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Reference Material for the 142nd Annual Shareholders' General Meeting

August 8 2008

Notice of the Shareholders' General Meeting (56KB/14Pages)

Resolutions Adopted at the 142nd Annual Shareholders' General Meeting
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To Our Shareholders ( Business Report )

Notice of the Shareholders' General Meeting

1. Date and Time

10:00 a.m., Friday, June 27, 2008

2. Venue

Hotel InterContinental Tokyo Bay, 4th Floor Le Grand
16-2, Kaigan 1-Chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Resolutions Adopted at the 142nd Annual Shareholders' General Meeting

Matters Reported

The Company reported the following matters.

  1. Business Reports, Reports of the Consolidated Financial Statements, and Audit Reports of the Accounting Auditor and Board of Auditors on the Consolidated Financial Statements, for the 142nd term, from April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008.
  2. Reports of the Financial Statements for the 142nd term, from April 1, 2007, to March 31, 2008.

Matters Resolved

Proposal 1: Appropriation of Retained Earnings
It was approved as proposed.
Proposal 2: Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation
It was approved as proposed.
Proposal 3: Election of Twelve Directors
It was approved as proposed. The twelve directors, namely Messrs. Yozo Izuhara, Katsuji Fujimoto, Tomoaki Abe, Stuart Chambers, Mike Powell, Pat Zito, Mark Lyons, Keiji Yoshikawa, Noritaka Kurauchi, Kozo Okumura, Isao Uchigasaki and George Olcott, have been elected and assumed their respective positions.
Messrs. Noritaka Kurauchi, Kozo Okumura, Isao Uchigasaki and George Olcott are external directors stipulated in Article 2 Clause 15 of the Corporate Law.

Following the approval of Proposal 2 “Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation,” the Company has converted itself into a company with committees from the previous structure of a company with corporate auditors. Further, Executive Directors, members of each Committee, et al. have been elected by resolution at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held today.

We hereby inform you that the following new director structure has been established on June 27, 2008.

1. Directors (12)

Chairman of the Board Yozo Izuhara
Chairman of NSG Group Katsuji Fujimoto
Deputy Chairman Tomoaki Abe
Director Stuart Chambers
Director Mike Powell
Director Pat Zito
Director Mark Lyons
Director Keiji Yoshikawa
External Director Noritaka Kurauchi
External Director Kozo Okumura
External Director Isao Uchigasaki
External Director George Olcott

2. Executive Directors (5)

Executive Director, President & CEO Stuart Chambers
Executive Director & GFD Mike Powell
Executive Director Pat Zito
Executive Director Mark Lyons
Executive Director Keiji Yoshikawa

3. Members of Committees

(1) Nomination Committee (7 members)
Chairman of the Nomination Committee Yozo Izuhara
Members of the Nomination Committee Tomoaki Abe, Stuart Chambers,
Noritaka Kurauchi, Kozo Okumura,
Isao Uchigasaki, and George Olcott
(2) Audit Committee (7 members)
Chairman of the Audit Committee Tomoaki Abe
Members of the Audit Committee Yozo Izuhara, Katsuji Fujimoto,
Noritaka Kurauchi, Kozo Okumura,
Isao Uchigasaki, and George Olcott
(3) Compensation Committee (7 members)
Chairman of the Compensation Committee Noritaka Kurauchi
Members of the Compensation Committee Katsuji Fujimoto, Tomoaki Abe,
Stuart Chambers, Kozo Okumura,
Isao Uchigasaki, and George Olcott

4. Executive Officers (23)

Senior Executive Officer Tim Izzett
Senior Executive Officer Kazuyuki Izumi
Senior Executive Officer Toshikazu Kondo
Senior Executive Officer Vito Sassanelli
Senior Executive Officer Naotaka Todoroki
Senior Executive Officer Stephen Pownall
Senior Executive Officer Takeshi Horiguchi
Senior Executive Officer Paul McKeon
Senior Executive Officer Clemens Miller
Senior Executive Officer Tom Rae
Executive Officer Minoru Imanishi
Executive Officer Tony Shaw
Executive Officer Iain Smith
Executive Officer Tsunefumi Nakagawa
Executive Officer Toshiyuki Nakazawa
Executive Officer Koichi Hiyoshi
Executive Officer Mike Fallon
Executive Officer Kazumitsu Fujii
Executive Officer Akira Matsumoto
Executive Officer Kenichi Morooka
Executive Officer Paul Ruddlesdin
Executive Officer Vittore De Leonibus
Executive Officer Paul Ravenscroft
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