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 identification code: 1973 June 1, 2023
To our shareholders:
Yushi Ushijima
President and Representative Director
NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation
3-9-14, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo
NOTICE OF THE 91st ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
You are cordially invited to attend the 91st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation (the "Company"), which will be held as described below.
If you are unable to attend the meeting in person, you may exercise your voting rights via the Internet, etc. or by postal mail. Please check the attached Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders and exercise your voting rights by 5:15 p.m., Thursday, June 22, 2023 (Japan Standard Time) in accordance with the "Guidance of Exercising of Your Voting Rights."
Meeting Outline
- Date and Time: Friday, June 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. (Japan Standard Time) (Reception will begin at 9:00 a.m.)
- Venue: 8F Hall, NEC Networks & System Integration Corporation Head Office Building 3-9-14, Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(As our head office moved from Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, to Minato-ku, Tokyo, on March 1, 2023, the venue for the General Meeting of Shareholders has been changed to the above.)
3. Agenda:
Items to be reported:
- Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 91st Term (from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023), as well as the results of audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditor and the Board of Corporate Auditors
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Non-consolidatedFinancial Statements for the 91st Term (from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023)
Items to be resolved:
Proposal 1: Election of nine (9) Directors
Proposal 2: Election of two (2) Corporate Auditors
- Any revisions that should be made to this document will be posted on the Company's website (https://www.nesic.co.jp).
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Guidance of Exercising of Your Voting Rights
Instead of attending the General Meeting of Shareholders in person, you may exercise your voting rights by one of the following two methods.
1. Instructions on exercise of voting rights in writing (by mail)
Please indicate your approval or disapproval to each of the proposals on the enclosed Exercise Voting Rights Form and return it to the Company's shareholder registry administrator (Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited).
Your vote must be arrived at the Company's shareholder registry administrator no later than 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2023 (Japan Standard Time).
2. Instructions on exercise of voting rights via the Internet, etc.
Please register your approval or disapproval to each of the proposal by accessing the following voting website or by scanning the QR Code on the Exercise Voting Rights Form.
The voting website | |
https://www.web54.net | (This website is available in Japanese only.) |
Please be sure to register your approval or disapproval of the proposals by 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 22, 2023 (Japan Standard Time).
・If you send the Exercise Voting Rights Form by mail without indicating your approval or disapproval of the proposals, we will treat it as an indication of approval of the proposals.
・If you exercise your voting rights multiple times via the Internet, etc., the last one shall be deemed valid. ・If you exercise your voting rights both via the Internet, etc. and in writing (by mail), the one exercised via
the Internet, etc. shall be deemed valid.
・If you exercise your voting rights by a proxy attending the meeting, please name one shareholder who holds voting rights of the Company to act as a proxy, and submit documentation which certifies the proxy rights before the start of the meeting.
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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal 1: Election of nine (9) Directors
The terms of office of all nine (9) present Directors will expire at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders. The Company proposes to elect nine (9) Directors.
The candidates for Directors are as follows.
Candidates for Director are decided by the Board of Directors after deliberation by the Nomination and Compensation Committee, which is chaired by an Independent Outside Director and whose majority members are Independent Outside Directors.
Years of | ||||||
Attendance | service (as | |||||
No. | Name | Position and responsibilities at the Company | Gender | at Board of | of | |
Directors | conclusion | |||||
meetings | of this | |||||
meeting) | ||||||
1 | Yushi Ushijima | President (Representative Director) and Chief | [Reelection] | Male | 13/13 | 9 years |
Executive Officer (CEO) | meetings | |||||
2 | Hiroyuki Sekizawa | Senior Vice President, Member of the Board | [Reelection] | Male | 13/13 | 4 years |
and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) | meetings | |||||
3 | Osamu Kikuchi | Senior Vice President, Executive General | [New | Male | - | - |
Manager, DX Solutions Business Unit | Candidate] | |||||
4 | Michitaka Ono | President (Representative Director), K&N | [New | Male | - | - |
System Integrations Corporation | Candidate] | |||||
[Reelection] | ||||||
[Candidate | ||||||
5 | Michiko Ashizawa | Outside Director | for Outside | Female | 13/13 | 5 years |
Director] | meetings | |||||
[Independent | ||||||
Director] | ||||||
[Reelection] | ||||||
[Candidate | ||||||
6 | Mamoru Yoshida | Outside Director | for Outside | Male | 12/13 | 3 years |
Director] | meetings | |||||
[Independent | ||||||
Director] | ||||||
[New | ||||||
Candidate] | ||||||
[Candidate | ||||||
7 | Mikiko Morimoto | for Outside | Female | - | - | |
Director] | ||||||
[Independent | ||||||
Director] | ||||||
8 | Toru Kawakubo | Member of the Board | [Reelection] | Male | 13/13 | 3 years |
meetings | ||||||
9 | Hiroto Sugahara | [New | Male | - | - | |
Candidate] | ||||||
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Name (Date of birth/other | Career summary, position and responsibilities | Number of the | |||
No. | Company's | ||||
notes) | (Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) | ||||
shares owned | |||||
Apr. 1984 | Joined the Company | ||||
Apr. 2011 | General Manager, Nakanihon Regional | ||||
Division, Regional Operations Unit of the | |||||
Company | |||||
Apr. 2013 | Associate Senior Vice President, General | ||||
Yushi Ushijima | Manager of Higashinihon Regional Division | ||||
of Marketing & Sales Development Unit of | |||||
(April 29, 1960) | |||||
the Company | |||||
[Reelection] | June 2014 | Member of the Board, Associate Senior Vice | |||
President of the Company | |||||
Years of service as Director: | Senior Executive Vice President and Member | 28,200 | |||
of the Board, Q&A Corporation | |||||
9 years | |||||
Apr. 2015 | Member of the Board, Associate Senior Vice | ||||
Attendance at Board of | President of the Company | ||||
Directors meetings: | President and CEO, Q&A Corporation | ||||
1 | 13/13 meetings (100%) | Apr. 2016 | Member of the Board of the Company | ||
President and CEO, Q&A Corporation | |||||
June 2017 | President and Representative Director of the | ||||
Company (present position) | |||||
June 2022 | Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the | ||||
Company (present position) | |||||
[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director] | |||||
Mr. Yushi Ushijima has accumulated an abundance of knowledge and experience regarding the business | |||||
environment and industries of the Company from having served as General Manager of branch divisions and | |||||
performing other duties. Since 2014, he successively has served as Senior Executive Vice President and | |||||
President and CEO of a Group company, and President of the Company. He has acquired considerable | |||||
knowledge and experience on business management and has contributed to business expansion of the | |||||
Company. The Company believes he is a suitable candidate to further progress and develop the Company's | |||||
businesses, such as by increasing the Group's corporate value and coping with drastic changes in the | |||||
environment in Japan and overseas, making use of his track record of accomplishments and experience. In light | |||||
of these reasons, the Company proposes his election as Director. |
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Name (Date of birth/other | Career summary, position and responsibilities | Number of the | ||
No. | Company's | |||
notes) | (Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) | |||
shares owned | ||||
July 2011 | General Manager, Corporate Controller | |||
Hiroyuki Sekizawa | Division, NEC Corporation | |||
May 2015 | General Manager, Corporate Controller | |||
(July 6, 1960) | ||||
Division, NEC Corporation (change in | ||||
[Reelection] | Japanese only; English title unchanged) | |||
June 2017 | Associate Senior Vice President of the | |||
Years of service as Director: | Company | 16,800 | ||
4 years | Apr. 2019 | Senior Vice President of the Company | ||
Attendance at Board of | (present position) | |||
June 2019 | Member of the Board of the Company | |||
Directors meetings: | ||||
(present position) | ||||
2 | 13/13 meetings (100%) | |||
June 2022 | Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the | |||
Company (present position) | ||||
[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director] | ||||
Mr. Hiroyuki Sekizawa has accumulated an abundance of knowledge and experience regarding accounting and | ||||
finance, having experience in responsible positions in the accounting divisions at NEC Corporation, as well as | ||||
a track record as a chief financial officer and senior executive officer at an overseas associated company. He | ||||
was appointed an Associate Senior Vice President of the Company in 2017. Since June 2019, as Senior Vice | ||||
President and Member of the Board, he has been working to improve the Group's corporate value and | ||||
strengthen the management foundation as the person responsible for the corporate staff divisions in addition to | ||||
overseeing accounting and finance strategies. The Company believes he is a suitable candidate to increase the | ||||
Group's corporate value by making use of his knowledge and experience. In light of these reasons, the | ||||
Company proposes his election as Director. | ||||
Apr. 1990 | Joined the Company | |||
Apr. 2013 | Senior Manager, Solutions Business | |||
Promotion Group, EmpoweredOffice | ||||
Marketing Promotion Division, SI & | ||||
Services Operations Unit of the Company | ||||
Apr. 2015 | Senior Manager, Office Design Group, | |||
Osamu Kikuchi | EmpoweredOffice Business Development | |||
Division of the Company | ||||
(September 14, 1967) | ||||
Apr. 2018 | Assistant Executive General Manager, | |||
[New Candidate] | EmpoweredOffice Business Development | |||
Division of the Company | ||||
Years of service as Director: | Apr. 2019 | Senior Project Manager, DX Business | 0 | |
- years | Promotion Division, Business Design | |||
Attendance at Board of | Operations Unit of the Company | |||
July 2019 | Seconded to NEC Corporation of America | |||
3 | Directors meetings: | |||
Apr. 2021 | Associate Senior Vice President of the | |||
-/- meetings | ||||
Company | ||||
Apr. 2022 | Senior Vice President (present position), | |||
Executive General Manager, Business Design | ||||
Operations Unit of the Company | ||||
Apr. 2023 | Executive General Manager, DX Solutions | |||
Business Unit of the Company (present | ||||
position) | ||||
[Reasons for selection as a candidate for Director] | ||||
Mr. Osamu Kikuchi has a track record of driving the growth of digital businesses, including through the | ||||
promotion of the commercialization of "EmpoweredOffice", which is a work-style innovation that makes use | ||||
of ICT, as well as an alliance with Zoom Video Communications, Inc. in the US to create new businesses. In | ||||
addition, since 2021, he has contributed to the strengthening of the customer base and business base of the | ||||
Company in the digital business area as Associate Senior Vice President. The Company believes he is a suitable | ||||
candidate to increase the Group's corporate value by making use of his knowledge and experience. In light of | ||||
these reasons, the Company proposes his election as Director. |
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