SUMIDA: Company News
Notice of Results of Voting at the 69th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
March 27th 2024 Press ReleaseThe results of the exercise of voting rights at the 69th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of SUMIDA CORPORATION held on March 26, 2024 are as follows. The proposed resolutions were approved by majority votes of the shareholders.
1. Status of Voting Rights
| Number of shareholders holding voting rights: | 9,629 shareholders |
| Number of voting rights held by such shareholders: | 325,859 |
2. Results of Exercise of Voting Rights
| Agenda Items | No. of “For” Votes | No. of “Against” Votes | No. of Absten-tions | No. of Invalid Votes | Total Ratio of “For” Votes | Results |
| Agenda 1: Partial amendment to the Articles of Incorporation | 219,246 | 5,269 | 0 | 1 | 97.7% | Approved (Note 1) |
| Agenda 2: Election of seven (7) directors | ||||||
| Shigeyuki Yawata | 215,037 | 9,476 | 0 | 3 | 95.8% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Tatsuo Umemoto | 216,059 | 8,454 | 0 | 3 | 96.2% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Yan Hok Fan | 215,656 | 8,857 | 0 | 3 | 96.5% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Ryo Hayakawa | 216,688 | 7,825 | 0 | 3 | 96.5% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Albert Kirchmann | 216,693 | 7,820 | 0 | 3 | 96.5% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Sawako Ueno | 216,725 | 7,788 | 0 | 3 | 96.5% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Yoshiyuki Honda | 216,031 | 8,482 | 0 | 3 | 96.2% | Approved (Note 2) |
| Agenda 3: Issuance of performance-linked share acquisition rights | 198,045 | 26,469 | 0 | 1 | 88.2% | Approved (Note 1) |
Note 1) Resolution shall be approved at the shareholder meeting with a quorum of one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of all shareholders with exercisable voting rights and by a vote of two-third (2/3) or more of the voting rights represented thereat.
Note 2) Resolution shall be approved at the shareholder meeting with a quorum of one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of all shareholders with exercisable voting rights and by a vote of more than half of the voting rights represented thereat.
The resolutions respectively met the requirements for approval properly, in accordance with the Japanese Companies Act, by the sum of the votes exercised up to the voting deadline, plus the number of votes exercised by certain of the shareholders present at the meeting, who could be confirmed with votes for, against or abstaining concerning the proposals. Consequently, we did not calculate the number of votes of shareholders present at the meeting, except for those by aforementioned certain shareholders.