representative director is unable to carry out his or her duties,another director shall convene and chair the meeting of the Board of Directors in the order previously determined by the Board of Directors.
(Newly established)
2 If the representative director is unable to carry out his or her duties,another director shall convene and chair the meeting of the Board of Directors in the order previously determined by the Board of Directors.
(Supplementary provisions)
(Transitional measures for electronic provisionof materials for general meetings of
shareholders) Article 1
The removal of the current Article 15 (Internet
disclosure and deemed provision of referencedocuments for general meetings of shareholders) and the establishment of the revised Article 15 (Measures for the provision
of electronic documents) shall take effect on
September 1, 2022.
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the current Article 15(Internet disclosure and deemed provision of reference documents for general meetings of shareholders) shall remain in effect for any general meeting of shareholders held within six months from September 1, 2022.
- These supplementary provisions shall be removed on the day six months after September 1, 2022, or the day three months after the date of the general meeting of shareholders in the preceding paragraph, whichever is later.
3. Schedule
Date of the general meeting of shareholders for approval of the proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation: Thursday, March 24, 2022 (planned)
Effective date of the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation: Thursday, March 24, 2022 (planned)
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