Sakata INX : Notice of the 146th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders（216KB）

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(Stock Exchange Code 4633) March 6, 2024

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:

Yoshiaki Ueno

Representative Director, President &

CEO

SAKATA INX CORPORATION

1-23-37 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka

NOTICE OF THE 146TH

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Dear Shareholders:

We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.

To all those who have been affected by the recent 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake, we would like to express our deepest sympathies and pray for the restoration and reconstruction of the region as soon as possible.

We hereby announce the 146th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of SAKATA INX CORPORATION (the "Company"). The meeting will be held for the purposes as described below.

When convening this 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 will be taken) in electronic format, and posts this information on each website below. Please access either of the websites by using the corresponding internet address shown below to review the information.

The Company's website: https://www.inx.co.jp/ir/investor/meeting.html (in Japanese)

Website where information materials for the general meeting of shareholders are posted: https://d.sokai.jp/4633/teiji/ (in Japanese)

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) website (Listed Company Search): https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show (in Japanese)

(Access the TSE website "Listed Company Search" using the above internet address, enter the Company's name "SAKATA INX CORPORATION" in "Issue name (company name)" or its securities code "4633" in "Code," and click "Search." Then, click "Basic information" and select "Documents for public inspection/PR information." Under "Filed information available for public inspection," review the information by selecting the button under the "Notice of General Shareholders Meeting/Informational Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting.")

If you will not be attending the meeting in person, you can exercise your voting rights via the Internet, etc. or in writing (by mail). Please review the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, and exercise your voting rights by 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 26, 2024, Japan time. (The Voting Rights Exercise Form and the Reference Documents are available in Japanese only.)

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1. Date and Time: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (JST) (Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m.)

2. Place:	SAKATA INX CORPORATION Osaka Head Office
	1-23-37 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka

3. Meeting Agenda: Matters to be reported:

1. The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the Company's 146th Fiscal Year (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023) and results of audits by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board of the Consolidated Financial Statements
2. Non-consolidatedFinancial Statements for the Company's 146th Fiscal Year (January 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023)

Proposals to be resolved:

Proposal 1: Distribution of Surplus

Proposal 2: Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

Proposal 3: Election of 8 Directors

Proposal 4: Election of 1 Audit & Supervisory Board Member

4. Other matters concerning the meeting:

1. In the case where you choose to exercise your voting rights in writing (by mail), if there is no indication of your vote for or against a proposal on the voting form, it will be treated as a vote "for" the proposal.
2. If you exercise your voting rights via the Internet, etc. multiple times, the vote exercised last will be recorded as the effective vote.
3. If you exercise your voting rights both via the Internet, etc. and in writing (by mail), your exercise of voting rights via the Internet, etc., will be treated as valid, regardless of the date of arrival.
4. If you exercise your voting rights by proxy, you may designate one other shareholder holding voting rights of the Company to attend the meeting. Please note, however, that it is necessary to submit a document proving the authority of proxy.

• When attending the meeting, please submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise 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 each aforementioned website.
• Paper-baseddocuments stating items subject to measures for electronic provision have been sent to shareholders who have requested the delivery of paper-based documents, however those documents do not include the following items in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and Article 16, paragraph 2 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
• 1. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
  2. Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements

For this reason, the Consolidated Financial Statements and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements stated in the aforementioned documents constitute one part of the scope of audits by the Accounting Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board for preparing their respective audit reports.

• Please note that souvenirs will not be provided to the attendees at the meeting.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders

Proposals and References

Proposal 1: Distribution of Surplus

The Company regards the redistribution of profits to all shareholders as an important management measure, and we will implement active and stable dividend payments and flexible share buybacks upon comprehensively taking into account our business performance, investment plans, and business environment.

Based on this policy, the Company is aiming for a total return ratio of 50% or more and a DOE (dividend on equity ratio) of 2.5% or more during the period of Mid-term Management Plan 2026 (CCC-II) and proposes a year-end dividend for this fiscal year as follows:

1. Type of dividend property: Cash
2. Allotment of dividend property and its total amount
   20 yen per share of the Company's common stock (total dividend of 1,000,896,240 yen).
   As a result, combined with the interim dividend of 15 yen per share paid on September 1, 2023, the annual dividend will be 35 yen per share.
3. Effective date of the distribution of dividends of surplus: March 28, 2024

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Proposal 2: Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

1. Reasons for the amendment
   The Company proposes to make additions to the business purposes provided in Article 3 of the current Articles of Incorporation and make the necessary corresponding amendments to prepare for future business expansion and the diversification of business activities based on the Company's long-term vision "SAKATA INX VISION 2030."
2. Details of the amendments
   The details of the amendments are as follows.

				(Underlined portions indicate amendments.)
	Current Articles of Incorporation			Proposed amendments
	Chapter I			Chapter I
	General Provisions			General Provisions
Articles 1-2	(Omitted)	Articles 1-2	(Unchanged)
Article 3.	(Purpose)	Article 3.	(Purpose)
The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in the		The purpose of the Company shall be to engage in the
following businesses.		following businesses.
1.-7.	(Omitted)	1.-7.	(Unchanged)
	(Newly established)	8.	Acquisition, transfer, licensing, support, training and
			management consulting of patent rights, utility model
			rights, design rights, trademarks, and expertise related to
			the preceding items, and services that are incidental to
			the aforementioned.
8.All businesses that are incidental to those mentioned in	9.	All businesses that are incidental to those mentioned in
the preceding items.		the preceding items.

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Proposal 3: Election of 8 Directors

At the conclusion of this meeting, the terms of office of all 8 Directors will expire. The Company proposes the election of 8 Directors while considering diversity.

The details of the candidates for Director are as follows:

					Attendance
					at Board of
					Directors
No.	Name		Gender	Positions, responsibilities, etc. in the Company	meetings
	for the
					fiscal year
					under
					review
1	Yoshiaki Ueno	Reelection	Male	Representative Director, President & CEO	100%
(17/17)
				Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
				In charge of Business Restructuring
				In charge of Business Solution Div., Sales	100%
2	Hitoshi Nakamura	Reelection	Male	Administration Div., Customer Relationship
(17/17)
				Management Div.
				Supervising SAKATA SANGYO, LIMITED and
				SAKATA LABOSTATION CO., LTD.
				Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer	100%
3	Toshihiko Fukunaga	Reelection	Male	In charge of Corporate Planning Div., Information
Systems Div., Finance & Accounting Div.	(17/17)
				INX International Ink Co. Chairman
				Director, Managing Executive Officer	100%
4	Hiroshi Morita	Reelection	Male	In charge of Digital & Specialty Products Div.
(13/13)
				Inkjet Global Sales Committee Chairman
				Director, Senior Executive Officer	100%
5	Minoru Tateiri	Reelection	Male	In charge of Environment & Quality Div.
(13/13)
				General Manager, Production Management Div.
		Reelection			92.3%
6	Yoshio Sato	Outside	Male	Outside Director
(12/13)
		Independent
		Reelection			100%
7	Yukiko Tsujimoto	Outside	Female	Outside Director
(17/17)
		Independent
		Reelection			100%
8	Kazuko Otsuki	Outside	Female	Outside Director
(13/13)
		Independent

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:
		April 1985	Joined the Company
		June 2007	General Manager, 2nd R&D Dept.,
			Corporate R&D Div.
		October 2008	General Manager, 3rd R&D Dept., Corporate
			R&D Div.
		June 2014	Director, Commissioned as General
			Manager, Corporate R&D Div.
	Yoshiaki Ueno	June 2015	In charge of Purchasing Div.
	July 2016	In charge of Purchasing Div. and Marketing
	(December 22, 1961)
		& New Business Development Div.	41,247
	(Male)	March 2018	Executive Officer, In charge of Purchasing
		Div. and Marketing & New Business
1			Development Div.
	July 2018	In charge of Purchasing Div.
		March 2019	Managing Executive Officer
		March 2021	Representative Director (current position),
			President & CEO (current position)
		January 2022	Supervising Corporate R&D
		April 2023	In charge of Corporate R&D Div.
	Reason for appointment as candidate for Director
	Yoshiaki Ueno has held many important positions in the research and development division. In his current
	position as Representative Director, President & CEO, he has led the Group with strong leadership as a
	management executive, and has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and
	improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to
	continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company
	based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:
		April 1981	Joined the Company
		June 2009	General Manager, Newspaper Ink Div.
		January 2010 Concurrently, General Manager, Offset Ink
			Div.
		June 2012	Associate Director
		June 2013	Director, In charge of Offset Ink Div.,
			Commissioned as General Manager,
			Newspaper Ink Div.
		June 2014	Director, In charge of Newspaper Ink Div.,
			Commissioned as General Manager, Offset
			Ink Div.
		March 2016	Managing Director, In charge of Newspaper
			Ink Div.
		September	In charge of Newspaper Ink Div. and Offset
		2016	Ink Div.
		June 2017	In charge of Printing Solution Div.,
	Hitoshi Nakamura		Newspaper Ink Div. and Offset Ink Div.
	March 2018	Director (current position), Managing
	(November 1, 1957)		Executive Officer	46,972
		March 2019	In charge of Newspaper Ink Div., Offset Ink
	(Male)
		Div., Printing Solution Div. and Sales
2			Administration Div.
	January 2020 In charge of Information Media Business, In
			charge of Printing Solution Div. and Sales
			Administration Div.
		March 2020	Senior Managing Executive Officer (current
			position)
		January 2021 In charge of Sales Administration Div.
			(current position)
		January 2022 Supervising SAKATA SANGYO, LIMITED
			and SAKATA LABOSTATION CO., LTD.
			(current position)
		June 2022	In charge of Business Solution Div. (current
			position)
		January 2023 In charge of Customer Relationship
			Management Div. (current position)
		January 2024	In charge of Business Restructuring (current
			position)

Reason for appointment as candidate for Director

Hitoshi Nakamura has held many important positions in the newspaper ink division and the offset ink division. As an incumbent Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:
		April 1983	Joined the Company
		March 2008 General Manager, International Operations
			Dept.
		June 2014	Associate Director
		July 2015	General Manager, Finance & Accounting
			Div.
		March 2016	Director (current position)
			In charge of Information Systems Div. and
			International Operations Dept. and
			Commissioned as General Manager, Finance
			& Accounting Div.
		March 2017	In charge of Information Systems Div.,
			Finance & Accounting Div. and International
			Operations Dept.
	Toshihiko Fukunaga	March 2018	Executive Officer, In charge of Information
	(March 26, 1961)		Systems Div., Finance & Accounting Div.	32,248
			and International Operations Dept.
	(Male)
	October 2018	In charge of Corporate Planning Div.,
3			Information Systems Div. and Finance &
		Accounting Div.
		March 2019	Senior Executive Officer, In charge of
			Corporate Planning Div., Information
			Systems Div., Finance & Accounting Div.
			and Public & Investor Relations Div.
		March 2020	In charge of Corporate Planning Div.,
			Information Systems Div. and Finance &
			Accounting Div. (current position)
		March 2021	Managing Executive Officer
		January 2023 Senior Managing Executive Officer (current
			position)

(Significant concurrent positions) INX International Ink Co. Chairman

Reason for appointment as candidate for Director

Toshihiko Fukunaga has served many important positions in the finance and accounting division and the international operations division. As an incumbent Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:
		April 1984	Joined the Company
		June 2006	Branch Manager, Shikoku Branch Office
		June 2013	General Manager, Tokyo 1st Sales &
			Marketing Dept., Offset Ink Div.
			concurrently, General Manager, Tokyo 2nd
			Sales & Marketing Dept., Offset Ink Div.
		October 2015	General Manager, Offset Ink Div., General
			Manager, Tokyo 1st Sales & Marketing
			Dept., Offset Ink Div., concurrently, General
			Manager, Tokyo 2nd Sales & Marketing
			Dept., Offset Ink Div.
	Hiroshi Morita	March 2016	Associate Director, General Manager, Digital
		& Specialty Products Div.
	(August 7, 1961)		24,371
	July 2016	Associate Director, General Manager, Digital
	(Male)		& Specialty Products Div.
	March 2017	Director, Commissioned as General
4			Manager, Digital & Specialty Products Div.
	March 2018	Director, Executive Officer
		March 2019 Senior Executive Officer
		January 2022 Managing Executive Officer (current
			position)
		April 2022	Inkjet Global Sales Committee Chairman
			(current position)
		January 2023 In charge of Digital & Specialty Products
			Div. (current position)
		March 2023	Director (current position)

Reason for appointment as candidate for Director

Hiroshi Morita has held many important positions in the offset ink division and digital and specialty products division. As an incumbent Director, Managing Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:
		April 1989	Joined the Company
		January 1996 Assigned to International Administration
			Dept., based in Chicago
		January 1999 Assigned to International Operations Dept.,
			based in Dunkirk
		October 2005	Manager, Tokyo Engineering Group,
			Technical Service & Development Dept.,
			Graphic Arts Div.
	Minoru Tateiri	March 2009 Assigned to International Operations Dept.,
		based in Maoming
	(March 2, 1967)		15,675
	February	General Manager, Production Management
	(Male)	2015	Dept., Production Technology Div.
	March 2020	Executive Officer
5
	March 2021	General Manager, Production Technology
			Div.
		January 2023 Senior Executive Officer (current position),
			In charge of Environment & Quality Div.
			(current position), General Manager,
			Production Management Div. (current
			position)
		March 2023	Director (current position)
	Reason for appointment as candidate for Director
	Minoru Tateiri has held many important positions in the production technology division. As a Director, Senior
	Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and
	improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to
	continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company
	based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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