March 14,2024
-- KDDI Corporation
KDDI Corporation resolved at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today to change (newly appointed, retire) a director and nominate following members for directors.
This subject is to be resolved at the annual meeting of Shareholders, and the meeting of the Board of Directors scheduled on June 19, 2024.
1. Change (Newly appointed) of Representative Director
(1)
Name, Title, Biography and Number of Share Held of Newly appointed Representative Director
Name Yasuaki Kuwahara
New Title Executive Vice President, Representative Director
Date of Birth October 25, 1962
Biography
Jun. 2023
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director (Current position)
Apr. 2023
Executive Director, Solution Business Sector, and General Manager, KDDI Group Strategy Division (Current position)
Apr. 2022
Managing Executive Officer
Apr. 2018
Executive Officer
Number of Share Held [1] Number of common stock shares 7,200
(Number of potential shares 17,257)
[1]
As of March 31, 2023. With regard to potential shares, the number indicated is equivalent to the number of vested points in the stock compensation plan utilizing the trust as of March 31, 2023.
(2)
Reason to Change
Along with newly appointed director, to respond to changes in the environment surrounding the Company and the Group, and to make appropriate management decisions in a flexible, smooth, prompt manner.
(3)
Tentative Date of Newly appointed
June 19, 2024
2. Change (Retirement) of Representative Director
(1)
Name and Title
NameNew TitleOld Title
Takashi Tanaka Chairman, Director Chairman, Representative Director
Toshitake Amamiya Executive Advisor Representative Director
(2)
Reason to Retire
In order to further strengthen KDDIs corporate governance by entrusting management with more executive duties and further clarifying the position of supervising executive duties.
And along with retirement of director, to retire as a director with representative rights.
(3)
Tentative Date of Retirement
June 19, 2024
3. Members of Directors
(1)
Nominees for Directors
NameTitle
Takashi Tanaka Chairman, Director
Makoto Takahashi President, Representative Director
Yasuaki Kuwahara Representative Director (Promotion)
Hiromichi Matsuda Director
Nanae Saishoji Director (Newly appointed)
Hiroshi Takezawa Director (Newly appointed)
Goro Yamaguchi Director
Keiji Yamamoto Director
Tsutomu Tannowa Director
Junko Okawa Director
Kyoko Okumiya Director
Makoto Ando Director (Newly appointed)
Mr. Goro Yamaguchi, Mr. Keiji Yamamoto, Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa, Ms. Junko Okawa, Ms. Kyoko Okumiya and Mr. Makoto Ando are the nominees for the position for outside director.
Mr. Tsutomu Tannowa, Ms. Junko Okawa, Ms. Kyoko Okumiya and Mr. Makoto Ando are the nominees for the position of independent director pursuant to Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
(2)
Directors Planning to Retire
NameNew TitleOld Title
Toshitake Amamiya Executive Advisor Executive Vice President, Representative Director
Kazuyuki Yoshimura Senior Managing Executive Officer, CTO Senior Managing Executive Officer, Director, CTO
Shigeki Goto - Director
(3)
Nominees for Audit & Supervisory Board Member
NameTitle
Kazuyasu Yamashita Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
Naoki Fukushima Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
Kazutoshi Kogure Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
Koji Arima Audit & Supervisory Board Member (Newly appointed)
Mr. Naoki Fukushima, Mr. Kazutoshi Kogure and Mr. Koji Arima are the nominees for the position for outside audit & supervisory board member, as well as the nominees for the position of independent director pursuant to Rule 436-2 of the Securities Listing Regulations of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
(4)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Planning to Retire
NameNew TitleOld Title
Kenichiro Takagi - Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Yukihiro Asahina - Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Toshihiko Matsumiya - Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Jun Karube - Audit & Supervisory Board Member
(5)
Executive Officers (Promotion)
NameNew TitleOld Title
Yasuaki Kuwahara Executive Vice President Senior Managing Executive Officer
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