News
Announcement of Candidates for Directors
Aug 23, 2024
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. today announced candidates for its Directors to be recommended at the 19th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (scheduled for September 27, 2024).
As of September 27, 2024 (Candidate for Directors and Directors to Retire)
(1) Candidates for Directors (excluding those who are Audit & Supervisory Committee Members)
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Yagi | Current | President, Representative Director and CEO |
| New | ditto | |
| Gaku Shimaoka | Current | Vice President, Representative Director and COO |
| New | ditto | |
| Koichiro Asai | Current | Senior Managing Director |
| New | ditto | |
| Toshihiro Hagiwara | Current | Managing Director and CFO |
| New | ditto | |
| Mitsutoshi Takao | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ditto | |
| Kazuhiko Yamada | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ditto | |
| Shoko Takase | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ditto | |
| Masahiko Ito | Current | ー |
| New | Outside Director | |
(Note)Please see the Attachment for career summary of the candidate for a new Director above.
(2) Candidate for a Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member)
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Hitoshi Madarame | Current | Director (Full-time Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| New | ditto | |
| Rumiko Tanabe | Current | Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| New | ditto | |
(Note)Masatoshi Deguchi, elected as a Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) on September 28, 2023, is not subject to re-election.
(3) Candidate for a Substitute Director who is an Audit & Supervisory Committee Member
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Yoshio Kitaarai | Current | Substitute Outside Director (Audit & Supervisory Committee Member) |
| New | ditto | |
(4) Directors to retire
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Harumi Sakamoto | Current | Outside Director |
| New | ー | |
(5) The planned appointment of 1) the chairperson of the Board of Directors, 2) the chairperson of the Audit & Supervisory Committee and 3) the chief Independent Outside Director, and the planned composition of each committee
Once the above candidates for directors are approved at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, the Board of Directors and the Audit & Supervisory Committee, which are scheduled to be held immediately after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, shall make resolutions such as the appointment of the chairperson of the Board of Directors and the chairperson of the Audit and Supervisory Committee. The chairperson of the Board of Directors and the composition of each committee will be as follows.
[underlines indicate chairperson of each committee]
| Chairperson of the Board of Directors and Chief Independent Outside Director | Mitsutoshi Takao |
| Audit & Supervisory Committee | Hitoshi Madarame, Rumiko Tanabe, Masatoshi Deguchi |
| Nomination and Compensation Committee | Mitsutoshi Takao, Kazuhiko Yamada, Shoko Takase, Masahiko Ito |
| Independent Directors Committee | Mitsutoshi Takao, Kazuhiko Yamada, Shoko Takase, Masahiko Ito, Rumiko Tanabe, Masatoshi Deguchi |
(Attachment) Career Summary of Candidate for a New Director
| Name (Date of Birth) | Masahiko Ito (September 1, 1957) | |
|---|---|---|
| Career Summary | April 1982 | Joined Fujikura Insulated Wire & Cable Co. (current Fujikura Ltd.) |
| April 2013 | Corporate Officer, General Manager of Superconductor Business Development Division, New Business Development Center, Fujikura Ltd. | |
| April 2014 | Managing Corporate Officer, Deputy Chief of Power & Telecommunication Systems Company, in charge of Infrastructure Business, and General Manager of Superconductor Business Development Division, New Business Development Center, ditto | |
| April 2015 | Managing Corporate Officer, Deputy Chief of Power & Telecommunication Systems Company, ditto | |
| June 2015 | Director and Managing Corporate Officer, Deputy Chief of Power & Telecommunication Systems Company, ditto | |
| April 2016 | Representative Director and President, ditto | |
| June 2016 | Chairperson, The Japanese Electric Wire & Cable Makers’ Association | |
| April 2021 | Representative Director, President and CEO, Fujikura Ltd. | |
| April 2022 | Director and Chairperson, Chairperson of the Board of Directors, ditto | |
| March 2024 | Outside Director, Toagosei Co., Ltd. (at present) | |
| April 2024 | Director and Chairperson, Fujikura Ltd. | |
| June 2024 | Honorary Advisor, ditto | |
| No. of shares of the Company held* | 0 shares | |
* No. of shares of the Company held states the effective number of shares held by each candidate as of June 30, 2024
Note: This document is provided for informational purpose only. If there are any discrepancies between this and the original, the original Japanese document prevails.