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Governance4208UBE CorporationMaterials and Chemicals

Corporate Governance Report 2026/07/01

As a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee, the company updated its governance information, including the composition of the Board of Directors, voluntary Nominating and Compensation Committees, cross-shareholdings, takeover defense measures, and the evaluation of the Board of Directors' effectiveness. For fiscal 2025, it identified deepening discussions of key management issues as an area for improvement, and for fiscal 2026, it will work to further enhance strategic discussions.

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Governance structure

Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee
Controlling shareholder
No controlling shareholder

When one company holds most of the voting rights, its wishes are more likely to prevail in management. How the interests of minority shareholders are protected is a key issue.

Board of Directors12 membersof which 6 outside50.0%
Half
OutsideIn-house

社外取締役は、その会社の出身ではない取締役です。半数の線を超えると、取締役会の多数を社外の人が占めることになります。The percentage represented by the dotted line was calculated from the publicly disclosed number of people.

Number of independent officers6Number

This is the number of people reported to the exchange as independent officers. Whether someone is an outside officer and whether they qualify as independent are separate determinations.

Committee2
Nomination CommitteeCompensation Committee
Percentage of outside members More than half (currently, 3 of 4 are independent outside directors)
Policy on cross-shareholdings

The company holds shares where it deems them necessary for business alliances or the maintenance and strengthening of business relationships. Each year, it reviews individual listed shareholdings taking the cost of capital into account, and promptly sells holdings whose significance is insufficient, while considering stock market trends and other factors.

Policy regarding shares of other companies held to maintain business relationships and for other purposes.

Takeover defenses

Not adopted

Pre-agreed countermeasures in preparation for an unsolicited takeover attempt.

Changes this time

In the fiscal 2025 evaluation of the Board of Directors' effectiveness, the company addressed deepening discussions of key management issues as an area for improvement, and identified further enhancement of strategic discussions concerning key management issues as an area for improvement for fiscal 2026.

Governance structure
ItemDetails
Corporate Governance StructureCompany with an Audit and Supervisory Committee
Number of directorsTotal number 12 / Outside 6
Number of independent officers6
CommitteeName Nomination Committee, Compensation Committee / Percentage of outside members More than half (currently, 3 of 4 are independent outside directors)
Policy on cross-shareholdingsThe company holds shares where it deems them necessary for business alliances or the maintenance and strengthening of business relationships. Each year, it reviews individual listed shareholdings taking the cost of capital into account, and promptly sells holdings whose significance is insufficient, while considering stock market trends and other factors.
Takeover defensesNot adopted
Controlling shareholderNo controlling shareholder
Changes this timeIn the fiscal 2025 evaluation of the Board of Directors' effectiveness, the company addressed deepening discussions of key management issues as an area for improvement, and identified further enhancement of strategic discussions concerning key management issues as an area for improvement for fiscal 2026.

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As a regular Corporate Governance Report, to disclose the current governance structure, the evaluation of the Board of Directors' effectiveness, and the company's status of compliance with the Corporate Governance Code.

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