Fuji Media : Notice of the Giving of Public Notice of Foreign Ownership Ratio
October 20, 2016 at 09:03 pm EDT
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Notice of the Giving of Public Notice of Foreign Ownership Ratio
October 21, 2016
Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") gave public notice of the ratio of the number of voting rights owned by foreigners (which mean (i) any person of non-Japanese nationality, (ii) any foreign government or representative thereof, (iii) any foreign corporation or association or (iv) any corporation or association with the ratio of voting rights directly owned by such person or persons set forth in items (i) through (iii) above equal to or exceeding the ratio stipulated in the Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications) to the total number of voting rights (hereinafter referred to as the "foreign ownership ratio") of the Company as of September 30, 2016, as described below (pursuant to Article 161, paragraph 2 of the Broadcast Act of Japan and Article 203 of the Regulations to Enforce the Broadcast Act, if the foreign ownership ratio reaches 15% or more, the Company is obligated to give public notice thereof every six months).
Description
1.
Date of placement of public notice:
October 21, 2016
2.
Newspaper to place public notice:
The Sankei Shimbun, morning edition
3. Foreign ownership ratio as of September 30,2016: 19.99%
Number of shares owned by foreigners
(Number of voting rights held by foreigners [A])
46,839,137 shares
(468,373 rights)
Total number of issued shares
(Total number of voting rights [B])
236,429,800 shares
(2,341,868 rights)
Foreign ownership ratio [A/B x 100]
19.99%
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For reference
Refusal to the registration of stock ownership transfers:
Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. is a certified broadcast holding company that, under the Broadcast Act, will lose its certification if with regard to the voting rights owned by foreigners as stipulated in the Broadcast Act, the aggregate of the ratio of voting rights directly owned by a person or persons set forth in items (i) through (iii) above, and the ratio of voting rights owned by such person or persons, indirectly through any person or persons set forth in item (iv) above as stipulated in the Ordinance of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications reaches 20% or more of the total number of voting rights. For this reason, when the foreign ownership ratio reaches this limit, a certified broadcast holding company may refuse any request from foreigners for the registration of stock ownership transfers or otherwise to have their shares registered or recorded in the register of shareholders, or place restrictions on the exercise of voting rights by foreigners (Article 161, paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Broadcast Act).
Payment of dividends to foreigners whose registration of stock ownership transfers is refused:
As publicized on December 25, 2008, as from January 5, 2009, the Company allows such shareholders as of each record date as to be notified in a notice of information on shareholders provided by Japan Securities Depository Center, Incorporated to exercise all rights other than voting rights that may be exercised by shareholders as of each such record date. Dividends for the record date of March 31, 2009 or thereafter have also been paid to foreigners whose registration of stock ownership transfers has been refused as the foreign ownership ratio has reached 20% or more.
Of the number of shares owned by foreigners as of September 30, 2016, the number of shares in respect of which the registration of stock ownership transfers had been refused under the Broadcast Act was 22,575,500 shares, 225,755 rights.
(Stock Management, General Affairs Department)
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Fuji Media Holdings Inc is a Japan-based company engaged in the core broadcasting business, the media and content business, and the urban development and tourism business. The Company operates in two business segments. The Media and Content segment is engaged in the production of broadcast programs, movies, anime, games and events, the sale of video and music software, the publication of music, magazines and newspapers, as well as television broadcasting, radio broadcasting, mail order sales and advertising business. The Urban Development and Tourism segment engages in the rental and sale of residences, offices and logistics facilities, the operation of hotels and marine leisure facilities, as well as events and interior decoration and building management business. The Company also engages in movable property leasing and product sales, software development, and restaurants and shops business.