Governance structure
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.
Tajima Kiyotaka (田嶋清孝), an outside corporate auditor, has been designated as an independent officer. The policy was not to designate him as an independent officer for the first 3 years, but he has now been designated because 3 years have passed since the end of the business relationship with EY ShinNihon LLC.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Number of directors | 1 outside director and 3 outside corporate auditors (the total number of directors and corporate auditors is Not disclosed) |
| Number of independent officers | 4 |
| Changes this time | Tajima Kiyotaka (田嶋清孝), an outside corporate auditor, has been designated as an independent officer. The policy was not to designate him as an independent officer for the first 3 years, but he has now been designated because 3 years have passed since the end of the business relationship with EY ShinNihon LLC. |
Items this document does not state (5)
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.Tajima Kiyotaka (田嶋清孝) meets the Tokyo Stock Exchange's independence criteria, and 3 years have passed since the end of the business relationship with EY ShinNihon LLC, the audit firm with which he was affiliated.