General Meeting of Shareholders

The 97th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders(date and place subject to resolution)

Date	10 a.m., Friday, June 18, 2021
Place	The HŌ Banquet Hall (2F), Hotel New Otani Osaka 4-1, Shiromi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka

Above Date and Place are subject to approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors in the middle of May. The Notice of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders will be posted in the middle of May, and will be sent out in the end of May.

The 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

Notice of General Meeting

Notice of the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (785KB)
Items Disclosed on the Internet Concerning Notice of the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (260KB)
Partial Amendment to “Items Disclosed on the Internet Concerning Notice of the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders” (225KB)

Date	10 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2020
Place	OSAKA Headquarters
Objectives of the Meeting	Reports The Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the report of the audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Independent Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020). The Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020). Agenda Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus Proposal No. 2: Election of Ten (10) Directors Proposal No. 3: Election of One (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Date

10 a.m., Friday, June 19, 2020

Place

OSAKA Headquarters

Objectives of the Meeting

Reports

The Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the report of the audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Independent Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020).
The Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020).

Agenda

Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus
Proposal No. 2: Election of Ten (10) Directors
Proposal No. 3: Election of One (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member

Presentations and Resolutions

Presentations	We reported the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the report of the audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Independent Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020). We reported the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020).
Resolutions	Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus Proposal No. 1 was approved and passed in its original form, with term-end dividend of ¥ 42.5 per share. Proposal No. 2: Election of Ten (10) Directors Proposal No. 2 was approved and passed in its original form. Ten (10) directors (Masahiro Okafuji, Yoshihisa Suzuki, Tomofumi Yoshida, Yuji Fukuda, Fumihiko Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hachimura, Atsuko Muraki, Harufumi Mochizuki, Masatoshi Kawana and Makiko Nakamori) were re-elected and reappointed as directors as of June 19, 2020. Directors Atsuko Muraki,Harufumi Mochizuki, Masatoshi Kawana and Makiko Nakamori are outside directors. Proposal No. 3: Election of One (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member Proposal No. 3 was approved and passed in its original form. Makoto Kyoda was newly elected and took office as an audit & supervisory board member as of June 19, 2020.

Presentations

We reported the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and the report of the audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Independent Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020).
We reported the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 96th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020).

Resolutions

Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus
Proposal No. 1 was approved and passed in its original form, with term-end dividend of ¥ 42.5 per share.

Proposal No. 2: Election of Ten (10) Directors
Proposal No. 2 was approved and passed in its original form. Ten (10) directors (Masahiro Okafuji, Yoshihisa Suzuki, Tomofumi Yoshida, Yuji Fukuda, Fumihiko Kobayashi, Tsuyoshi Hachimura, Atsuko Muraki, Harufumi Mochizuki, Masatoshi Kawana and Makiko Nakamori) were re-elected and reappointed as directors as of June 19, 2020. Directors Atsuko Muraki,Harufumi Mochizuki, Masatoshi Kawana and Makiko Nakamori are outside directors.

Proposal No. 3: Election of One (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Proposal No. 3 was approved and passed in its original form. Makoto Kyoda was newly elected and took office as an audit & supervisory board member as of June 19, 2020.

Measures to Revitalize the General Meeting of Shareholders and Facilitate of Exercise of Voting

Prompt Delivery of Convocation Notice of General Meeting of Shareholders	Sent approximately three weeks before the General Meeting of Shareholders.
Setting Date of General Meeting of Shareholders to Avoid Being Held on the Same Day as Many Other Companies	Held on a day other than the day on which the largest number of companies held their meetings.
Exercise of Voting Rights by Electromagnetic Means	In order to promote the exercise of voting rights by individual shareholders, the exercise of voting rights by electronic means (excluding mobile phones) has been available since the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2005.
Participation in Platform for Exercise of Voting Rights by Electromagnetic Means and Other Measures to Enhance Environment for Exercise of Voting Rights by Institutional Investors	The “Voting Rights Electronic Exercise Platform” operated by ICJ Co., Ltd., has been used since the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2008.
Providing Convocation Notice (Summary) in English	An English version of the entire convocation notice, including Business Report, has been prepared and posted on the Company’s Web site and on TDnet since the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2010.
Other	In order to improve convenience for shareholders and ensure sufficient time for considering proposals, the convocation notices have been made available via electronic means since the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2005. Furthermore, since the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held in June 2015, the Company has posted its convocation notice on its website and on TDnet before posting the notice to shareholders.

Articles of Incorporation

Articles of Incorporation (389KB)