YOKOGAWA ELECTRIC CORPORATION Name of Listed Company: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
(URL: http://www.yokogawa.com) (Stock code: 6841, listed in TSE 1st section) Name and Position of the Representative:
Takashi Nishijima, President and Chief Executive Officer Name and Position of the Person in Charge:
Sadamu Kawanaka, General Manager of Corporate Communications Department Telephone Number: 81-422-52-5530
March 22, 2016
Yokogawa Electric Corporation ("the Company") is notifying you that its Board of Directors has resolved on this date to recommend that the following individuals be elected to the posts of director, Audit & Supervisory Board member, and Audit & Supervisory Board substitute member at the annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 23, 2016.
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Director candidates (Positions in parentheses are as of March 22, * indicates new candidate)
Shuzo Kaihori (Director, Chairman of the Board)
Takashi Nishijima (Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer) Satoru Kurosu (Director, Executive Vice President)
Hitoshi Nara (Director)
Masatoshi Nakahara (Director, Senior Vice President) Junichi Anabuki (Director, Vice President)
Mitsudo Urano (Outside Director) Noritaka Uji (Outside Director) Nobuo Seki (Outside Director)
Shiro Sugata* (Director and Corporate Advisor of USHIO INC.)
On April 1, 2016, Masatoshi Nakahara will be appointed director and executive vice president, and Junichi Anabuki will be appointed director and senior vice president.
Messrs. Urano, Uji, Seki, and Sugata are candidates for outside director.
The candidates have been selected based on a report from the Company's Nomination Advisory Committee. The Committee is an advisory body to the Company's Board of Directors.
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Audit & Supervisory Board member candidates (Positions in parentheses are as of March 22,
* indicates new candidate)
Zen-ichi Shishido (Outside Member of Audit & Supervisory Board)
Koichi Chujo* (Senior Consultant for Audit, Compliance & Quality Assurance Headquarters)
Mr. Shishido is a candidate for outside member of the Audit & Supervisory Board.
The selection of the above candidates was done in consultation with the Audit & Supervisory Board.
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Audit & Supervisory Board substitute member candidate (Positions in parentheses are as of March 22, * indicates new candidate)
Katsumi Nakashige* (Lawyer of Yamada Ozaki Law Office)
Mr. Nakashige is a candidate for substitute outside member of the Audit & Supervisory Board. The selection of the candidate was done in consultation with the Audit & Supervisory Board.
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Curriculum vitae of new director candidate
Name: Shiro Sugata
Date of Birth: November 17, 1949 Place of Birth: Hyogo Prefecture
Education: Bachelor of Science in Physics, Kyoto University, 1972
Business Career:
April 1972 Joined USHIO INC.
March 1985 Assistant Manager, Engineering Department in Harima Plant January 1993 President, BLV LICHT -UND VAKUUMTECHNIK GmbH March 1994 General Manager, R&D Center
January 1999 General Manager, Business Development Office and New Market Development Department
June 2000 Director and Corporate Senior Vice President
April 2001 Director and General Manager of Lamp Division Ⅱ
April 2003 Director and Lamp Company President, COO April 2004 Director and Corporate Executive Vice President
June 2004 Representative Director and Corporate Executive Vice President March 2005 President and CEO
October 2014 Director and Corporate Advisor
Concurrent Positions:
Director and Corporate Advisor, USHIO INC.
Vice Chairman [Executive Director], Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
Chairman, Organization and Membership Committee, Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
Director, Japan Lighting Manufacturers Association Director, Japan Optomechatronics Association
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Curriculum vitae of new Audit & Supervisory Board member candidate
Name: Koichi Chujo
Date of Birth: September 16, 1954 Place of Birth: Toyama Prefecture
Education: March 1979 Graduated from Kobe University Faculty of Engineering with a Master of Engineering degree
Business Career:
April 1979 Joined Yokogawa Electric Corporation
April 2000 Head of Measuring Instruments Development Department, Test & Measurement Business Division
April 2003 Head of Measurement Business Center, Test & Measurement Business Division, Communication & Measurement Business Headquarters
October 2005 Head of Core Technology Development Center, Communication & Measurement Business Headquarters
April 2009 Head of OE Test & Measurement Center, Communication & Measurement Business Headquarters
April 2010 Vice President, Head of Quality Assurance Headquarters April 2014 Senior Consultant, Audit & Compliance Headquarters
April 2015 Senior Consultant, Audit, Compliance & Quality Assurance Headquarters
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Curriculum vitae of Audit & Supervisory Board substitute member candidate
Name: Katsumi Nakashige Date of Birth: August 22, 1965 Place of Birth: Tokyo
Education: March 1988 Graduated from Faculty of Law, Keio University Business Career:
1998 Joined Yamada Hideo Law Office (Currently, Yamada Ozaki Law Office)
2015 Professor, Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan
- Outgoing Audit & Supervisory Board members (planned) (Positions in parentheses are as of March 22)
Takafumi Koyanagi (Audit & Supervisory Board Member)
Hideto Masaki (Outside Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board)
This document is an English translation of a document prepared in Japanese. In the event of any discrepancies between the content of the Japanese and English documents, the content of the Japanese document shall prevail.
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