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On June 27, 2011, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) approved a resolution on the nomination of board members to Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (Company Director, CEO and President: Jiro Saito) after receiving a request for its approval, based on regulations in Article 9 of the Act on Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd (Act No. 98 of 2005 Law).
A list of Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. board members after this approval can be found in the attachment.
“Concerning current response guidelines for board members of special companies” (cabinet decision of May 18, 2010) establishes that at special companies which are wholly owned by the Japanese Government, the approval of board member nominations by the cabinet minister with jurisdiction shall depend upon the formation of an external committee meeting and subsequent assessment of board member nominees as being competent. Therefore, the nominating committee for Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. has decided on board member candidates as per the attachment.
At the same time, a resolution on appropriation of surplus (shareholder dividends) has also been approved in accordance with regulations in Article 11 of the Act.
Dividends paid to shareholders (the Japanese Government) will be approximately 38.4 billion yen.
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