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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. The Company assumes no responsibility for this translation or for direct, indirect or any other forms of damage arising from the translation.
Securities Code 5233 June 4, 2024 (Start Date of Measures for Electronic Provision: May 30, 2024)
To Those Stockholders with Voting Rights
Yoshifumi Taura
President and Representative Director
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation
1-1-1, Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
NOTICE OF THE 26th ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
You are cordially notified of the 26th Ordinary General Meeting of Stockholders of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation (the "Company"). The meeting will be held as stated below.
In convening this General Meeting of Stockholders, the Company has taken measures for electronic provision and matters subject to measures for electronic provision are posted on the following website.
The Company's website: https://www.taiheiyo-cement.co.jp/english/ir/kabunushi.html In addition to the above, the information is also posted on the following website.
・The Tokyo Stock Exchange's website: https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do?Show=Show
Please access the above website and enter the Company's name or securities code to search, and then select "Basic information" followed by "Documents for public inspection/PR information" to view the information.
・The Portal of Shareholders' Meeting: https://www.soukai-portal.net
Please scan the QR code on the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form or access the website above and enter the ID and password indicated on the form.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may exercise your voting rights in writing or via the Internet, so please review the attached Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Stockholders and exercise your voting rights after reading the Voting Guide on page 3.
- Date and Time:
- Place:
- Agenda of the Meeting: Matters to be reported:
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
Head office of the Company
1-1-1, Koishikawa, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
- Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the 26th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024) and results of audits by the Accounting Auditor and the Board of Auditors of the Consolidated Financial Statements
- Non-ConsolidatedFinancial Statements for the 26th Fiscal Term (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
Proposals to be resolved:
Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus
Proposal No. 2: Election of Nine Directors
Proposal No. 3: Election of One Substitute Corporate Auditor
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Notes:
- Regarding the matters subject to measures for electronic provision, the following matters are not included in a paper copy delivered to stockholders who have requested the delivery of the paper copy, pursuant to the provisions of laws and regulations and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. The documents subject to audit including the following matters have been audited by Corporate Auditors and the Accounting Auditor.
- "Accounting Auditor" and "System to Ensure that Directors Comply with Laws and Ordinances and the Articles of Incorporation in Executing Their Duties and Other Systems to Ensure Proper Execution of Operations" of the Business Report
- "Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets" and "Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements" of the Consolidated Financial Statements
- "Non-consolidatedStatements of Changes in Net Assets" and "Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements" of the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
- If there are any revisions to the matters subject to measures for electronic provision, the details of the revisions will be posted on each website posting these matters.
- We are planning to distribute video streaming of a part of the meeting on the Company's website at a later date.
Please understand in advance that we will be shooting a video for the video streaming in the meeting venue on the day of the meeting.
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Voting Guide
If you are exercising your voting right prior to the Meeting:
Please review the attached Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Stockholders, and exercise your voting right by either of the following two methods.
(i) Exercise of voting rights by postal mail (paper ballot)
- Please indicate your vote for or against the Proposals on the Voting Rights Exercise Form and send it back, making sure that it will arrive by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 (Japan Standard Time).
- If you make no indication on the Voting Rights Exercise Form whether you are voting for or against the Proposals, you shall be deemed to have voted FOR the Proposals.
(ii) Exercise of voting rights via the Internet, etc.
- Please exercise your voting right via the voting rights exercise site (https://www.web54.net) specified by the Company before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 (Japan Standard Time).
- If you exercise your voting right via the Internet, etc. more than once, your final vote shall prevail.
If you are attending the Meeting:
Please hand in the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the front desk when you arrive at the venue. If another stockholder is attending the Meeting on your behalf, he/she must submit a letter of proxy and your Voting Rights Exercise Form as well as his/her Voting Rights Exercise Form at the front desk upon arrival at the venue. (Please be advised that a proxy is limited to one person and must be another stockholder with the Company's voting rights pursuant to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation.)
If you vote both by postal mail and via the Internet, etc., the one received later shall prevail. If we receive both on the same day, your vote cast via the Internet, etc. shall prevail.
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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Stockholders
Proposals and References
Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus
With respect to the year-end dividend for the term under review, the Company would like to pay out as follows, in consideration of the business environment and our performance for the term under review, while maintaining our basic policy of stable dividend payouts.
Matters concerning the year-end dividend
- Type of Dividend Cash
- Matters concerning the distribution of dividends to stockholders and its total amount
35 yen per share of common stock of the Company, for a total amount of 4,054,944,215 yen.
The annual dividend per share for the term under review will amount to 70 yen, which includes an interim dividend already paid.
- Effective Date of Dividends from surplus June 28, 2024
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Proposal No. 2: Election of Nine Directors
The term of office of all Nine Directors will expire at the close of this General Meeting of Stockholders. Accordingly, the election of nine Directors, including three Outside Directors, is proposed.
The candidates for Director are as follows.
No. | Name | Current position at the Company |
1 | Reappointment | Chairman and Director |
Masafumi Fushihara | ||
2 | Reappointment | President and Representative Director |
Yoshifumi Taura | ||
3 | Reappointment | Vice President and Representative Director |
Hideaki Asakura | ||
4 | New Candidate | Senior Executive Officer |
Koshiro Hidaka | ||
5 | New Candidate | Senior Executive Officer |
Shinji Fukami | ||
6 | New Candidate | Senior Executive Officer |
Isao Matsui | ||
Reappointment | ||
7 | Yoshiko Koizumi | Director |
Outside Director | ||
Independent Director | ||
Reappointment | ||
8 | Hideyuki Furikado | Director |
Outside Director | ||
Independent Director | ||
New Candidate | ||
9 | Shingo Tsutsumi | |
Outside Director | ||
Independent Director | ||
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No. | Name | Career summary, position, assignment and | Number of | |||
shares of the | ||||||
(Date of birth) | significant concurrent positions | |||||
Company held | ||||||
April 1978 | Joined Onoda Cement Co., Ltd. | |||||
April 2007 | General Manager, Business Promotion | |||||
Department of Environmental Business | ||||||
Company of Taiheiyo Cement Corporation | ||||||
May 2009 | General Manager, Sales Department of | |||||
Environmental Business Company | ||||||
October 2010 | General Manager, Environmental Business | |||||
Development Department | ||||||
April 2012 | Executive Officer and General Manager, | |||||
Environmental Business Development | ||||||
Department | ||||||
Masafumi Fushihara | April 2015 | Managing Executive Officer | ||||
Reappointment | June 2015 | Director and Managing Executive Officer | ||||
April 2016 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and | |||||
(May 18, 1954) | ||||||
Senior General Manager, Cement Business | ||||||
Attended 15 out of 15 | ||||||
Division | ||||||
meetings of the Board | ||||||
1 | April 2017 | Director, Senior Executive Officer and Senior | 19,591 | |||
of Directors (100%) | General Manager, Cement Business Division | |||||
and will have served as | ||||||
April 2018 | President and Representative Director | |||||
Director for 9 years at | April 2024 | Chairman and Director (to present) | ||||
close of this General | ||||||
Meeting of | Reason for nominating Masafumi Fushihara as Director | |||||
Stockholders | ||||||
Since 2015, Mr. Masafumi Fushihara has engaged in | ||||||
management of the Company as Director, and currently serves as | ||||||
Chairman and Director, after serving as President and | ||||||
Representative Director. He therefore has a wealth of experience, | ||||||
achievements, and knowledge as a manager. The Company has | ||||||
judged that he is an appropriate person to aim to continuously | ||||||
increase corporate value of the Group as he works on enhancing | ||||||
the functions of the Board of Directors as Chairman of the Board, | ||||||
determines important management matters, and supervises | ||||||
business execution, etc., and requests that he continue to be a | ||||||
candidate for Director. |
Notes:
- If the election of Mr. Masafumi Fushihara is approved, the Company plans to enter into an agreement with him, which would limit his liability for damages in respect of his responsibilities set out under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, to the minimum limit of liability set out under Article 425, Paragraph 1 of the same provided that he executes his duties in good faith and without gross negligence.
- No special relationship exists between the Company and Mr. Masafumi Fushihara.
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No. | Name | Career summary, position, assignment and | Number of | |||
shares of the | ||||||
(Date of birth) | significant concurrent positions | |||||
Company held | ||||||
April 1983 | Joined Onoda Cement Co., Ltd. | |||||
April 2013 | General Manager, Marketing & Trading | |||||
Department, International Business Division of | ||||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation | ||||||
April 2017 | Executive Officer and General Manager, | |||||
Marketing & Trading Department, | ||||||
International Business Division | ||||||
April 2019 | Managing Executive Officer and Senior | |||||
General Manager, International Business | ||||||
Division | ||||||
June 2019 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and | |||||
Senior General Manager, International | ||||||
Business Division | ||||||
August 2019 | Director, Managing Executive Officer and | |||||
Senior General Manager, International | ||||||
Business Division | ||||||
Yoshifumi Taura | Chairman of Taiheiyo Cement (China) | |||||
Investment Co., Ltd. | ||||||
Reappointment | ||||||
June 2020 | Managing Executive Officer, Senior General | |||||
(March 4, 1960) | ||||||
Manager, International Business Division | ||||||
Attended 11 out of 11 | ||||||
Chairman of Taiheiyo Cement (China) | ||||||
2 | meetings of the Board | Investment Co., Ltd. | 14,886 | |||
of Directors (100%) | April 2022 | Managing Executive Officer, Senior General | ||||
and will have served as | Manager, International Business Division | |||||
Director for 1 year at | April 2023 | Senior Executive Officer, Senior General | ||||
close of this General | Manager, International Business Division | |||||
Meeting of | June 2023 | Director, Senior Executive Officer, Senior | ||||
Stockholders | General Manager, International Business | |||||
Division | ||||||
April 2024 | President and Representative Director (to | |||||
present) |
Reason for nominating Yoshifumi Taura as Director
Since 2023, Mr. Yoshifumi Taura has engaged in management of the Company as Director, and currently serves as President and Representative Director, after serving as Senior General Manager of International Business Division. He therefore has a wealth of experience, achievements, and knowledge as a manager. The Company has judged that he is an appropriate person to aim to continuously increase corporate value of the Group as he leads the Group's management, determines important management matters, and supervises business execution, etc., and requests that he continue to be a candidate for Director.
Notes:
- Mr. Yoshifumi Taura was newly appointed at the 25th Ordinary General Meeting of Stockholders held on June 29, 2023, and took office as Director on the same day. Accordingly, his attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors refers to those convened since he took office.
- No special relationship exists between the Company and Mr. Yoshifumi Taura.
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No. | Name | Career summary, position, assignment and | Number of | |||
shares of the | ||||||
(Date of birth) | significant concurrent positions | |||||
Company held | ||||||
April 1982 | Joined Nihon Cement Co., Ltd. | |||||
April 2011 | General Director of Nghi Son Cement | |||||
Corporation | ||||||
April 2016 | Executive Officer of Taiheiyo Cement | |||||
Corporation | ||||||
General Director of Nghi Son Cement | ||||||
Corporation | ||||||
April 2018 | Executive Officer and General Manager, Sales | |||||
Department, Cement Business Division of | ||||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation | ||||||
Hideaki Asakura | April 2019 | Managing Executive Officer | ||||
June 2019 | Director and Managing Executive Officer | |||||
Reappointment | ||||||
June 2020 | Managing Executive Officer | |||||
(November 20, 1959) | ||||||
April 2022 | Senior Executive Officer | |||||
Attended 15 out of 15 | June 2022 | Director and Senior Executive Officer | ||||
3 | meetings of the Board | April 2024 | Vice President and Representative Director | 12,385 | ||
of Directors (100%) | Assistant to the President | |||||
and will have served as | Overseeing Corporate Planning Department, | |||||
Director for 2 years at | Sustainability Promotion Department and | |||||
close of this General | Legal Department (to present) | |||||
Meeting of | ||||||
Stockholders | Reason for nominating Hideaki Asakura as Director | |||||
Since 2022, Mr. Hideaki Asakura has engaged in management of | ||||||
the Company as Director, and currently serves as Vice President | ||||||
and Representative Director. He therefore has a wealth of | ||||||
experience, achievements, and knowledge as a manager. The | ||||||
Company has judged that he is an appropriate person to aim to | ||||||
continuously increase corporate value of the Group as he leads | ||||||
the Group's management, determines important management | ||||||
matters, and supervises business execution, etc., and requests that | ||||||
he continue to be a candidate for Director. |
Note: No special relationship exists between the Company and Mr. Hideaki Asakura.
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No. | Name | Career summary, position, assignment and | Number of | |||
shares of the | ||||||
(Date of birth) | significant concurrent positions | |||||
Company held | ||||||
April 1984 | Joined Onoda Cement Co., Ltd. | |||||
April 2015 | General Manager, Ofunato Plant of Taiheiyo | |||||
Cement Corporation | ||||||
April 2017 | General Manager, Maintenance & Engineering | |||||
Department and General Manager, | ||||||
Engineering & Technology Department, | ||||||
International Business Division | ||||||
October 2017 | General Manager, Maintenance & Engineering | |||||
Department | ||||||
Koshiro Hidaka | April 2019 | Executive Officer and General Manager, | ||||
Maintenance & Engineering Department | ||||||
4 | 7,145 | |||||
New Candidate | April 2021 | Managing Executive Officer | ||||
(October 7, 1959) | April 2024 | Senior Executive Officer (to present) | ||||
Reason for nominating Koshiro Hidaka as Director | ||||||
Mr. Koshiro Hidaka has been engaged in the operation of | ||||||
production and maintenance & engineering divisions for many | ||||||
years. Since 2019, he has served as Executive Officer and has a | ||||||
wealth of experience and insight on overall management. The | ||||||
Company has judged that he is an appropriate person to aim to | ||||||
continuously increase corporate value of the Group and requests | ||||||
that he be a new candidate for Director. |
Note: No special relationship exists between the Company and Mr. Koshiro Hidaka.
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No. | Name | Career summary, position, assignment and | Number of | |
shares of the | ||||
(Date of birth) | significant concurrent positions | |||
Company held | ||||
April 1986 | Joined Onoda Cement Co., Ltd. | |||
April 2015 | General Manager, Business Planning | |||
Department, International Business Division of | ||||
Taiheiyo Cement Corporation | ||||
April 2018 | General Manager, Environmental Business | |||
Development Department | ||||
April 2019 | Executive Officer and General Manager, | |||
Environmental Business Development | ||||
Department | ||||
Shinji Fukami | April 2022 | Managing Executive Officer | ||
April 2024 | Senior Executive Officer and Senior General | |||
5 | 7,556 | |||
New Candidate | Manager, International Business Division (to | |||
(July 28, 1960) | present) | |||
Reason for nominating Shinji Fukami as Director | ||||
Mr. Shinji Fukami has been engaged in the operation of | ||||
international business and environmental business for many | ||||
years. Since 2019, he has served as Executive Officer and has a | ||||
wealth of experience and insight on overall management. The | ||||
Company has judged that he is an appropriate person to aim to | ||||
continuously increase corporate value of the Group and requests | ||||
that he be a new candidate for Director. |
Note: The Company lends funds to Jiangnan-Onoda Cement Co., Ltd., of which Mr. Shinji Fukami is the representative.
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