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 code: 6941 Date of sending by postal mail: June 11, 2024 Start date of measures for electronic provision: June 5, 2024
To our shareholders:
Junichi Kameya President
YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
2-16-2, Minamikamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
NOTICE OF THE 69TH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
We are pleased to inform you of the 69th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") of YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. (the "Company"), which will be held as described below.
When convening the Meeting, the Company takes measures for providing information that constitutes the content of reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders, etc. (items for which measures for providing information in electronic format are to be taken) in electronic format, and posts this information on each of the following websites. Please access either of the websites by using the Internet address shown below to review the information.
The Company's website: https://www.yamaichi.co.jp/ir/meeting/ (in Japanese)
(Please visit the website above and select "2024 Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders" to review the information.)
Tokyo Stock Exchange website (Listed Company Search): https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show (in Japanese)
(Access the TSE website by using the Internet address shown above, enter "YAMAICHI ELECTRONICS" in "Issue name (company name)" or the Company's securities code "6941" in "Code," and click "Search." Then, click "Basic information" and select "Documents for public inspection/PR information." Under "Filed information available for public inspection," click "Click here for access" under "[Notice of General Shareholders Meeting /Informational Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting].")
If you are unable to attend the Meeting, you can exercise your voting rights by mail or via the Internet. We request that you follow the instructions laid out below and exercise your voting rights on or before 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25, 2024 (JST) after considering the following Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders.
- Date and Time: Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. (JST)
- Venue: Fourth floor, Convention Hall, Ota City Industrial Plaza (PiO) 1-20-20, Minamikamata, Ota-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
(Please refer to the venue map attached to this document.)-
Purposes:
Items to be reported: - Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 69th Term (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024), as well as the results of audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit and Supervisory Committee
- Non-ConsolidatedFinancial Statements for the 69th Term (from April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024)
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Items to be resolved:
Proposal 1: Appropriation of surplus
Proposal 2: Election of eight (8) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Proposal 3: Election of three (3) Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
Proposal 4: Election of one (1) substitute Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
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Instructions on Exercising Voting Rights
Please refer to "Information on Exercise the Voting Rights" on page 3 (in Japanese only). - Matters decided upon convocation
- If no indication of approval or disapproval is made for each proposal on the returned voting form, it will be treated as an indication of approval.
- If you exercise your voting rights both in writing (by mail) and via the Internet, etc., the exercise of voting rights via the Internet, etc. will be treated as a valid exercise of voting rights.
- If you exercise your voting rights more than once via the Internet, etc., the last vote will be treated as a valid exercise of voting rights.
- If attending the Meeting in person, please present the voting 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 of the aforementioned websites.
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For the Meeting, we have delivered paper-based documents stating the items subject to measures for electronic provision to all shareholders, regardless of whether or not they have requested them.
We also ask that you please bring this notice with you as reference material for the Meeting. - Among the items subject to measures for electronic provision, in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and Article
- of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, the following items are not provided in the paper-based documents delivered to shareholders.
- Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
- Notes to Non-Consolidated Financial Statements
Therefore, Consolidated Financial Statements and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements are only some of the documents that have been audited by the Accounting Auditor when papering the accounting audit report and by the Audit and Supervisory Committee when papering the audit report.
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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal 1: Appropriation of surplus
The Company's basic policy for profit distribution is to raise corporate value in the medium to long term and to maintain stable dividends and return profits appropriately to shareholders while also strengthening our financial structure and business foundation.
In light of a comprehensive assessment of earnings in this fiscal year, future business trends and the financial foundation, we propose to pay a year-end dividend for this year of 13 yen per share as follows.
Including the interim dividend of 18 yen per share, the annual dividend per share will be 31 yen per share.
Type of dividend property Cash
Allocation of dividend property and total amount thereof 13 yen per common share of the Company
Total amount of dividends: 265,763,901 yen Effective date of distribution of dividends of surplus June 27, 2024
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Proposal 2: Election of eight (8) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Since the terms of office of all eight Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members; applicable to the rest of this proposal) expire at the conclusion of the Meeting, we propose the election of eight Directors including three Outside Directors.
Regarding this proposal, the Audit and Supervisory Committee did not find any matters requiring special mention. The candidates for Directors are as follows.
No. | Name | Position in the Company | ||
1 | Yoshitaka Ota | Chairman | Reelection | |
2 | Junichi Kameya | President | Reelection | |
3 | Takeshi Tsuchiya | Director | Reelection | |
4 | Kazuhiro Matsuda | Director | Reelection | |
5 | Nobuhiro Kishimura | Director | Reelection | |
Reelection | ||||
6 | Tomohiro Murata | Director | Outside | |
Independent | ||||
Reelection | ||||
7 | Yoichiro Sakuma | Director | Outside | |
Independent | ||||
Reelection | ||||
8 | Toshihisa Yoda | Director | Outside | |
Independent |
Reelection: Candidate for Director to be reelected
Outside: Candidate for Outside Director
Independent: Independent officer as defined by the securities exchange
Notes: 1. There is no special interest between each candidate and the Company.
- Tomohiro Murata, Yoichiro Sakuma and Toshihisa Yoda are candidates for Outside Directors.
- The Company has registered Tomohiro Murata, Yoichiro Sakuma and Toshihisa Yoda as independent officers as stipulated in Article 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. If they are elected and appointed as Directors, the Company will continue to register them as independent officers.
- Based on the provisions in Article 427, Paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, the Company has concluded agreements with Tomohiro Murata, Yoichiro Sakuma and Toshihisa Yoda that limit the liability for damages specified in Article 423, Paragraph (1) of the Companies Act to the minimum amount stipulated in Article 425, Paragraph (1) of that Act. If they are elected and appointed as Directors, the Company plans to continue these agreements.
- The Company has entered into an officer liability insurance policy with an insurance company in accordance with the provisions of Article 430-3, Paragraph (1) of the Companies Act. This insurance policy covers legal damages and litigation costs in the event of claim for damages caused by acts (or omissions) performed by the insured, including Directors, based on their position in the Company (except where the insured has illegally obtained a benefit or advantage, or has committed a criminal act, fraudulent act, deceitful act, or has acted knowingly in violation of any laws or regulations, including laws and regulations specific to Directors). If a candidate is elected and assumes office as a Director, the candidate shall then become an insured person under this insurance policy. The insurance policy is scheduled to be renewed with the same contents at the next renewal period.
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Name | Number of the | |||
No. | Career summary, position and responsibilities in the Company | Company's shares | ||
(Date of birth) | ||||
owned | ||||
May 2002 | Joined the Company | |||
Apr. 2004 | Senior Executive Officer and Senior General | |||
Manager of Manufacturing Div. | ||||
Yoshitaka Ota | Oct. 2005 | Manager of Sakura Factory | ||
Apr. 2007 | General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. | |||
(October 10, 1948) | ||||
June 2008 | Director | |||
Reelection | ||||
June 2009 | Executive Vice-president, Pricon | |||
Tenure as Director | Microelectronics, Inc. | 137,400 | ||
June 2010 | Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the | |||
11 years | ||||
Company (full-time) | ||||
1 | Attendance at Board of | |||
June 2013 | President | |||
Directors meetings | ||||
June 2021 | Chairman (of the Board of Directors) and | |||
12/12 | ||||
Representative Director | ||||
June 2022 | Chairman (present position) | |||
In charge of Optical-related Business (present | ||||
position) | ||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
Yoshitaka Ota possesses wide-ranging knowledge and experience in the Company's overall operations from his | ||||
experience in each division, and given his achievements as Chairman and as President, we have nominated him again as | ||||
a candidate for Director. | ||||
Apr. 1987 | Joined the Company | |||
Oct. 2007 | President, Yamaichi Electronics Shenzhen Co., | |||
Junichi Kameya | Ltd. | |||
Apr. 2012 | Executive Officer and Senior General Manager | |||
(June 29, 1964) | ||||
of Manufacturing Div., General Manager of | ||||
Reelection | ||||
Manufacturing Control Dept. of the Company | ||||
Tenure as Director | Apr. 2013 | Senior General Manager of CS Business Div. | 67,300 | |
June 2013 | Director and Senior Executive Officer | |||
11 years | ||||
June 2019 | Managing Executive Officer | |||
2 | Attendance at Board of | |||
June 2021 | President (present position) | |||
Directors meetings | ||||
In charge of CS Business Div. (present | ||||
12/12 | ||||
position), Business Audit Dept. (present | ||||
position) and Quality Assurance Dept. (present | ||||
position) | ||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
Junichi Kameya possesses wide-ranging knowledge and experience in the Company's overall operations from his | ||||
experience in each division, and given his achievements as President, we have nominated him again as a candidate for | ||||
Director. |
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Name | Number of the | |||
No. | Career summary, position and responsibilities in the Company | Company's shares | ||
(Date of birth) | ||||
owned | ||||
Apr. 1984 | Joined the Company | |||
Feb. 2004 | Executive Officer | |||
Apr. 2006 | President, Yamaichi Electronics Shenzhen Co., | |||
Takeshi Tsuchiya | Ltd. | |||
(June 1, 1961) | Apr. 2008 | Executive Officer and Senior General Manager | ||
Reelection | of TS Business Div. of the Company | |||
Tenure as Director | June 2013 | Director (present position) and Senior | 52,000 | |
Executive Officer | ||||
11 years | June 2016 | In charge of Optical-related Business | ||
3 | Attendance at Board of | June 2018 | Managing Executive Officer (present position) | |
Directors meetings | In charge of Engineering Administration | |||
12/12 | Department | |||
June 2019 | In charge of Manufacturing Division | |||
Apr. 2020 | Senior General Manager of Manufacturing Div. | |||
(present position) | ||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
Takeshi Tsuchiya possesses extensive knowledge and experience in the Company's operations, particularly in the sales | ||||
division and the manufacturing division, and also has experience in corporate management at a subsidiary. Given his | ||||
achievements as Director, we have nominated him again as a candidate for Director. | ||||
Dec. 1988 | Joined the Company | |||
Apr. 2009 | General Manager of Overseas Sales Dept., | |||
Kazuhiro Matsuda | Sales Headquarters, Business Control | |||
(April 11, 1964) | Headquarters | |||
Reelection | Apr. 2014 | President, Yamaichi Electronics USA, Inc. | ||
Tenure as Director | Apr. 2015 | Executive Officer of the Company | 29,800 | |
June 2017 | Director (present position) and Senior | |||
7 years | Executive Officer (present position) Senior | |||
4 | Attendance at Board of | General Manager of Administration Div. | ||
Directors meetings | (present position) | |||
12/12 | June 2021 | General Manager of Corporate Administration | ||
Dept. (present position) | ||||
Jan. 2022 | General Manager of Information Systems Dept. | |||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
Kazuhiro Matsuda possesses extensive knowledge and experience in the Company's operations, particularly in the | ||||
administration division and the overseas sales division, and also has experience in corporate management at a | ||||
subsidiary. Given his achievements as Director, we have nominated him again as a candidate for Director. |
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Name | Number of the | |||
No. | Career summary, position and responsibilities in the Company | Company's shares | ||
(Date of birth) | ||||
owned | ||||
Nov. 1988 | Joined the Company | |||
Feb. 2004 | General Manager of Sales Dept. II | |||
Apr. 2008 | General Manager of West Japan Sales Dept., | |||
General Manager of TS Planning and Special | ||||
Items Dept. | ||||
Apr. 2011 | General Manager of TS Business Promotion | |||
Nobuhiro Kishimura | Dept. | |||
(September 24, 1964) | Apr. 2013 | General Manager of TS Business Promotion Gr. | ||
Reelection | General Manager of TS Sales Dept. | |||
Tenure as Director | June 2013 | Acting Senior General Manager of TS Business | 28,100 | |
Div. | ||||
6 years | Apr. 2014 | Executive Officer | ||
5 | Attendance at Board of | June 2018 | Director (present position) and Senior | |
Directors meetings | Executive Officer (present position) | |||
12/12 | In charge of Optical-related Business, | |||
Manufacturing Division | ||||
June 2019 | Senior General Manager of TS Business Div. | |||
(present position) | ||||
In charge of Engineering Administration | ||||
Department (present position) | ||||
Apr. 2022 | General Manager of TS Overseas Sales Dept. | |||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director | ||||
Nobuhiro Kishimura possesses extensive knowledge and experience in the Company's operations, particularly in the | ||||
sales division and manufacturing division, and also has experience in business operation as an Executive Officer. Given | ||||
his achievements as Director, we have nominated him again as a candidate for Director. | ||||
Apr. 1991 | Joined Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. | |||
Tomohiro Murata | July 1994 | Joined Daiwa Institute of Research Ltd. | ||
Sept. 1996 | Joined Morgan Stanley Japan Limited | |||
(June 17, 1968) | ||||
Feb. 2009 | Joined Frontier Management Inc. Managing | |||
Reelection | ||||
Director | ||||
Outside | ||||
June 2015 | Outside Director of the Company (present | |||
Independent | ||||
position) | - | |||
Tenure as Outside Director | June 2018 | Managing Director, Frontier Management Inc. | ||
(present position) | ||||
6 | 9 years | |||
June 2021 | External Director, Hakuto Co., Ltd. (present | |||
Attendance at Board of | ||||
position) | ||||
Directors meetings | ||||
(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) | ||||
12/12 | ||||
Managing Director, Frontier Management Inc. | ||||
External Director, Hakuto Co., Ltd. | ||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role | ||||
Tomohiro Murata has extensive experience as a management consultant and possesses wide-ranging knowledge. We | ||||
expect him to provide objective and unbiased advice on management, and we have nominated him again as a candidate | ||||
for Outside Director. |
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Name | Number of the | |||||
No. | Career summary, position and responsibilities in the Company | Company's shares | ||||
(Date of birth) | ||||||
owned | ||||||
Apr. 1980 | Joined Nitto Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | |||||
(currently Nitto Denko Corporation) | ||||||
Yoichiro Sakuma | June 2006 | Vice President, Nitto Denko Corporation | ||||
June 2010 | Director, Vice President | |||||
(September 4, 1955) | ||||||
June 2013 | Director, Executive Vice President | |||||
Reelection | ||||||
Jan. 2018 | Advisor, Refine Holdings Co., Ltd. (present | |||||
Outside | ||||||
position) | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
June 2018 | Outside Director of the Company (present | 1,300 | ||||
Tenure as Outside Director | position) | |||||
Outside Director, Nitta Gelatin Inc. | ||||||
7 | 6 years | |||||
Oct. 2018 | Outside Director, Nitta Gelatin India Ltd. | |||||
Attendance at Board of | ||||||
Feb. 2019 | Director, Refine Americas Inc. (present | |||||
Directors meetings | ||||||
position) | ||||||
12/12 | ||||||
(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) | ||||||
Advisor, Refine Holdings Co., Ltd. | ||||||
Director, Refine Americas Inc. | ||||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role | ||||||
Yoichiro Sakuma has extensive experience over many years as a corporate executive and possesses wide-ranging | ||||||
knowledge. We expect him to provide objective and unbiased advice on management, and we have nominated him | ||||||
again as a candidate for Outside Director. | ||||||
Toshihisa Yoda | Apr. 1982 | Joined Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd. | ||||
Apr. 2007 | Corporate Officer | |||||
(January 3, 1958) | ||||||
June 2011 | Director and Senior Corporate Officer | |||||
Reelection | ||||||
June 2014 | Director and Executive Managing Corporate | |||||
Outside | ||||||
Officer | ||||||
Independent | ||||||
June 2018 | Advisor | - | ||||
Tenure as Outside Director | June 2020 | Outside Director of the Company (present | ||||
position) | ||||||
8 | 4 years | |||||
June 2023 | Outside Director, ALMEX TECHNOLOGIES | |||||
Attendance at Board of | ||||||
Inc. (present position) | ||||||
Directors meetings | ||||||
(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company) | ||||||
12/12 | ||||||
Outside Director, ALMEX TECHNOLOGIES Inc. | ||||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Outside Director and overview of expected role | ||||||
Toshihisa Yoda has extensive experience over many years as a corporate executive and possesses wide-ranging | ||||||
knowledge of semiconductor-related business, which is a specialty of the Company's businesses. We expect him to | ||||||
provide objective and unbiased advice on management, and we have nominated him again as a candidate for Outside | ||||||
Director. |
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Proposal 3: Election of three (3) Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
Since the terms of office of all three Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members expire at the conclusion of the Meeting, we propose the election of three Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members including two Outside Directors.
The Audit and Supervisory Committee has already given its consent to this proposal.
The candidates for Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members are as follows.
No. | Name | Position in the Company | |
1 | Koichiro Yanagisawa | Director, Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | Reelection |
Reelection | |||
2 | Shinobu Okamoto | Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | Outside |
Independent | |||
Reelection | |||
3 | Takako Murase | Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | Outside |
Independent |
Reelection: Candidate for Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member to be reelected
Outside: Candidate for Outside Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member
Independent: Independent officer as defined by the securities exchange
Notes: 1. There is no special interest between each candidate and the Company.
- Shinobu Okamoto and Takako Murase are candidates for Outside Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.
- The Company has registered Shinobu Okamoto and Takako Murase as independent officers as stipulated in Article 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. If their elections are approved, the Company will continue to register them as independent officers.
- Based on the provisions in Article 427, Paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, the Company has concluded agreements with Koichiro Yanagisawa, Shinobu Okamoto and Takako Murase that limit the liability for damages specified in Article 423, Paragraph (1) of the Companies Act to the minimum amount stipulated in Article 425, Paragraph (1) of that Act. If their elections are approved, the Company plans to continue these agreements.
- The Company has entered into an officer liability insurance policy with an insurance company in accordance with the provisions of Article 430-3, Paragraph (1) of the Companies Act. This insurance policy covers legal damages and litigation costs in the event of claim for damages caused by acts (or omissions) performed by the insured, including Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members, based on their position in the Company (except where the insured has illegally obtained a benefit or advantage, or has committed a criminal act, fraudulent act, deceitful act, or has acted knowingly in violation of any laws or regulations, including laws and regulations specific to Directors). If a candidate is elected and assumes office as a Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, the candidate shall then become an insured person under this insurance policy. The insurance policy is scheduled to be renewed with the same contents at the next renewal period.
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Name | Number of the | ||||
No. | Career summary, position and responsibilities in the Company | Company's shares | |||
(Date of birth) | |||||
owned | |||||
Koichiro Yanagisawa | Apr. 1981 | Joined Pioneer Corporation | |||
(January 18, 1959) | July 1992 | Transferred to Q-TEC, Inc., Manager of | |||
Reelection | Accounting Section, General Affairs | ||||
Department | |||||
Tenure as Director | Apr. 2002 | Manager, Business Management Section, | |||
2 years | International Business Division, Pioneer | ||||
Tenure as Audit & Supervisory | Corporation | ||||
Board Member | Nov. 2010 | Joined the Company, Assistant to General | 14,000 | ||
1 year | Manager of Corporate Planning Dept. | ||||
Attendance at Board of | June 2013 | General Manager of Corporate Administration | |||
Directors meetings | Dept. | ||||
1 | 12/12 | July 2017 | Executive Officer and Deputy Senior General | ||
Attendance at Audit and | Manager of Administration Div. | ||||
Supervisory Committee | June 2021 | Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member | |||
meetings | June 2022 | Director who is an Audit and Supervisory | |||
12/12 | Committee Member (present position) | ||||
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee Member | |||||
Koichiro Yanagisawa has extensive knowledge of business operations and corporate management and considerable | |||||
expertise in finance and accounting, having served as an Executive Officer of the Company and as Deputy Senior | |||||
General Manager of the Administration Division as well as General Manager of Corporate Administration Department. | |||||
The Company has judged that he is suitable for the position based on his extensive experience and wide-ranging | |||||
knowledge, and has nominated him again as a candidate for Director who is an Audit and Supervisory Committee | |||||
Member. |
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