Result of AGM
June 23 2003 - 6:34AM
UK Regulatory
RNS Number:6309M
NEC Corporation
23 June 2003
NEC Corporation
June 19, 2003
7-1, Shiba 5-chome,
Minato-ku, Tokyo
To Our Shareholders:
NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED AT THE 165TH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF
SHAREHOLDERS
We are pleased to inform you that at the 165th Ordinary General Meeting of
Shareholders of NEC Corporation (the "Company") held today, a report was
given, and resolutions passed, as follows. For the 165th Business Period
a net loss was posted due to extraordinary losses that were accounted
for by devaluation of investments in affiliated companies and securities
reflecting the weak stock market, and shareholders' equity decreased.
Under these circumstances, we proposed and it was resolved that no
year-end dividends would be paid. We endeavor to achieve the recovery of
the performance by implementing company-wide actions, and we would
highly appreciate your continued support and understanding.
Matters to be Reported Upon:
A report concerning the contents of the Business Report, Balance Sheet and
Statement of Income with respect to the 165th Business Period from April
1, 2002 to March 31, 2003 was made.
Matters to be Voted Upon:
It was resolved:
THAT, "PROPOSAL No. 1: APPROVAL OF THE PLAN FOR DISPOSITION OF INCOME
WITH RESPECT TO THE 165TH BUSINESS PERIOD" be approved as proposed;
THAT, in regard to "PROPOSAL No. 2: PARTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE ARTICLES
OF INCORPORATION", for the purpose of expanding the Company's Internet
Service "BIGLOBE" the object of the Company be expanded by adding "To
provide mail order, money collection, travel agency, non-life insurance
agency, life insurance agency, broadcasting, and security services by
means of the Internet and other networks" and THAT the amendments to the
Articles, including those relating to the adoption of a system for the
purchase by a shareholder of shares less than one unit, the new system
for invalidating share certificates, the reduction of the quorum of
special resolutions of a general meeting of shareholders, the extension
of the term of office of a Corporate Auditor, and the abolishment of the
counselor system, be approved as proposed;
THAT, in regard to "PROPOSAL No. 3: ELECTION OF NINE DIRECTORS", Messrs.
Akinobu Kanasugi, Mineo Sugiyama, Shigeo Matsumoto, Yoshio Omori, Kaoru
Yano, Toshiro Kawamura, Makoto Maruyama and Koichi Kimura (Mr. Kimura
being a candidate for outside director as provided in Paragraph 2 (7)-2,
Article 188 of the Commercial Code of Japan) be re-elected and THAT Mr.
Kazumasa Fujie be newly elected to the Board of Directors;
THAT, in regard to "PROPOSAL NO. 4: ELECTION OF TWO CORPORATE AUDITORS",
Mr. Tatsuo Sakairi be re-elected and THAT Mr. Shinichi Yokoyama (Mr.
Shinichi Yokoyama being a candidate for outside corporate auditor as
provided in Paragraph 1, Article 18 of the Law for Special Exceptions to
the Commercial Code Concerning Audit, etc. of Kabushiki-Kaisha) be newly
elected to the Board of Corporate Auditors;
THAT, in regard to "PROPOSAL No. 5: ISSUE OF STOCK ACQUISITION RIGHTS
WITH FAVORABLE CONDITIONS TO PERSONS OTHER THAN THE SHAREHOLDERS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF GRANTING STOCK OPTIONS", for the purpose of granting stock
options with a view to promoting the management highly conscious of the
shareholder value and creating a motivation to improve business results
of NEC Group, issue of the rights to acquire no more than 350,000 shares
of the Company's common stocks, to the persons who are directors and
employees (corporate officers, employees having important
responsibilities equivalent to those of corporate officers, executive
general managers, employees having important responsibilities equivalent
to those of executive general managers), and full-time chairmen and
presidents of the Company's important subsidiaries in Japan (excluding
companies whose stocks are listed and their subsidiaries) from the
strategic viewpoint of the Company and its group companies, be approved
as proposed; and
THAT, in regard to "PROPOSAL NO. 6: PRESENTATION OF RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCES TO RETIRED DIRECTOR AND RETIRING CORPORATE AUDITOR",
retirement allowances to the retired Director, Mr. Kaoru Tosaka, and to
the retiring Corporate Auditor, Mr. Koichi Yoshida, be presented within
a reasonable amount according to the rules of the Company, and THAT the
Board of Directors and the Board of Corporate Auditors be authorized to
decide the amount, time and method of payment, etc. in respect of the
retirement allowances to the retired Director and the retiring Corporate
Auditor, respectively.
Hajime Sasaki
Chairman of the Board
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INFORMATION FOR "PURHCHASE BY A SHAREHOLDER OF SHARES LESS THAN ONE UNIT"
According to the provisions of the Articles of Incorporation as amended at
the 165th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, a shareholder who has
shares less than one unit may purchase from the Company such number of
shares as, together with the shares less than one unit held by the
shareholder, would constitute one unit of shares (1,000 shares). For
example, a shareholder who already has 700 shares of the Company may
purchase additional 300 shares from the Company and make his/her holding
become one unit of shares. However, in the event that the total number
of shares requested by shareholders exceeds the number of shares held by
the Company and in certain other circumstances, the Company may decline
such requests.
For more information, please contact our transfer agent at the
following:
For inquiry: The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited
Mailing Address
Transfer Agent Department (Tokyo),
The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited
1-10, Nikko-cho, Fuchu, Tokyo 183-8701
Telephone
Domestic call : 0120-176-417
International call : +81-42-351-2211
A shareholder who has less than one unit of shares of the Company may
also request the Company to purchase such shares less than one unit. For
the information on the purchase, please contact our transfer agent.
Public Notice of Balance Sheet and Statement of Income
The information regarding the balance sheet and the statement of income for the
165th Business Period will be provided on the Company's Internet Home
Page (http://www.nec.co.jp/) instead of a notice published in the Nihon
Keizai Shimbun.
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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