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Benesse Announces Management Changes under Holding Company Structure
Benesse Holdings, Inc.
Release Date : 2009/04/30
At the Board of Directors meeting held today, Benesse Corporation (headquarters: Okayama) resolved to convert to a holding company structure from October 1, 2009 by means of a corporate spin-off. In conjunction with this resolution, the Board of Directors also provisionally decided on a new company name and prospective directors.
Subject to approval by the Company’s general shareholders’ meeting, scheduled for June 27, 2009, Benesse Corporation will realign its Group management under the new structure from October 1.
1. Changes in Representatives (scheduled for October 1, 2009)
Changes in representatives at Benesse Corporation (the divesting company, due to be renamed Benesse Holdings on the same date).
Positions as of April 1, 2009
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO Soichiro Fukutake
Representative Director, Vice Chairman and Deputy CEO Kenichi Fukuhara
Representative Director, President and COO Tamotsu Fukushima
Prospective positions as of October 1, 2009
Director and Chairman Soichiro Fukutake
Representative Director and President Tamotsu Fukushima
Representative Director and Vice President Kenichi Fukuhara
2. Other Changes in Directors (scheduled for October 1, 2009)
i. Directors at Benesse Corporation (the divesting company)
Director and Vice President Yukako Uchinaga
Director Sakie T. Fukushima
Director Teruyasu Murakami
Director Tamotsu Adachi
Director Hiroyuki Mitani
Note: Sakie T. Fukushima, Teruyasu Murakami, Tamotsu Adachi and Hiroyuki Mitani meet the requirements for Independent Directors as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Japanese Companies Act.
ii. Corporate Auditors at Benesse Corporation (the divesting company)
Corporate Auditor Yoshinori Matsumoto
Corporate Auditor Kimie Sakuragi
Corporate Auditor Tomoji Wada
Corporate Auditor Nobuko Takahashi
Note: Corporate auditors Tomoji Wada and Nobuko Takahashi both meet the requirements for Outside Corporate Auditors as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of the Japanese Companies Act.
iii. Prospective Directors in the New Successor Company (also to be called Benesse Corporation)
Representative Director and President Tamotsu Fukushima
Director and Vice President Eiji Aketa
Director Daisuke Okada
iv. Prospective Corporate Auditors in the New Successor Company
Corporate Auditor Yoshinori Matsumoto
Corporate Auditor Kimie Sakuragi
Corporate Auditor Tomoji Wada
Note: Corporate auditor Tomoji Wada meets the requirements for Outside Corporate Auditor as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of the Japanese Companies Act.
Subject to approval by the Company’s general shareholders’ meeting, scheduled for June 27, 2009, Benesse Corporation will realign its Group management under the new structure from October 1.
1. Changes in Representatives (scheduled for October 1, 2009)
Changes in representatives at Benesse Corporation (the divesting company, due to be renamed Benesse Holdings on the same date).
Positions as of April 1, 2009
Representative Director, Chairman and CEO Soichiro Fukutake
Representative Director, Vice Chairman and Deputy CEO Kenichi Fukuhara
Representative Director, President and COO Tamotsu Fukushima
Prospective positions as of October 1, 2009
Director and Chairman Soichiro Fukutake
Representative Director and President Tamotsu Fukushima
Representative Director and Vice President Kenichi Fukuhara
2. Other Changes in Directors (scheduled for October 1, 2009)
i. Directors at Benesse Corporation (the divesting company)
Director and Vice President Yukako Uchinaga
Director Sakie T. Fukushima
Director Teruyasu Murakami
Director Tamotsu Adachi
Director Hiroyuki Mitani
Note: Sakie T. Fukushima, Teruyasu Murakami, Tamotsu Adachi and Hiroyuki Mitani meet the requirements for Independent Directors as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 15 of the Japanese Companies Act.
ii. Corporate Auditors at Benesse Corporation (the divesting company)
Corporate Auditor Yoshinori Matsumoto
Corporate Auditor Kimie Sakuragi
Corporate Auditor Tomoji Wada
Corporate Auditor Nobuko Takahashi
Note: Corporate auditors Tomoji Wada and Nobuko Takahashi both meet the requirements for Outside Corporate Auditors as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of the Japanese Companies Act.
iii. Prospective Directors in the New Successor Company (also to be called Benesse Corporation)
Representative Director and President Tamotsu Fukushima
Director and Vice President Eiji Aketa
Director Daisuke Okada
iv. Prospective Corporate Auditors in the New Successor Company
Corporate Auditor Yoshinori Matsumoto
Corporate Auditor Kimie Sakuragi
Corporate Auditor Tomoji Wada
Note: Corporate auditor Tomoji Wada meets the requirements for Outside Corporate Auditor as defined in Article 2, Paragraph 16 of the Japanese Companies Act.