Note: This document a partial translation of the Japanese original provided for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translation and the Japanese original, the Japanese original shall prevail.
Securities Code: 6920
September 4, 2020
To Our Shareholders:
Osamu Okabayashi
President & Representative Director
Lasertec Corporation
2-10-1Shin-yokohama,Kohoku-ku,
Yokohama, Kanagawa
Notice of the 58th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
The 58th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Lasertec Corporation (the "Company") will be held as indicated below.
Please refrain from attending the meeting in person to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection. Please exercise your voting rights in writing or via the Internet.
After reviewing the following Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders, please exercise your voting rights either by indicating your approval or disapproval in the enclosed voting form and returning it or by entering your approval or disapproval using the voting website designated by the Company (https://evote.tr.mufg.jp/), so that your vote is received by 5:30 p.m. on Friday, September 25, 2020.
1. Date and Time Monday, September 28, 2020, at 3:00 p.m. (Reception desk opens at 2:00 p.m.)
2. Venue | Large Conference Room, 6th floor, the head office of the Company |
2-10-1Shin-yokohama,Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan |
3. Purpose of the Meeting Matters to be reported
- The Business Report and the Consolidated Financial Statements for the 58th fiscal year (from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020), and the results of audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Financial Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board
- The Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 58th fiscal year (from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020)
Matters to be resolved
Proposal No. 1 Appropriation of Surplus Proposal No. 2 Election of Eight (8) Directors
Proposal No. 3 Election of Four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members Proposal No. 4 Election of One (1) Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member Proposal No. 5 Payment of Bonuses to Directors
- Pre-registrationis required to attend the meeting in person.The number of seats available at the venue will be much smaller than usual because of the need to keep a proper distance between seats. The Company takes this measure to prevent the spread of new coronavirus infection. Please see the Japanese convocation notice for details.
- If any changes are made to the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements or the Non-consolidated Financial Statements attached to this Notice and the Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders, such changes will be posted on the Company's website (https://www.lasertec.co.jp/).
- There will be no welcoming event or gift for shareholders attending the meeting. Your understanding would be appreciated.
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Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal No. 1 Appropriation of Surplus
The Company proposes the appropriation of surplus as follows.
Year-end dividends
The Company's basic policy concerning dividends is to flexibly pay dividends based on performance while maintaining steady income distribution to shareholders, with a dividend payout ratio of 35% being the guideline on a consolidated basis.
Following this basic policy, the Company proposes to pay year-end dividends for the fiscal year under review as follows:
- Type of dividend property Cash
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Allotment of dividend property and total amount thereof ¥27 per common share of the Company
Total amount: ¥2,434,803,678 - The effective date of dividends of surplus September 29, 2020
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Proposal No. 2 Election of Eight (8) Directors
The terms of office of all eight Directors will expire at the conclusion of this meeting. The Company, therefore, proposes to elect eight Directors.
The candidates for Director are as follows:
# | Name | Current Position in the | ||||||||||||
Company | ||||||||||||||
President & Representative | ||||||||||||||
1 | Osamu Okabayashi | Reappointment | ||||||||||||
Director | ||||||||||||||
Executive Vice President & | ||||||||||||||
2 | Haruhiko Kusunose | Reappointment | ||||||||||||
Representative Director | ||||||||||||||
3 | Shu Uchiyama | Managing Director | Reappointment | |||||||||||
4 | Koichi Moriizumi | Managing Director | Reappointment | |||||||||||
5 | Hirokazu Seki | Director | Reappointment | |||||||||||
6 | Minoru Ebihara | Outside Director | Reappointment | Outside | Independent | |||||||||
7 | Takayuki Shimoyama | Outside Director | Reappointment | Outside | Independent | |||||||||
8 | Koji Mihara | -- | New | Outside | Independent | |||||||||
Reappointment Candidate for Reappointed Director
NewCandidate for New Director
Outside Candidate for Outside Director
Independent To be appointed as Independent Officer as provided for by the Stock Exchange
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility | Number of the | ||
in the Company | Company's | ||||
No. | (Date of Birth) | ||||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | Shares Owned | ||||
July | 2001 | Joined the Company | |||
Jan. | 2002 | General Manager, Sales Department, the Company | |||
Sept. | 2003 | Director, the Company | |||
Mar. | 2005 | President, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc. | |||
Sept. | 2005 | Managing Director, the Company | |||
Sept. | 2005 | President, Lasertec Korea Corporation | |||
July | 2006 | Chief Sales Officer, the Company | |||
Sept. | 2007 | Representative Director and Managing Executive | |||
Officer, the Company | |||||
Jan. | 2008 | Executive Vice President & Representative Director, | |||
the Company | |||||
July | 2009 | President & Representative Director, the Company | |||
(current position) | |||||
1 | Osamu Okabayashi | (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | 80,000 | ||
(May 16, 1958) | Director, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc. | ||||
Director, Lasertec Korea Corporation | |||||
Director, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc. | |||||
Director, Lasertec China Co., Ltd. | |||||
Director, Lasertec Singapore Service Pte. Ltd. | |||||
(Reason for Nomination) | |||||
Since joining the Company, Osamu Okabayashi has engaged in sales | |||||
promotion and managed a department before assuming the office of | |||||
Director in September 2003. Since becoming a Director, he has | |||||
broadened his knowledge of management, assumed the office of | |||||
President & Representative Director in 2009, and executed | |||||
management reform with strong leadership. He is nominated for | |||||
Director again because his abundant experience and knowledge are | |||||
instrumental in the further sustainable growth of the Company and | |||||
its subsidiaries (collectively the "Group"). | |||||
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility | Number of the | |
in the Company | Company's | |||
No. | (Date of Birth) | |||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | Shares Owned | |||
Apr. | 1995 | Joined the Company | ||
Jan. | 1998 | General Manager, Technology Department II, the | ||
Company | ||||
Mar. | 2001 | General Manager, Engineering Department II, the | ||
Company | ||||
Sept. | 2001 | Director, the Company | ||
Sept. | 2003 | Managing Director, the Company | ||
Sept. | 2003 | General Manager, R&D Department, the Company | ||
July | 2005 | General Manager, Technical Activities Promotion | ||
Office, the Company | ||||
July | 2006 | General Manager, Operation Division I and General | ||
Manager, Semiconductor Group I, the Company | ||||
Sept. | 2007 | Director and Managing Executive Officer, the | ||
Company | ||||
July | 2009 | Chief Technology Officer, the Company (current | ||
position) | ||||
Sept. | 2009 | Executive Vice President & Representative Director, | ||
the Company (current position) | ||||
2 | Haruhiko Kusunose July | 2014 | General Manager, Marketing Department, the | 80,000 |
(October 26, 1958) | Company | |||
Dec. | 2014 | General Manager, Advanced Technology | ||
Development Office, the Company (current position) |
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) Director, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc.
Director, Lasertec Korea Corporation Director, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc. Director, Lasertec China Co., Ltd.
Director, Lasertec Singapore Service Pte. Ltd. (Reason for Nomination)
Since joining the Company, Haruhiko Kusunose has engaged in technology development and managed departments before assuming the office of Director in September 2001. Since becoming a Director, he has broadened his knowledge of management, assumed the office of Executive Vice President & Representative Director in September 2009, and engaged in the effort to strengthen the Company's technology development and production infrastructure. He is nominated for Director again because his abundant experience and knowledge are instrumental in the further sustainable growth of the Group.
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility | Number of the | ||
in the Company | Company's | ||||
No. | (Date of Birth) | ||||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | Shares Owned | ||||
Aug. | 1992 | Joined the Company | |||
July | 1998 | General Manager, Planning Office, the Company | |||
Sept. | 2001 | Director, the Company | |||
Jan. | 2004 | General Manager, General Affairs Department, the | |||
Company | |||||
July | 2006 | General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, the | |||
Company | |||||
July | 2007 | Chief Administrative Officer and General Manager, | |||
Planning Office, the Company | |||||
Sept. | 2007 | Director and Executive Officer, the Company | |||
July | 2008 | General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office and | |||
General Manager, General Affairs Department, the | |||||
Company | |||||
July | 2009 | Chief Administrative Officer, the Company (current | |||
position) | |||||
Jan. | 2011 | President, Lasertec Korea Corporation | |||
July | 2013 | General Manager, Quality Assurance Department, | |||
the Company | |||||
3 | Shu Uchiyama | Sept. | 2013 | Managing Director, the Company (current position) | 2,788,000 |
(February 1, 1966) | Aug. | 2015 | Chairman, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc. | ||
June | 2017 | Chairman, Lasertec China Co., Ltd. | |||
Jan. | 2020 | General Manager, Treasury and Accounting | |||
Department (current position) |
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) Director, Lasertec U.S.A., Inc.
Director, Lasertec Korea Corporation Supervisor, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc. Supervisor, Lasertec China Co., Ltd. Director, Lasertec Singapore Service Pte. Ltd. (Reason for Nomination)
Since joining the Company, Shu Uchiyama has engaged in the administration of corporate affairs and managed a department before assuming the office of Director in September 2001. Since becoming a Director, he has broadened his knowledge of management and engaged in the effort to strengthen the Company's administration. He is nominated for Director again because his abundant experience and knowledge are instrumental in the further sustainable growth of the Group.
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility | Number of the | |
in the Company | Company's | |||
No. | (Date of Birth) | |||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | Shares Owned | |||
May | 2004 | Joined the Company | ||
July | 2006 | General Manager, FPD Department 2, Operation | ||
Division III, the Company | ||||
Sept. | 2007 | Senior Engineer, Department 2, Operation Division | ||
II, the Company | ||||
Feb. | 2009 | General Manager, Semiconductor Group II, | ||
Operation Division I, the Company | ||||
July | 2009 | General Manager, Technology Department 2, the | ||
Company | ||||
July | 2012 | General Manager, Sales Department 3, the Company | ||
Sept. | 2012 | Director, the Company | ||
July | 2013 | General Manager, Solution Sales Department 3, the | ||
Company (current position) | ||||
July | 2016 | Chief Sales Officer, the Company (current position) | ||
July | 2019 | General Manager, Solution Sales Department 2, the | ||
Company (current position) | ||||
4 | Koichi Moriizumi Jan. | 2020 | Chairman, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc. (current position) | 8,000 |
(February 13, 1960) | Chairman, Lasertec China Co., Ltd. (current | |||
position) | ||||
July | 2020 | Managing Director (current position) |
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) Director, Lasertec Korea Corporation
Chairman, Lasertec Taiwan, Inc. Chairman, Lasertec China Co., Ltd. (Reason for Nomination)
Since joining the Company, Koichi Moriizumi has engaged in technology development and managed technology and sales departments before assuming the office of Director in September 2012. Since becoming a Director, he has broadened his knowledge of management and engaged in the effort to strengthen the Company's technology development and sales force. He is nominated for Director again because his experience and knowledge of the semiconductor-related equipment business and liquid crystal- related equipment business is instrumental in the further sustainable growth of the Group.
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility | Number of the | ||
in the Company | Company's | ||||
No. | (Date of Birth) | ||||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | Shares Owned | ||||
Oct. | 2002 | Joined the Company | |||
Technology Department 2, the Company | |||||
July | 2011 | General Manager, Technology Department 1, the | |||
Company | |||||
July | 2013 | General Manager, Solution Sales Department 2, the | |||
Company | |||||
July | 2015 | General Manager, Solution Sales Department 1, the | |||
Company (current position) | |||||
Sept. | 2015 | Director, the Company (current position) | |||
July | 2019 | General Manager, Technology Department 6, the | |||
Hirokazu Seki | Company | ||||
5 | (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | 4,000 | |||
(October 17, 1975) | |||||
Director, Lasertec Singapore Service Pte. Ltd. | |||||
(Reason for Nomination) | |||||
Since joining the Company, Hirokazu Seki has engaged in | |||||
technology development and managed technology and sales | |||||
departments before assuming the office of Director in September | |||||
2015. Since becoming a Director, he has broadened his knowledge | |||||
of management and engaged in the effort to strengthen the | |||||
Company's technology development and sales force. He is | |||||
nominated for Director again because his experience and knowledge | |||||
of the semiconductor-related equipment business and microscope | |||||
business is instrumental in the further sustainable growth of the | |||||
Group. | |||||
Dec. | 1973 | Joined Yokogawa-Hewlett-Packard Company | |||
(currently Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd.) | |||||
Nov. | 1995 | General Manager, Semiconductor Metrology | |||
Department, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. | |||||
Feb. | 1997 | Director, Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. | |||
Oct. | 1999 | Director, Agilent Technologies Japan, Ltd. | |||
Minoru Ebihara | Feb. | 2006 | Representative Director & President, Agilent | ||
Technologies Japan, Ltd. | |||||
(June 16, 1946) | |||||
6 | Jan. | 2010 | Retired from office as Representative Director & | 28,000 | |
Candidate for | President, Agilent Technologies Japan, Ltd. | ||||
Outside Director | Sept. | 2010 | Outside Director, the Company (current position) | ||
(Reason for Nomination) | |||||
Minoru Ebihara has years of experience in the business of | |||||
measurement and analysis equipment in the semiconductor, FPD and | |||||
various other industries as well as in the management of such | |||||
business. He is nominated for Outside Director again because the | |||||
Company expects his experience and wide-ranging knowledge to be | |||||
reflected in its management. | |||||
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary, and Position and Responsibility | Number of the | ||
in the Company | Company's | ||||
No. | (Date of Birth) | ||||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | Shares Owned | ||||
Apr. | 1969 | Joined The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited (currently | |||
MUFG Bank, Ltd.) | |||||
Jan. | 1989 | General Manager, Senju Branch, The Mitsubishi | |||
Bank, Limited | |||||
May | 1993 | General Manager, Branch Administration | |||
Department 2, The Mitsubishi Bank, Limited | |||||
May | 1995 | General Manager, Kojimachi Branch, The Mitsubishi | |||
Takayuki | Bank, Limited | ||||
June | 1997 | Director, Sankyu Inc. | |||
Shimoyama | June | 2001 | Managing Director, Sankyu Inc. | ||
(April 8, 1946) | |||||
7 | Apr. | 2005 | Director and Managing Executive Officer, Sankyu | 12,000 | |
Candidate for | Inc. | ||||
June | 2008 | Adviser and Executive Head, Corporate Health | |||
Outside Director | |||||
Insurance Society, Sankyu Inc. | |||||
Sept. | 2010 | Outside Director, the Company (current position) | |||
(Reason for Nomination) | |||||
Takayuki Shimoyama has years of experience in finance and | |||||
management in general at financial institutions and business entities. | |||||
He is nominated for Outside Director again because the Company | |||||
expects his experience and wide-ranging knowledge to be reflected | |||||
in its management. | |||||
Apr. | 1985 | Joined Sony Corporation | |||
June | 2005 | Representative Director, MYNUAGES Co., Ltd. | |||
(current position) | |||||
Apr. | 2012 Associate Professor, Faculty of Informatics, Shizuoka | ||||
Institute of Science and Technology | |||||
Visiting Professor, the Nagoya University of | |||||
Commerce and Business Graduate School | |||||
Koji Mihara | Apr. | 2017 | Professor, Department of Management Information | ||
(December 4, 1958) | Science, Faculty of Social Systems Science, Chiba | ||||
8 | Institute of Technology | 0 | |||
Candidate for | Apr. | 2020 | Professor, School of Creative Science and | ||
Outside Director | Engineering, Waseda University (current position) | ||||
(Reason for Nomination) | |||||
Koji Mihara has years of experience in planning management, | |||||
factory operation, and other fields at business enterprises. Mr. | |||||
Mihara is currently engaged in education in the field of management | |||||
system engineering. He is nominated for Outside Director because | |||||
the Company expects his experience and wide-ranging knowledge to | |||||
be reflected in its management. | |||||
(Notes) 1. The "Number of the Company's Shares Owned" is the number of the Company's shares owned as of June 30, 2020.
- No special interests exist between any of the candidates and the Company.
- Minoru Ebihara, Takayuki Shimoyama, and Koji Mihara are candidates for Outside Director. Special notes concerning the candidates for Outside Director are as follows:
- In the last three fiscal years, the Company has no business with either Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. or Agilent Technologies Japan, Ltd, the companies Minoru Ebihara once served, nor with current MUFG Bank, Ltd., to which Mr. Shimoyama previously belonged, nor with Sony Corporation, for which Mr. Mihara worked before. Takayuki Shimoyama retired from current MUFG Bank, Ltd., a bank with which the Company has a business relationship, more than 20 years ago, and joined a different company that has no special relationship with either the bank or the Company. The Company has no business with MYNUAGES Co., Ltd. where Mr. Mihara serves as a representative director.
- Minoru Ebihara and Takayuki Shimoyama are currently Outside Directors of the Company. At the conclusion of this meeting, the tenure of Minoru Ebihara and Takayuki Shimoyama will have been ten years.
- The Company has submitted notification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange that Minoru Ebihara and Takayuki Shimoyama have been appointed as independent officers as provided for by the Exchange. If this proposal is approved and adopted and they are reelected, the Company intends for the said notification to remain in effect. If this proposal is approved and adopted and Koji Mihara is elected, the Company intends to submit a
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notification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange that Koji Mihara has been appointed as an independent officer as provided for by the Exchange.
- Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act and the provision of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Company has entered into agreements with Minoru Ebihara and Takayuki Shimoyama to limit their liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph 1 of the same Act. If they have acted in good faith and without gross negligence in performing their duties, the maximum amount of liability for damages under these agreements is the minimum liability amount provided for by the laws and regulations. If this proposal is approved and adopted and they are reelected, the said agreements to limit their liability shall continue to remain in effect. If this proposal is approved and adopted and Koji Mihara is elected, the Company intends to enter into the same agreement with him to limit his liability.
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Proposal No. 3 Election of Four (4) Audit & Supervisory Board Members
At the conclusion of this meeting, the terms of office of Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member Takeaki Tsukasaki, and Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members Yuji Saito and Miyuki Ishiguro will expire. Whereas the Company previously had three Audit & Supervisory Board Members, it has decided to enhance the audit system by increasing the number of positions by one, and proposes to have four Audit & Supervisory Board Members.
Therefore, the Company proposes to elect four Audit & Supervisory Board Members. The consent of the Audit & Supervisory Board has been obtained for this proposal. The candidates for Audit & Supervisory Board Member are as follows:
# | Name | Current Position in the | ||||||||||
Company | ||||||||||||
Senior Audit & Supervisory | ||||||||||||
1 | Takeaki Tsukasaki | Reappointment | ||||||||||
Board Member | ||||||||||||
2 | Koichi Asami | Adviser | New | |||||||||
Outside Audit & Supervisory | ||||||||||||
3 | Miyuki Ishiguro | Reappointment | Outside | |||||||||
Board Member | ||||||||||||
4 | Eiichi Izumo | -- | New | Outside | Independent | |||||||
Reappointment Candidate for Reappointed Audit & Supervisory Board Member NewCandidate for New Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Outside Candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Independent To be appointed as Independent Officer as provided for by the Stock Exchange
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary and Position in the Company | Number of the | ||
Company's | |||||
No. | (Date of Birth) | (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | |||
Shares Owned | |||||
Apr. | 1980 | Joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | |||
Nov. | 1998 | Director in charge of Accounting, Matsushita | |||
Communication Industrial U.K. Limited | |||||
May | 2000 | Head of Accounting Section, Headquarters | |||
Accounting Division, Matsushita Communication | |||||
Industrial Co., Ltd. | |||||
Apr. | 2007 | Director in charge of Accounting, Panasonic Mobile | |||
& System Engineering Co., Ltd. | |||||
Feb. | 2008 | Joined the Company | |||
Senior Staff, Accounting Department, the Company | |||||
Oct. | 2008 | General Manager, Treasury and Accounting | |||
Takeaki Tsukasaki | Department, the Company | ||||
1 | Sept. | 2016 | Senior Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the | 45,200 | |
(April 14, 1957) | |||||
Company (current position) | |||||
(Reasons for Nomination) | |||||
Takeaki Tsukasaki has years of experience in accounting affairs and | |||||
has held the position of General Manager, Treasury and Accounting | |||||
Department since joining the Company. He possesses considerable | |||||
knowledge of finance and accounting. He was elected Audit & | |||||
Supervisory Board Member of the Company, with the expectation | |||||
that he would carry out objective and impartial audits from a broad | |||||
perspective based on his experiences and wide-ranging knowledge. | |||||
Since then, he has appropriately performed the duties of an Audit & | |||||
Supervisory Board Member. Therefore, the Company once again | |||||
nominates him as a candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board | |||||
Member. | |||||
Apr. | 1979 | Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | |||
Apr. | 2001 | General Manager, Marketing, Communication and | |||
Network Works, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | |||||
Apr. | 2005 | General Manager, Operation, Communication | |||
Systems Group, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | |||||
Apr. | 2007 | General Manager, Strategic Business Development | |||
Office, Corporate Marketing Group, Mitsubishi | |||||
Electric Corporation | |||||
Apr. | 2008 | Deputy General Manager, Corporate Strategic | |||
Planning Division, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | |||||
Apr. | 2010 | Director and General Manager, Kyushu Branch | |||
Office, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | |||||
2 | Koichi Asami | Apr. | 2014 | President and Director, Diamondtelecom, Inc. | 0 |
(September 1, 1956) | |||||
Apr. | 2017 | Vice President and Director, Kanematsu | |||
Communications Ltd. | |||||
Apr. | 2018 | Standing Statutory Auditor, Mitsubishi Electric | |||
Information Network Corporation | |||||
Apr. | 2020 | Adviser, the Company | |||
(Reasons for Nomination) | |||||
Koichi Asami has years of experience in the management of | |||||
electrical equipment and electronics business. He also has | |||||
experience of being an auditor at a different company. The Company | |||||
expects him to carry out objective and impartial audits from a broad | |||||
perspective based on his wide-ranging knowledge. Therefore, the | |||||
Company newly nominates him as a candidate for the Audit & | |||||
Supervisory Board Member. | |||||
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Candidate | Name |
No. | (Date of Birth) |
3 | Miyuki Ishiguro |
(October 26, 1964) | |
Career Summary and Position in the Company | Number of the |
Company's | |
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | |
Shares Owned | |
Apr. | 1991 | Registered as an attorney at law (Tokyo Bar | |
Association) | |||
Joined Tsunematsu Yanase & Sekine | |||
Jan. | 1999 | Partner attorney, Tsunematsu Yanase & Sekine | |
Jan. | 2000 | Partner attorney, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu | |
(current position) | |||
Oct. | 2004 | Visiting Professor for autumn semester, Columbia | |
Law School, Columbia University, USA | |||
June | 2006 | Outside Director, Sony Communication Network | |
Corporation (currently Sony Network | |||
Communications Inc.) | |||
June | 2013 | Outside Director, Miraca Holdings Inc. (current H.U. | |
Group Holdings, Inc.) | |||
May | 2015 | Secretary-General,Inter-Pacific Bar Association | |
(IPBA) | |||
Feb. | 2016 | Council Member, Radio Regulatory Council | |
Apr. | 2016 | Council Member, Management Council, | |
Hitotsubashi University | |||
Sept. | 2016 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the | |
Company (current position) | |||
June | 2017 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, | |
0 | |||
Benesse Holdings, Inc. (current position) | |||
Apr. | 2018 | Vice President, Tokyo Bar Association | |
Apr. | 2019 | Vice President, Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) | |
(current position) | |||
(Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) Partner attorney, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Benesse Holdings, Inc.
(Reasons for Nomination)
Miyuki Ishiguro has abundant knowledge and experiences as an attorney at law specializing in corporate law and has an experience of supervising corporate management as an outside director, although she has no experience of being involved in corporate management other than serving as an outside officer. She was elected Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company, with the expectation that she would carry out objective and impartial audits from a broad perspective based on her experiences and wide- ranging knowledge. Since then, she has appropriately performed the duties of an Audit & Supervisory Board Member. Therefore, the Company once again nominates her as a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
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Candidate | Name | Career Summary and Position in the Company | Number of the | ||
Company's | |||||
No. | (Date of Birth) | (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | |||
Shares Owned | |||||
Apr. | 1995 | Joined Tohmatsu & Co. (current Deloitte Touche | |||
Tohmatsu LLC) | |||||
Apr. | 1998 | Registered as a certified public accountant | |||
July | 2010 | Partner, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC | |||
Feb. | 2015 | Representative, Izumo CPA Office (current position) | |||
June | 2015 | Registered as a certified tax accountant | |||
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, | |||||
Benesse Holdings, Inc. (current position) | |||||
Mar. | 2016 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Torii | |||
Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (current position) | |||||
June | 2016 | Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member), | |||
Eiichi Izumo | INTAGE HOLDINGS Inc. | ||||
4 | (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | 100 | |||
(January 2, 1973) | |||||
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Benesse Holdings, | |||||
Inc. | |||||
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Torii Pharmaceutical | |||||
Co., Ltd. | |||||
(Reasons for Nomination) | |||||
Eiichi Izumo has abundant experiences as a certified public | |||||
accountant of many years and considerable knowledge of finance | |||||
and accounting. He also has experience of outside director and | |||||
outside audit & supervisory board members at different companies. | |||||
The Company expects him to carry out objective and impartial | |||||
audits from a broad perspective based on his experiences and wide- | |||||
ranging knowledge. Therefore, the Company newly nominates him | |||||
as a candidate for the Audit & Supervisory Board Member. | |||||
(Notes) 1. The "Number of the Company's Shares Owned" is the number of the Company's shares owned as of June 30, 2020.
- There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company.
- Miyuki Ishiguro and Eiichi Izumo are candidates for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
- Special notes concerning the candidates for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member are as follows:
- There is no contractual relationship between the Company and Miyuki Ishiguro, such as a legal advisory contract, and there is no contractual relationship, including a legal advisory contract between the Company and the law office to which she belongs (Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu). Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, to which Eiichi Izumo previously belonged, served as the Company's financial auditor until the fiscal year ended June 30, 2018. However, Mr. Izumo retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC in 2015 and was never in charge of auditing the Company while working for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC. The Company has no business relationship with Izumo CPA Office, where Mr. Izumo serves as representative.
- Miyuki Ishiguro is currently an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company. At the conclusion of this meeting, her tenure will have been four years.
- Miyuki Ishiguro meets the criteria of an independent outside audit & supervisory board member set by the Tokyo Stock Exchange. However, Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu, to which she belongs, has a policy that it does not allow its member lawyers to be registered as an independent member when serving on the board of a company. We, therefore, do not designate her as an independent member of the Board. If Eiichi Izumo assumes the office of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company intends to submit a notification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange that he has been appointed as an independent officer as provided for by the Exchange.
- Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, and the provision of the Company's Articles of Incorporation, the Company has entered into an agreement with Miyuki Ishiguro to limit her liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph 1 of the same Act. If she has acted in good faith and without gross negligence in performing her duties, the maximum amount of liability for damages under this agreement is the minimum liability amount provided for under laws and regulations. If this proposal is approved and adopted and she is reelected, the said agreement to limit her liability shall continue to remain in effect. Also, if this proposal is approved and adopted and Eiichi Izumo assumes the office of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company intends to enter into the same agreement with him to limit his liability.
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Proposal No. 4 Election of One (1) Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member
At the commencement of this meeting, the effect of the election of Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member Osamu Mizuno, who was elected at the 58th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on September 27, 2019, will expire. Therefore, the Company once again proposes to elect one Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member to be ready to fill a vacant position should the number of Audit & Supervisory Board Members fall below the number required by the laws and regulations.
The consent of the Audit & Supervisory Board has been obtained for this proposal. The candidate for Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member is as follows:
Name | Career Summary and Position in the Company | Number of the | ||
Company's | ||||
(Date of Birth) | (Significant Concurrent Positions outside the Company) | |||
Shares Owned | ||||
Apr. | 1970 | Joined Mitsubishi Electric Corporation | ||
Oct. | 1993 | General Manager, Factory Automation Systems | ||
Department, Hokkaido Branch Office, Mitsubishi | ||||
Electric Corporation | ||||
Apr. | 2001 | General Manager, Electronic Major Component | ||
Planning Department, Electronic Business Group, | ||||
SPC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | ||||
Sept. | 2009 | General Manager, Tokyo Plant, Business Supervision | ||
Department, SPC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION | ||||
Apr. | 2010 | Standing Statutory Auditor, SPC ELECTRONICS | ||
Yuji Saito | CORPORATION | 0 | ||
(August 20, 1947) | Sept. | 2012 | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the | |
Company (current position) | ||||
(Reasons for Nomination) | ||||
Yuji Saito assumed the office of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board | ||||
Member of the Company in September 2012 with many years of | ||||
experience and knowledge in the electronics industry. His tenure will | ||||
reach eight years at the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting | ||||
of Shareholders when he retires. The Company nominates him as a | ||||
candidate for Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member, | ||||
considering his track record of executing objective and impartial | ||||
audits from a broad perspective. | ||||
(Notes) 1. The "Number of the Company's Shares Owned" is the number of the Company's shares owned as of June 30, 2020
- No special interests exist between the candidate and the Company.
- Yuji Saito is a candidate for Substitute Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member. Special notes concerning the candidate for Substitute Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member are as follows:
- The Company has business with Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, to which Mr. Saito previously belonged, but the percentage of sales from Mitsubishi Electric Corporation over the total sales of the Company is less than 0.25%, extremely small, in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2020. The Company has no business with SPC ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, for which Yuji Saito once worked.
- If Yuji Saito assumes the office of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company intends to appoint him as an independent officer as provided for by the Tokyo Stock Exchange and submit a notification of the appointment to the Exchange.
- If Yuji Saito assumes the office of Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company plans to enter into an agreement with him to limit the maximum amount of his liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act to the minimum liability amount provided for by the laws and regulations, pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, paragraph 1 of the same Act and the provision of the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
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Proposal No. 5 Payment of Bonuses to Directors
The Company proposes to pay bonuses in the total amount of ¥537,000,000 to five Directors (excluding Outside Directors) in office as of the end of the fiscal year under review, taking into consideration the performance of the fiscal year under review and other factors.
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