Change of Certified Public Accountants, etc.
HIMACS,Ltd. (the filing company)
After comprehensively considering the current accounting auditor’s number of consecutive years auditing the Company, the expectation of an audit from a new perspective, expertise, independence, quality control structure and audit fee levels, the Company determined that Toyo Audit Corporation is suitable.
Related procedures
Shareholder approval procedure (appointment of accounting auditor)
The change will be formally determined following approval at the 50th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for 19 June 2026. Upon the conclusion of that meeting, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC’s term will expire, and Toyo Audit Corporation is scheduled to be appointed as the new accounting auditor.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Event name | Change of Certified Public Accountants, etc. |
| Date of occurrence | 11 May 2026 (the date on which the Audit & Supervisory Board resolved the change) |
| Subject Entity | HIMACS,Ltd. (the filing company) |
| Cause | After comprehensively considering the current accounting auditor’s number of consecutive years auditing the Company, the expectation of an audit from a new perspective, expertise, independence, quality control structure and audit fee levels, the Company determined that Toyo Audit Corporation is suitable. |
| Type of litigation or proceeding | Shareholder approval procedure (appointment of accounting auditor) |
| Outlook | The change will be formally determined following approval at the 50th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for 19 June 2026. Upon the conclusion of that meeting, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC’s term will expire, and Toyo Audit Corporation is scheduled to be appointed as the new accounting auditor. |
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The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.After comprehensively considering the current accounting auditor’s number of consecutive years auditing the Company, the expectation of an audit from a new perspective, expertise, independence, quality control structure and audit fee levels, the Company determined that Toyo Audit Corporation is suitable.