On March 1, 2019, Kelly Services, Inc. received notice from Persol Holdings Co. Ltd. that Hirotoshi Takahashi, who currently serves on the company’s board of directors, will not stand for election as a director at the company’s annual meeting of stockholders scheduled for May 8, 2019 due to his additional responsibilities as Deputy President and Chief Operating Officer of Persol. Based on Persol’s notice, the company’s board of directors intends to nominate Takao Wada for election as a director at the Company’s annual meeting. Mr. Wada, age 56, is currently a Director and Senior Executive Officer of Persol. Mr. Wada joined Persol in 1991 and has served Persol and its affiliates in roles of increasing responsibility since that date.
Kelly Services, Inc. is a specialty talent and workforce solutions provider operating throughout the world. The Company operates through five segments: Professional & Industrial (P&I), Science, Engineering & Technology (SET), Education, Outsourcing & Consulting Group (OCG) and International. P&I segment delivers staffing, outcome-based and permanent placement services, providing administrative, accounting and finance, light industrial and contact center staffing and other workforce solutions in the United States and Canada. The SET segment delivers staffing, outcome-based and permanent placement services focused on science and clinical research, engineering, technology and telecommunications specialties. Its OCG segment delivers talent solutions including managed service provider (MSP), payroll process outsourcing (PPO), recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and talent advisory services. International segment also delivers RPO talent solutions within its local markets.