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These documents have been translated from a part of the Japanese originals for reference purposes only.
In the event of any discrepancy between these translated documents and the Japanese originals, the originals
shall prevail. The Company assumes no responsibility for this translation or for direct, indirect or any other
forms of damages arising from the translations.
Securities Code (in Japan) 6945
June 2, 2016
To Our Shareholders:
Bunmei Shimojima
President and Representative Director
FUJITSU FRONTECH LIMITED
1776 Yanokuchi, Inagi-shi, Tokyo
NOTICE OF CONVOCATION OF THE 101st ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING
You are cordially invited to attend the 101st Annual Shareholders’ Meeting of FUJITSU FRONTECH
LIMITED (the “Company”). The Annual Shareholders’ Meeting will be held for the purposes as described
below.
If you are unable to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, you can exercise your voting rights in
writing. Please review the Reference Documents for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, indicate your
votes for or against each of the proposals on the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form, and return the
form so that it is received by 5:10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, Japan time. 1. Date and Time: Thursday, June 23, 2016 at 10:00 a.m.
2. Place: The Company’s headquarters, located at
1776 Yanokuchi, Inagi-shi, Tokyo
3. Meeting Agenda: Matters to be reported: The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements, Non-consolidated
Financial Statements and Audit Results of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditor and the Board of Auditors for the 101st fiscal year (April 1, 2015 -March 31, 2016)
Proposals to be resolved: Proposal No. 1: Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation Proposal No. 2: Election of Six Directors (excluding Directors Concurrently Serving as
Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) Proposal No. 3: Election of Three Directors Concurrently Serving as Audit & Supervisory
Committee Members Proposal No. 4 Remuneration for Directors (excluding Directors Concurrently Serving as
Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) Proposal No. 5 Remuneration for Directors Concurrently Serving as Audit & Supervisory
Committee Members Proposal No. 6 Determination of the Amount and Other Details of the Remuneration for
Directors in the Form of Stock Options Proposal No. 7 Payment of Bonuses to Directors 4. Guide to Exercise of Voting Rights (Please refer to [Guide to Exercise of Voting Rights, etc.] on the next page.)
* When attending the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, please submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the
reception desk on arrival at the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
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[Guide to Exercise of Voting Rights, etc.]
If you are unable to attend the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, you may appoint another shareholder of
the Company who holds a voting right as your proxy. In so doing, a document certifying the proxy is
required to be submitted to the Company.
If you exercise your voting rights by mail without indicating your vote for or against the proposals, it
is deemed as you expressed your intention to vote for the proposals.
If you want to diversely exercise your votes, it is required that you notify the Company in writing,
together with the reasons by three days before the day of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting.
Information regarding the following matters will be posted or announced on the Company’s website at
http://www.fujitsu.com/jp/group/frontech/about/ir/ (Top page of “Investor Relations” (in Japanese
only)).
1. In accordance to the laws and regulations, and provisions of Article 15 of the Company’s Articles
of Incorporation, “List of Explanatory Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” and “List
of Explanatory Notes to the Non-consolidated Financial Statements” are posted. (The foregoing
are not included in the “Business Report for the 101st fiscal year” (in Japanese only)).
2. Any updates to the Reference Documents for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting, the Business
Report, and the Consolidated and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements will be announced.
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Reference Documents for the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
Proposals and References
Proposal No. 1: Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
1. Reason for the proposal
(1) The Company intends to become a “company with Audit & Supervisory Committee,” introduced by the
Act for Partial Amendment to the Companies Act (Act No.90 of 2014: hereinafter referred to as the
“Amended Companies Act”), with a view to further reinforcing audit and supervisory functions by
granting Directors who concurrently serve as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members voting rights
at the Board of Directors, thereby further enhancing its corporate governance system. In association
with this change, the Company proposes to newly establish provisions concerning the Audit &
Supervisory Committee as well as Directors who concurrently serve as Audit & Supervisory Board
Members, while deleting provisions concerning Auditors and the Board of Auditors.
(2) Since the Amended Companies Act allows the Company to conclude the agreement limiting liability of
Directors with those who are not serving as Executive Directors and others, the Company proposes to
duly change the scope of Directors who may be covered under the agreement.
With respect to this change in provisions, all Auditors has previously given its approval.
(3) The Company proposes to enforce renumbering of certain articles, establishment of newly numbered
articles, revision of wording, and other adjustments as necessary in association with the addition and
removal of concerned articles.
2. List of changes
List of changes is as follows (from the next page onward).
These changes to the Articles of Incorporation shall become effective at the close of this Shareholders’
Meeting.
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(Amended parts are underlined.)
Current Proposed amendment
Article 2 (Purpose)
The purpose of the Company is to engage in the
following business activities:
1. Development, manufacture, and sale of
communication equipment, electronic
equipment, and their components, and related
construction, design, contracting, maintenance,
and operation consignment;
2. Development and sale of software;
3. Electronic communication business, and
information processing and dissemination;
4. System building and consulting incidental or
relating to any of the foregoing items;
5. Manufacture and sale of various types of molds;
6. Lease of the products mentioned in the
foregoing items:
7. Maintenance, management, and operation of
commercial facilities, facilities that draw
visitors, and public facilities;
8. Security service specified in the Security
Services Law;
9. Cargo forwarder service under the Cargo
Forwarder Service Act;
10. Labor dispatch service under the Worker
Dispatch Act;
11. Sale, lease, and maintenance of secondhand
goods
12. Any other activity incidental to any of the
foregoing items.
Article 2 (Purpose)
(Same as on the left)
(1) (Same as on the left)
(2) (Same as on the left)
(3) (Same as on the left)
(4) (Same as on the left)
(5) (Same as on the left)
(6) (Same as on the left)
(7) (Same as on the left)
(8) (Same as on the left)
(9) (Same as on the left)
(10) (Same as on the left)
(11) (Same as on the left)
(12) (Same as on the left)
Article 4 (Organization)
The organization of the Company includes the
shareholders meetings, the directors, and the
following:
(1) Board of Directors;
(2) Corporate auditors;
(3) Board of corporate auditors
(4) Accounting auditors
Article 4 (Organization)
The organization of the Company includes the
shareholders meetings, the directors, and the
following:
(1) Board of Directors;
(2) Audit & Supervisory Committee;
(Deleted)
(3) Accounting auditors
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Current Proposed amendment
Chapter 2 Shares
Chapter 2 Shares
Article 11 (Shareholder Register Administrator)
The Company shall appoint a shareholder register
administrator for shares. The shareholder register
administrator and its administrative office shall be
selected by a resolution of the Board of Directors
and public notice shall be given thereof.
The shareholder register and registry of share
options of the Company shall be kept in the
administrative office of the administrator of
shareholder register. The registration in the
shareholder register and registry of share options,
the purchase of shares representing less than one
unit, and other administrative procedures relating to
shares and share options shall be entrusted to the
shareholder register administrator, and not handled
by the Company.
Article 11 (Shareholder Register Administrator)
(Same as on the left)
2. (Same as on the left)
Article 12 (Record Date)
Every year, the shareholders listed with voting
rights in the Company's shareholder register as of
March 31 are the shareholders entitled to vote at the
annual shareholders meeting for that fiscal year.
In addition to the foregoing provision, the
Company may set a record date with prior public
notice by resolution of the Board of Directors, and
the shareholders and registered pledgees listed in the
shareholder register as of the record date are entitled
to vote at the meeting.
Article 12 (Record Date)
(Same as on the left)
2. (Same as on the left)
Chapter 3 Shareholders Meeting
Chapter 3 Shareholders Meeting
Article 16 (Method of Passing Resolutions)
Except as otherwise prescribed in applicable laws
or regulations or these articles of incorporation, a
resolution at a shareholders meeting shall be made
by a majority of the voting rights of the shareholders
who are eligible to exercise voting rights and are
present at the meeting,.
A resolution set forth in Article 309, Paragraph 2
of the Companies Act shall be passed by a two thirds
(2/3) or greater majority of all of the voting rights
exercised at a meeting where shareholders having
one third (1/3) or more of all of the voting rights of
the shareholders who are eligible to exercise voting
rights are present.
Article 16 (Method of Passing Resolutions)
(Same as on the left)
2. (Same as on the left)
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Current Proposed amendment
Article 17 (Exercise of Voting Rights by Proxy)
In shareholders meetings, a shareholder or his/her
statutory agent may exercise his/her voting rights
through one proxy who shall be another shareholder
holding voting rights.
In such case, the shareholder or a designated
agent shall submit in writing to the Company a
proxy form representing the shareholder for a
specific shareholders meeting.
Article 17 (Exercise of Voting Rights by Proxy)
(Same as on the left)
2. In the case of the foregoing provision, the
shareholder or a designated agent shall submit
in writing to the Company a proxy form
representing the shareholder at each
shareholders meeting.
Chapter 4 Directors and Board of Directors
Chapter 4 Directors and Board of Directors
Article 19 (Number of Directors )
The Company shall have no more than twelve
(12) directors.
Article 19 (Number of Directors)
The Company shall have no more than twelve
(12) directors (excluding directors concurrently
serving as audit & supervisory committee members),
and no more than four (4) directors concurrently
serving as audit & supervisory committee members
(hereinafter referred to as “audit & supervisory
committee members.”)
Article 20 (Election)
The directors shall be elected at a shareholders
meeting.
Resolutions to elect directors shall be passed by
exercise of a majority of the voting rights at a
meeting where shareholders having one third (1/3)
or more of all of the voting rights of the
shareholders authorized to exercise voting rights are
present.
Cumulative voting for the election of directors is
not permitted.
Article 20 (Election)
The directors shall be elected at a shareholders
meeting on a separate basis between the directors
who are the audit and supervisory committee
members and other directors who are not.
2. (Same as on the left)
3. (Same as on the left)
Article 21 (Term of Office)
The term of office of a director shall end at the
close of the annual shareholders meeting for the
previous fiscal year within one (1) year following
the director's election.
(New)
(New)
Article 21 (Term of Office)
The term of office of a director (excluding audit
& supervisory committee members) shall end at
the close of the annual shareholders meeting for
the previous fiscal year within one (1) year
following the director's election.
2. The term of office of an audit & supervisory
committee member shall end at the close of the
annual shareholders meeting for the previous
fiscal year within two (2) years following the
audit & supervisory committee member’s
election.
3. The term of office of a substitute audit &
supervisory committee member elected to fill a
vacancy of a retiring audit and supervisory
committee member shall end at the same time
when the term of office of such committee
member ends.
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Current Proposed amendment
Article 22 (Remuneration)
The remunerations, bonuses, and other financial
benefits (hereafter referred to as remuneration)
received from the Company by directors for the
discharge of their duties shall be determined by
resolution at a shareholders meeting.
Article 22 (Remuneration)
The remunerations, bonuses, and other financial
benefits (hereafter referred to as remuneration)
received from the Company by directors for the
discharge of their duties shall be determined by
resolution at a shareholders meeting on a separate
basis between the directors who are the audit and
supervisory committee members and other directors
who are not.
Article 24 (Notice of Meeting of Board of
Directors)
Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be given to each director and corporate auditor
at least three (3) days prior to the date of the
meeting; provided, however, that in emergency
cases, the above period may be shortened.
Article 24 (Notice of Meeting of Board of
Directors)
Notice of any meeting of the Board of Directors
shall be given to each director at least three (3) days
prior to the date of the meeting; provided, however,
that in emergency cases, the above period may be
shortened.
Article 25 (Resolutions of Board of Directors
without Meeting)
With the unanimous written or electronic consent
of all directors on the Board of Directors, the
Company may act without waiting for a resolution
of the Board of Directors on the matters consented
to, which are assumed to be resolutions already
passed by the Board of Directors.
However, the above provision does not apply if
any of the corporate auditors objects.
Article 25 (Resolutions of Board of Directors
without Meeting)
With the unanimous written or electronic consent
of all directors on the Board of Directors, the
Company may act without waiting for a resolution
of the Board of Directors on the matters consented
to, which are assumed to be resolutions already
passed by the Board of Directors.
Article 27 (Release of Directors from Liability)
The Company may, pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors and in accordance with Article
426, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, release a
director (including a person who was a director)
from liability for damages caused by a breach of
duty as a director, to the extent permitted by laws or
regulations.
Article 27 (Release of Directors from Liability)
The Company may, pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors and in accordance with Article
426, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, release a
director (including a person who was a director)
from liability for damages caused by a breach of
duty as a director, to the extent permitted by laws or
regulations.
Article 28 (Agreement Limiting Liability of
Outside Directors)
The Company may, in accordance with Article
427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, enter into
an agreement with an outside director limiting
liability for damages caused by a breach of such
outside director's duties. In this event, the maximum
liability pursuant to said agreement shall be the
minimum amount as prescribed by laws or
regulations.
Article 28 (Agreement Limiting Liability of
Directors)
The Company may, in accordance with Article
427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, enter into
an agreement with a director (excluding an
executive director and others) limiting liability for
damages caused by a breach of such outside
director's duties. In this event, the maximum liability
pursuant to said agreement shall be the minimum
amount as prescribed by laws or regulations.
Chapter 5 Corporate Auditors and Board of
Corporate Auditors
Chapter 5 Audit & Supervisory Committee
Article 29 (Number of Corporate Auditors)
The number of corporate auditors of the Company
shall not be greater than four (4).
(Deleted)
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Current Proposed amendment
Article 30 (Election)
The corporate auditors shall be elected at a
shareholders meeting. Resolutions to elect corporate
auditors shall be passed by exercise of a majority of
the voting rights at a meeting where shareholders
having one third (1/3) or more of all of the voting
rights of the shareholders authorized to exercise
voting rights are present.
(Deleted)
Article 31 (Term of Office)
The term of office of a corporate auditor shall end
at the close of the annual shareholders meeting for
the previous fiscal year within four (4) years
following the corporate auditor's election.
The term of office of an interim corporate auditor
serving the unexpired term of a required corporate
auditor shall end when the term of office expires.
(Deleted)
Article 32 (Full-time Corporate Auditor)
By resolution by the Board of Corporate Auditors,
a full-time corporate auditor shall be elected from
the corporate auditors.
(Deleted)
Article 33 (Remuneration)
Remuneration for corporate auditors shall be
determined by resolution at a shareholders meeting.
(Deleted)
Article 34 (Notice of Meeting of Board of
Corporate Auditors)
Notice of any meeting of the Board of Corporate
Auditors shall be given to each corporate auditor at
least three (3) days prior to the date of the meeting;
provided, however, that in emergency cases, the
above period may be shortened.
Article 29 (Notice of Meeting of Audit &
Supervisory Committee)
Notice of any meeting of the Audit & Supervisory
Committee shall be given to each Audit &
Supervisory Committee Member at least three (3)
days prior to the date of the meeting; provided,
however, that in emergency cases, the above period
may be shortened.
Article 35 (Board of Corporate Auditors
Regulations)
Except as otherwise prescribed in applicable laws
or regulations or these articles of incorporation, all
matters relating to the Board of Corporate Auditors
shall be governed by the Board of Corporate
Auditors regulations prescribed by the Board of
Corporate Auditors.
Article 30 (Audit & Supervisory Committee
Regulations)
Except as otherwise prescribed in applicable laws
or regulations or these articles of incorporation, all
matters relating to the Audit & Supervisory
Committee shall be governed by the Audit &
Supervisory Committee regulations prescribed by
the Audit & Supervisory Committee.
Article 36 (Release of Corporate Auditors from
Liability)
The Company may, pursuant to a resolution of the
Board of Directors and in accordance with Article
426, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, release a
corporate auditor (including a person who was a
corporate auditor) from liability for damages caused
by a breach of duty as a corporate auditor, to the
extent permitted by laws or regulations.
(Deleted)
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Current Proposed amendment
Article 37 (Agreement Limiting Liability of
Outside Corporate Auditor)
The Company may, in accordance with Article
427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, enter into
an agreement with an outside corporate auditor
limiting liability for damages caused by a breach of
such an outside corporate auditor's duties. In this
event, the maximum liability pursuant to said
agreement shall be the minimum amount as
prescribed by laws or regulations.
(Deleted)
Chapter 6 Accounting Auditors
Chapter 6 Accounting Auditors
Article 38 (Election of Accounting Auditors)
(Article omitted)
Article 31 (Election of Accounting Auditors)
(Same as on the left)
Article 39 (Term of Office of Accounting
Auditors)
The term of office of accounting auditors shall
end at the close of the annual shareholders meeting
for the previous fiscal year within one (1) year
following the accounting auditor's election.
Unless otherwise resolved at the annual
shareholders meeting under the preceding
paragraph, accounting auditors shall be deemed to
have been re-elected at such annual shareholders
meeting.
Article 32 (Term of Office of Accounting
Auditors)
(Same as on the left)
2. (Same as on the left)
Article 40 (Remuneration for Accounting
Auditors)
Remuneration for accounting auditors shall be
determined by representative directors with the
agreement of the Board of Corporate Auditors.
Article 33 (Remuneration for Accounting
Auditors)
Remuneration for accounting auditors shall be
determined by representative directors with the
agreement of the Audit & Supervisory Committee.
Chapter 7 Accounts
Chapter 7 Accounts
Article 41 (Fiscal Year)
(Article omitted)
Article 34 (Fiscal Year)
(Same as on the left)
Article 42 (Dividend from Surplus)
Except as otherwise prescribed in applicable laws
or regulations, the Company may decide on the
matters prescribed in accordance with Article 459,
Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, by resolution of
the Board of Directors instead of by resolution of a
shareholders meeting.
The Company shall pay a cash dividend from
surplus (hereinafter referred to as dividend) to the
shareholders and registered pledgees of shares listed
in the final shareholder register as of March 31 or
September 30 of each year.
Article 35 (Dividend from Surplus)
(Same as on the left)
2. (Same as on the left)
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Current Proposed amendment
Article 43 (Period of Limitations for Dividend)
If any dividend remains uncollected three (3)
years after it first becomes due and payable, the
Company shall be released from its obligation to pay
said dividend.
Any unpaid dividend shall not accrue interest.
Article 36 (Period of Limitations for Dividend)
(Same as on the left)
2. (Same as on the left)
(New) Supplementary Provisions
(Transitional measures concerning the exemption of
liability from corporate auditors)
1. The Company may, pursuant to a resolution of
the Board of Directors and that within the
statutory limits, exempt a corporate auditor
(including a person who was a corporate
auditor) from liability for damages as prescribed
under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the
Companies Act, arising out of his/her conduct
prior to the close of the 101st annual
shareholders meeting.
2. The agreement limiting liability of outside
corporate auditors (including a person who was
an outside corporate auditor) as prescribed
under Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the
Companies Act, arising out of his/her conduct
prior to the close of the 101st annual
shareholders meeting, shall still be governed by
the provisions of Article 37 of the Articles of
Incorporation that were effective before the
change enforced by the resolution of the same
annual shareholders meeting.
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Proposal No. 2: Election of Six Directors (excluding Directors Concurrently Serving as Audit &
Supervisory Committee Members)
The Company shall become a company with Audit & Supervisory Committee, subject to the approval of
the Proposal No.1; Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. At the same time, as the term of
office of all six directors will end at the close this Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. Accordingly, the Company
proposes election of six Directors (excluding Directors concurrently serving as the Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members).
The candidates for Directors (excluding Directors concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory
Committee Members) are as follows:
Candi-
date
No.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary, positions and responsibilities in the Company and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
1
Bunmei Shimojima (January 10, 1953)
April 1976 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
6,000
June 2007 Corporate Vice President, In charge of Kansai Regional Sales, Regional Business Group President, Kansai Regional Sales Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
June 2009 Corporate Senior Vice President President, Manufacturing & Distribution Solutions Business Group Executive Vice President, SME Business Planning Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED Outside Director of the Company (to June 2011)
April 2010 Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Distribution Industry Solutions Business Group, FUJITSU LIMITED
May 2013 Advisor of the Company June 2013 President and Representative Director of the Company (to
present)
<Reasons for selecting Bunmei Shimojima as a candidate for Director (excluding Director concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)> Based on a wealth of business and management experience at FUJITSU LIMITED, Bunmei Shimojima has powerfully driven the creation and implementation of business strategies and has delivered results as the Company's President and Representative Director for three years. Moving forward, the Company believes that he is indispensable to achieve an even greater level of business performance and corporate value based on the implementation of our medium-term management plan. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Director.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary, positions and responsibilities in the Company and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
2
Kunihiko Matsumori (November 19,
1956)
April 1980 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
7,600
April 2000 Director, Engineering Dept., Retail System Div., Consumer Transaction Business Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
December 2001 Director, Engineering Dept. I, Retail Business Div., Research & Development Group of the Company
June 2003 General Manager, Retail Business Div., Research & Development Group of the Company
April 2006 President, Retail Business Group and General Manager, System Development Div. of the Company
April 2007 Corporate Vice President, President, Retail Business Group of the Company
June 2011 Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Retail Business Group of the Company
June 2012 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Retail Business Group of the Company
June 2015 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Retail Business Group and President, Quality Assurance Group of the Company
May 2016 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Frontline Solution Business Group and President, Quality Assurance Group and Responsibility for Frontline Business Promotion Group of the Company (to present)
<Reasons for selecting Kunihiko Matsumori as a candidate for Director (excluding Director concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)> In addition to driving frontline technology businesses such as retail business and RFID for many years as Director and Corporate Vice President at the Company, Kunihiko Matsumori has taken part in the formulation and implementation of product-quality strategies. The Company believes that moving forward, he is qualified to expand frontline solution business, as well as to improve its product and service quality. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Director.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name
(Date of birth) Career summary, positions and responsibilities in the Company
and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the
candidate
3
Hiroshi Imamura
(January 4, 1956)
April 1981 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
3,000
October 2001 Director, Engineering Dept. I, Finance Transaction System Div., Consumer Transaction Business Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
December 2001 Director, Engineering Dept. I, ATM & Branch Systems Div., Research & Development Group of the Company
June 2005 General Manager, ATM & Branch Systems, Research & Development Group of the Company
June 2010 Corporate Vice President, President, ATM & Branch Systems Group of the Company
April 2012 Corporate Senior Vice President, President, ATM & Branch Systems Group of the Company
June 2014 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, Responsibility for Financial Business, and President, ATM & Branch Systems Group of the Company
June 2015 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, ATM & Branch Systems Group, and Responsibility for Frontline Business Promotion Group of the Company
(Serving the following positions to present) June 2011 Outside Director, TAKAMISAWA CYBERNETICS CO.,
LTD. May 2016 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President,
President, ATM & Branch Product Business Group, and President, Global Product Business Group of the Company
(Significant concurrent position)
Outside Director, TAKAMISAWA CYBERNETICS CO., LTD.
<Reasons for selecting Hiroshi Imamura as a candidate for Director (excluding Director
concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)>
In addition to his achievements as Director and Corporate Vice President at the Company for
many years, Hiroshi Imamura has 5 years of management experience as Outside Director for
another company. At the Company, he has helped drive financial and mechanical components
businesses. The Company believes that moving forward, he is qualified to help further expand
its global product business. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Director.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name
(Date of birth)
Career summary, positions and responsibilities in the Company and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
4
Tatsuya Ishioka
(July 3,1956)
April 1979 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
3,100
June 2007 President, Mizuho Accounts Business Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
April 2010 President, Farming, Forestry & Fishery Systems Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
May 2011 Senior Vice President, Financial Solution Business Group (Responsibility for Regional Financial Institutions) and President, Farming, Forestry & Fishery Systems Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
April 2012 Corporate Vice President, President, Service Business Group and Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing Group of the Company
May 2013 Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Service Business Group and Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing Group of the Company
June 2014 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Sales & Marketing Group and President, Service Business Group of the Company
June 2015 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Sales & Marketing Group of the Company (to present)
<Reasons for selecting Tatsuya Ishioka as a candidate for Director (excluding Director
concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)> Tatsuya Ishioka has many years of experience in financial business section at FUJITSU LIMITED and is delivering excellent results, including expanding business and promoting sales strategy in service business and sales & marketing groups. The Company believes that moving forward, he is qualified to help further enhance its business results and corporate value. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Director.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name
(Date of birth) Career summary, positions and responsibilities in the Company
and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
5
Naoki Yoshida
(April 11,1959)
April 1983 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
1,600
September 2003 Director, Financial Planning & Analysis Dept., Corporate Controller Div., Corporate Finance Div., FUJITSU LIMITED
June 2009 Director, Cost Management Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED June 2010 Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance Group and
General Manager, Finance Div. of the Company June 2011 Corporate Vice President,
President, Corporate Finance Group and Responsibility for Business Re-engineering Office and Internal Audit Div. of the Company
May 2013 Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Corporate Finance Group and Responsibility for Business Re-engineering Office and Responsibility for Internal Audit Div. of the Company
June 2014 Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Corporate Finance Group and General Manager, Finance Div. and Responsibility for Internal Audit Office of the Company
June 2015 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Corporate Finance Group and General Manager, Finance Div. and Responsibility for Internal Audit Office of the Company
July 2015 Director, Corporate Senior Vice President, President, Corporate Finance Group and Responsibility for Internal Audit Office of the Company
<Reasons for selecting Naoki Yoshida as a candidate for Director (excluding Director
concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)> Through a long experience in corporate finance section at the Company and FUJITSU LIMITED, Naoki Yoshida has gained an extensive knowledge in corporate finance, cost strategy, and internal control, etc. and achieved results at the Company in management improvement and business optimization. The Company believes that he is qualified to further enhance business results and corporate value. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Director.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name
(Date of birth) Career summary, positions and responsibilities in the Company
and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
6
Hiromu Kawakami (August 10, 1956)
April 1980 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
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December 2000 General Manager, Global SCM Planning & Promotion Div., Computer Products Business Group, FUJITSU LIMITED
December 2006 Senior Vice President, Storage Product Business Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
April 2010 Head of Products Business Development and Management Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
May 2011 Corporate Vice President, Head of Supply Chain Management Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
(Serving the following positions to present) June 2011 Outside Director of the Company
April 2014 Corporate Vice President, SVP, Head of Corporate Purchasing Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
(Significant concurrent position) Corporate Vice President, FUJITSU LIMITED
<Reasons for selecting Hiromu Kawakami as a candidate for Director (excluding Director
concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)>
In addition to a wealth of business experience in operations and purchasing sections at
FUJITSU LIMITED, Hiromu Kawakami has delivered a strong performance for 5 years of as
Outside Director for the Company and has considerable insight regarding its business. The
Company believes that he will provide appropriate advice to overall management of the
Company. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Director.
<Outline of the agreement limiting liability of Directors>
Upon election of Hiromu Kawakami, the Company will conclude a contract with him to limit
the amount of the damage liability stipulated in Article 423 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act
in accordance with Article 427 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The limitation of the liability
for damage under the contract shall be set at the minimum liability amount as stipulated by laws
and regulations.
(Note) None of the above candidates have any special interest in the Company.
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Proposal No. 3: Election of Three Directors Concurrently Serving as Audit & Supervisory
Committee Members
The Company shall become a company with Audit & Supervisory Committee, subject to the approval of
the Proposal No.1; Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. Accordingly, the Company proposes
election of three Directors concurrently serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members. The Board
of Auditors has previously given its approval for this proposal.
The candidates for Directors concurrently serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee Members are as
follows (the candidates marked with * are new candidates):
Candi-
date
No.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary, positions in the Company and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
1
Yasuto Horino (April 11, 1957)
[Candidate for Outside Director]
April 1981 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
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December 1998 Manager, Finance Sec., Accounting Div., Fujitsu Support and Services Inc. (current FUJITSU FSAS INC.)
June 2002 Director, Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Planning Office, Fujitsu Support and Services Inc.
June 2008 Deputy General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, FUJITSU FSAS INC.
May 2011 General Manager, Corporate Planning Office, Management Promotion Group, FUJITSU FSAS INC.
November 2012 Assistant Manager, Corporate Controller Div., Corporate Finance Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
February 2013 CFO, Fujitsu (China) Holdings Co., Ltd.
May 2015 Assistant Manager, Corporate Controller Div., Corporate Finance Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
June 2015 Standing Statutory Auditor (Outside Auditor) of the Company (to present)
<Reasons for selecting Yasuto Horino as a candidate for Outside Director concurrently serving
as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member>
The Company believes that Yasuto Horino can make the most of his extensive experience at
finance & accounting and corporate planning divisions of other companies and as CFO (Chief
Financial Officer) in the overseas company. The Company believes that he will utilize these
experiences in the Company’s audit and supervising operations. Therefore, it is proposed that he
shall be elected as Outside Director concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee
Member.
<Relationship between the candidate for Outside Director and specified related business
entities>
Yasuto Horino served as General Manager of Corporate Planning Office of Fujitsu Support and
Services Inc. (current FUJITSU FSAS INC.) until the end of November 2012, then served as
CFO (Chief Financial Officer) of Fujitsu (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. until the end of May 2015.
He was also affiliated with Corporate Finance Unit of FUJITSU LIMITED from the beginning
of November 2012 to the end of January 2013, and from the beginning of May to the end of June
2015. All of the companies are specified related business entities (Fujitsu Support and Services
Inc. and Fujitsu (China) Holdings Co., Ltd. are subsidiaries of the Company’s parent company,
and FUJITSU LIMITED is the Company’s parent company) of the Company.
<Outline of the agreement limiting liability of Directors>
Upon election of Yasuto Horino, the Company will conclude a contract with him to limit the
amount of the damage liability stipulated in Article 423 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act in
accordance with Article 427 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The limitation of the liability for
damage under the contract shall be set at the minimum liability amount as stipulated by laws and regulations.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary, positions in the Company and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
2
Yoji Suzuki (March 31, 1947)
[Candidate for Outside Director]
March 1972 Registered as Japanese Certified Public Accountant
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May 1984 Partner, Showa Audit Corporation (current Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
May 1989 Member of the Board, The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
July 2003 Executive Director, Shin Nihon & Co. (current Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC)
July 2009 Board of Councilors, Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC
(Serving the following positions to present)
June 2012 Outside Auditor, FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED (to present)
June 2015 Outside Auditor of the Company
(Significant concurrent position)
Japanese Certified Public Accountant
Outside Auditor, FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
<Reasons for selecting Yoji Suzuki as a candidate for Outside Director concurrently serving as
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member>
The Company believes that Yoji Suzuki can make the most of his expertise and experience as a
certified public accountant and an auditor of other companies in the Company’s audit and
supervising operations. Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Outside Director
concurrently serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member. The Company also registered
him to the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. as an Independent Officer.
<Relationship between the candidate and specified related business entities>
Yoji Suzuki currently serves as Outside Auditor of FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED, which
is a specified related business entity (a subsidiary of the Company’s parent company) of the
Company.
<Outline of a contract for limitation of liability> In accordance with Article 427 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, the Company has concluded a
contract with Yoji Suzuki to limit the amount of the damage liability stipulated in Article 423
Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The limitation of the liability for damage under the contract
shall be set at the minimum liability amount as stipulated by laws and regulations. Upon election
of Yoji Suzuki, the Company will renew a contract with him.
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Candi-
date
No.
Name (Date of birth)
Career summary, positions in the Company and significant concurrent positions
Number of shares of the
Company held by the candidate
3
*Yuichi Koseki (March 12, 1964)
April 1986 Joined FUJITSU LIMITED
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June 2008 Vice President, Group Management Promotion Office, Solutions Business Management Unit, FUJITSU LIMITED
June 2015 SVP, Head of Business Management Unit, Integration Services Business, FUJITSU LIMITED
April 2016 Corporate Executive Officer SVP, Head of Business Management Unit, Japan Sales In charge of Business Management Unit, Global Services Integration Business In charge of IT Management Service Business Unit In charge of Business Management, Digital Service Business, FUJITSU LIMITED (to present)
(Significant concurrent position)
Corporate Vice President, FUJITSU LIMITED
<Reasons for selecting Yuichi Koseki as a candidate for Outside Director concurrently serving
as Audit & Supervisory Committee Member>
Yuichi Koseki has a wealth of business experience in service integration business and
management in digital service business at FUJITSU LIMITED. The Company believes that his
achievements and insight will be a great benefit to auditing and supervision at the Company.
Therefore, it is proposed that he shall be elected as Outside Director concurrently serving as
Audit & Supervisory Committee Member.
<Outline of the agreement limiting liability of Directors>
Upon election of Yuichi Koseki, the Company will conclude a contract with him to limit the
amount of the damage liability stipulated in Article 423 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act in
accordance with Article 427 Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The limitation of the liability for
damage under the contract shall be set at the minimum liability amount as stipulated by laws and
regulations.
(Notes) 1. None of the above candidates have any special interest in the Company.
2. In an effort to enhance the effectiveness of the function of the Audit & Supervisory Committee,
the Company is scheduled to arrange a system in which standing members of the Audit &
Supervisory Committee, taken from the Standing Statutory Auditors, shall be engaged in audit on
a regular and continuous basis, while all of Audit & Supervisory Committee Members may be
entitled to investigate and audit business execution from the independent standpoint, subject to
the resolution of the Audit & Supervisory Committee.
Upon approval of this proposal, Yasuto Horino is scheduled to be elected as a standing member
of the Audit & Supervisory Committee, while Yasuto Horino, Yoji Suzuki and Yuichi Koseki are
scheduled to be elected as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members specifically appointed by
the Committee (appointed members of the Audit & Supervisory Committee), as prescribed under
Article 399-3, Paragraph 1 and Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act.
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Proposal 4: Remuneration for Directors (excluding Directors Concurrently Serving as Audit &
Supervisory Committee Members)
The maximum of total remuneration amount for Directors was set at 150 million yen per year by the
resolution at the 93rd Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 25, 2008, and this arrangement has
remained unchanged to date. This time, the Company shall become a company with Audit & Supervisory
Committee, subject to the approval of the Proposal No.1; Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.
On this occasion, the Company proposes to abolish the existing provisions concerning the remuneration for
Directors, and to make a new arrangement in which maximum of total remuneration amount for Directors
(excluding the Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) is set at 150 million yen per year, in view of the
circumstances including economic situations.
Number of Directors at present is six, while number of Directors (excluding the Audit & Supervisory
Committee Members) shall be six, subject to the approval of the Proposals No.1 and No.2, as originally
proposed.
Proposal 5: Remuneration for Directors Concurrently Serving as Audit & Supervisory Committee
Members
As aforementioned, the Company shall become a company with Audit & Supervisory Committee, subject
to the approval of the Proposal No.1; Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation. On this occasion,
the Company proposes to set the maximum of total remuneration amount for Directors concurrently serving
as Audit & Supervisory Committee Members, at 60 million yen per year in consideration of the duties and
responsibilities of Directors in this category. Number of Directors concurrently serving as Audit &
Supervisory Committee Member shall be three, subject to the approval of the Proposals No.1 and No.3, as
originally proposed.
Proposal 6: Determination of the Amount and Other Details of the Remuneration for Directors in the
Form of Stock Options
The Company commenced issuance of stock acquisition rights as share remuneration-type stock options
to Directors (excluding Outside Directors), with the annual upper limit of 30 million yen, based on the
resolution at the 93rd Annual Shareholders’ Meeting held on June 25, 2008, and this arrangement has
remained unchanged to date. This time, the Company shall become a company with Audit & Supervisory
Committee, subject to the approval of the Proposal No.1; Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation.
For the purpose of promoting mutual profit awareness between officers and shareholders, with enhanced
motivation towards the achievement of improved business results and higher share price, to ensure further
enhancement of corporate value, the Company, on this occasion, proposes to abolish the existing provisions
concerning the issuance of share remuneration-type stock options, and to make a new arrangement whereby
the Company issues stock acquisition rights as share remuneration-type stock options to Directors (excluding
Non-executive Directors), within the annual upper limit of 30 million yen, apart from the remuneration for
Directors (excluding Audit & Supervisory Committee Members) as discussed in the Proposal No. 4.
Number of Directors (excluding Outside Directors) at present is five, while number of Directors
(excluding Non-executive Directors) entitled to the issue of stock acquisition rights as share
remuneration-type stock options shall be five, subject to the approval of the Proposals No.1 and No.2, as
originally proposed.
(1) Type and number of shares to be delivered upon exercise of stock acquisition rights
No more than 100,000 shares of common stock of the Company shall be delivered upon exercise of the
stock acquisition rights, which are to be issued during one year from the date of the Company’s Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting each year.
If share split or share consolidation are carried out by the Company, number of shares to be delivered
upon exercise of stock acquisition rights shall be adjusted by the following formula, provided, however,
that such adjustment shall be made to the number of shares to be delivered upon exercise of stock
acquisition rights yet to be exercised at that point in time, and that any fraction of less than one share
shall be rounded down.
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Number of shares after the adjustment =
Number of shares before the adjustment x share split/consolidation ratio
Besides the above, if needs for the adjustment to the number of shares arises after the date of resolution
for the approval of this proposal, the Company may make adjustment to the number of shares as deemed
appropriate within the reasonable range.
(2) Total number of stock acquisition rights
No more than 1,000 stock acquisition rights shall be issued during one year from the date of the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting for each fiscal year. Number of shares to be delivered upon exercise of one stock
acquisition right (hereinafter referred to as “number of shares to be granted”) shall be 100, provided,
however, that if the number of shares is adjusted as prescribed in (1) above, the number of shares to be
granted shall be subject to the adjustment likewise.
(3) Method for calculating the amount to be paid in for the exercise of one stock acquisition right
The amount to be paid in at the exercise of one stock acquisition right, shall be the amount calculated by
multiplying the fair value of one stock acquisition right calculated on the allotment date of stock
acquisition rights, by the total number of stock acquisition rights allotted. Monetary remuneration
equivalent to the total amount to be paid in for the exercise of stock acquisition rights shall be paid to
Directors, and the claim for this remuneration shall be offset against the amount to be paid in for the
exercise of stock acquisition rights.
(4) The value of asset to be contributed at the exercise of stock acquisition rights
The value of asset to be contributed at the exercise of each stock acquisition right shall be the amount
calculated by multiplying the amount to be paid in per share delivered upon the exercise of one stock
acquisition right (which is set at one yen), by the number of shares to be granted.
(5) Time period in which stock acquisition rights may be exercised
30 years from the following day of the allotment date of stock acquisition rights
(6) Restriction on the acquisition of stock acquisition rights through transfer
Acquisition of stock acquisition rights through transfer shall require the approval of the Board of
Directors.
(7) Conditions for the exercise of stock acquisition rights
Holder of stock acquisition rights may exercise such stock acquisition rights only within 10 days from
the day following the day of the loss of his/her position as Director as well as Corporate Vice President
of the Company, while other conditions for the exercise of stock acquisition rights shall be decided at the
Board of Directors which decides on the guidelines for the subscription to stock acquisition rights.
Proposal 7: Payment of Bonuses to Directors
In view of the business performance of this fiscal year, a total of 50.40 million yen shall be paid to five
Directors (excluding Outside Directors) who were in position at the end of this fiscal year as their bonuses.
It is proposed that decisions as to the amount for each Director be entrusted to the Board of Directors.