Who is moving to which position
Resolved 26 March 2026Incoming appointee
1 itemAs a global company that seeks to bring trust to society through innovation and make the world more sustainable, the Company identified the diversity and skills it considers necessary for its directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members to effectively perform their executive, advisory and supervisory functions, and provisionally decided on the above appointments of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members based on these considerations.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Resolution date | 26 March 2026 |
| Scheduled Appointment Date | Scheduled for 29 June 2026. Subject to approval at the annual general meeting of shareholders, the appointments of representative directors, directors with titles, other executive directors and the chair of the Board of Directors are scheduled to be formally determined at an extraordinary meeting of the Board of Directors following the shareholders’ meeting. |
| Name of appointee | Suzuki Kunimasa (鈴木 国正) |
| Appointee's new position | Independent outside directors |
| Appointee's previous position | Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, RICOH COMPANY,LTD. / Chairman, Research Association for Semiconductor Back-End Automation and Standardization Technology |
| Appointee's date of birth | 7 August 1960 |
| Reasons for appointment | As a global company that seeks to bring trust to society through innovation and make the world more sustainable, the Company identified the diversity and skills it considers necessary for its directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members to effectively perform their executive, advisory and supervisory functions, and provisionally decided on the above appointments of directors and Audit & Supervisory Board Members based on these considerations. |
| Number of directors after the change | 10, including 5 independent outside directors |
| Subject to Approval by the General Meeting of Shareholders | Required. The matter is scheduled to be submitted to the annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for 29 June 2026. Proposal title: Not disclosed |
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The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.The appointments were made in accordance with the Basic Policy on Corporate Governance, particularly the Framework for the Corporate Governance System and the Procedures and Policy for the Appointment and Dismissal of Officers. The Company also states that it provisionally decided on the appointments based on the diversity and skills required for executive, advisory and supervisory functions.