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June 4, 2010 | Notice of the 62nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held in Kyoto, Japan on June 29, 2010 | ||
WACOAL HOLDINGS CORP. (Registrant) |
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By: | /s/ Ikuo Otani | |||
Ikuo Otani | ||||
General Manager, Corporate Planning | ||||
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Date: | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. | ||
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Place: | The hall on the 10th floor of the Head Office of Wacoal Holdings Corp., located at 29, Nakajima-cho, Kisshoin, Minami-ku, Kyoto, Japan (on the west side of Nishi-Oji Station on the JR line) | ||
(Please refer to the map on the back of this notice.) |
3. | Purpose of Meeting: | |
Matters to be reported: |
1. | Presentation of the Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the 62nd fiscal year from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010 and Audit Reports of the Independent Accountants and the Board of Statutory Auditors for the Consolidated Financial Statements | ||
2. | Presentation of the Financial Statements for the 62nd fiscal year from April 1, 2009 through March 31, 2010 |
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Matters to be resolved: |
Agenda Item No. 1:
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Election of Seven Directors | |
Agenda Item No. 2:
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Election of One Statutory Auditor | |
Agenda Item No. 3:
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Payment of Officers Bonuses |
4. | Exercise of Voting Right | |
(1) | Exercise of Voting Right by Proxy | |
If you are not able to attend the meeting, you can still exercise your voting right by appointing another shareholder who has a voting right to represent you at the meeting. Please note that such shareholder will be required to submit a document which certifies such appointment. | ||
(2) | Amendments to the Supplementary Schedules and Reference Materials | |
Please note that any amendments to the supplementary schedules or the reference materials will be posted and announced on the Companys website (http://www.wacoalholdings.jp/). |
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1. | STATUS OF GROUP BUSINESS |
(1) | Business Developments and Results |
(a) | Summary of Operations |
During the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 (fiscal 2010), the Japanese economy continued to remain severe as a result of a continued deterioration in employment and consumer spending levels due to the economic slowdown caused by the worldwide financial crisis, despite signs of a partial economic recovery. In the Japanese domestic market, business results across many sectors including department stores and mass merchandisers remained severe as a result of an increase in cost conscious consumers exercising cautious spending habits. Particularly, the womens fashion and clothing industry remained severe except for certain products despite the launch of lower-priced products in response to changes in consumer preference. |
(i) | Wacoal Corporation |
(Wholesale Business) | ||
Overall sales of our core innerwear products for women, the Wacoal and Wing brands, were weak. Outside our innerwear products, the wellness business, which sells sports-related products and leggings and footwear products, performed strongly, driven by the increasing health-consciousness of consumers. | ||
(Specialty Retail Store (SPA) Business) | ||
While sales of our direct retail stores, AMPHI, remained at the same level as the previous fiscal year, sales of our Wacoal Factory Store, which is located in outlet malls performed favorably. As a result, overall sales increased compared to the previous fiscal year. | ||
(Catalog Sales and Online Sales Business) | ||
Although our catalog sales fell from the previous fiscal year, online sales performed strongly. Therefore, overall sales rose compared to the previous fiscal year. | ||
As a result of the aforementioned factors, although sales of sports-related products performed strongly, the overall sales of Wacoal Corp. were below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the weak performance of the innerwear products of our core Wacoal and Wing brand products. Despite our efforts to improve our gross margin ratio and cut costs, our operating income was below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of a significant decrease in sales. |
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(ii) | Peach John Co., Ltd. |
Overall sales were less than the previous fiscal year due to a low order volume from catalogs and poor sales of domestic direct retail stores. Although we made efforts to cut costs by reducing the number of catalog issues and advertisements in public transportation, operating income fell below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of a decline in sales. |
(iii) | Lecien Corporation |
With respect to the business of Lecien Corporation (Lecien), which focuses on our core innerwear and outerwear products and which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wacoal Holdings Corp. as a result of a stock exchange on August 17, 2009, sales as well as the profits from Lecian were below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of poor performance of the innerwear and outerwear products in the mass merchandiser market and an active implementation of liquidating underperforming business. Although Leciens fiscal year is from April 1, 2009 until March 31, 2010, the financial results of Lecien have been consolidated from August 2009 in the financial results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. |
(iv) | Overseas |
Sales and profits in the United States (for the period from January 2009 to December 2009) were below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the poor performance at upscale department stores, which is where our products are mainly sold in the United States, as a result of the deteriorating economy and weak consumer spending and the termination of our manufacturing and distribution license of Donna Karan products during the previous fiscal year. In China, where we are actively expanding our business, although the sales exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year, slight amount of operating loss was recorded due to an increase in selling expenses. | ||
As a result of these factors, sales for fiscal year 2010 were 163,297 million yen, a 5.2% decrease from the previous fiscal year. Our operating income was 3,810 million yen, a 62.4% decrease from the previous fiscal year. Our pre-tax net income for fiscal year 2010 was 3,123 million yen, a 59.1% decrease from the previous fiscal year, and net income attributable to Wacoal shareholders was 2,524 million yen, a 51.7% decrease from the previous fiscal year. | ||
Summary of operations by business segment of the Group is as follows. |
(i) | Wacoal business (domestic) |
In Wacoal Corp.s Wacoal brand business, although the Ribbon Bra, our new product from campaign brassiere LALAN, which was launched in January 2010 and gained strong support from our consumers for its functionality and design with sales largely exceeding the results from the previous fiscal year, overall sales of core brassieres were below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the weak performance of most of the other brassieres. Although we launched new products every season from our new functionality underwear Style Science series, mainly Cross-Walker, sales of such new products were below the results from the previous fiscal year. With respect to Sugoi |
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products, our seasonal undergarment, although our summer products showed strong performance, overall sales were below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the poor performance of our traditional autumn and winter products which were affected by an increased competition from products sold by our competitors, although our new outer wear type Sugo-T achieved sales as planned. While sales of our high value-added brand, Gra-P, targeted at senior consumers, exceeded the results from previous fiscal year, sales of Parfage, our brand sold at department stores, were below the results from the previous fiscal year. Because the sales of our innerwear products have generally remained weak, the overall sales of our Wacoal brand business were below the results from the previous fiscal year. | ||
In our Wing brand business, although sales of some of our campaign brassiere continued as planned, sales of other brassiere and Style Science products performed poorly. Similar to the Wacoal brand business, sales of our undergarments were largely affected by private-labeled brand products sold by clothing specialty stores and the products sold by our competitors, and were below the results from the previous fiscal year. The overall results of our mens innerwear products, which achieved significant sales growth during the previous fiscal year as a result of an increase in new store openings, exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year due to the favorable performance of our Cross-Walker products that were mainly sold at mass merchandisers under the BROS brand, although sales of DAMS sold at department stores were below the results from the previous fiscal year. The overall sales of our Wing brand business were, however, below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the poor performance of our core products for women. | ||
In our specialty retail store (SPA) business, we focused on our direct retail store AMPHI, but although the number of customers and sales volume increased as a result of price reductions, the amounts spent per customer were less. On the other hand, sales of our Wacoal Factory Store, which is located in outlet malls, exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year due to the favorable performance of existing stores, and as a result, overall sales of our specialty retail store business exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year. In this business, we are currently implementing measures focusing on the improvement of profitability and as part of such measures, we have been taking initiatives to organize our various shop brands and consolidate AMPHI as a master shop brand from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010. As a result, we expect improved efficiency in brand investment and brand recognition by consumers. Although the sales from existing shops were below the results from previous fiscal year due to a decrease in the number of customers visiting our shops in commercial facilities, overall sales from Une Nana Cool Corp. (a subsidiary of Wacoal Corp., that engages in the specialty retail store business) remained unchanged from the results from the previous fiscal year due to new store openings. | ||
In our wellness business, with the stronger consumer health concerns, we achieved strong performance in the sales of sports-related products including; our new sports tights products from our CW-X sports conditioning wear brand, and Jyuryu, our highly functional wear for golf and running which we are advertising with a famous young Japanese professional golfer, Ryo Ishikawa, as our model. With the aim of further recognition of our CW-X brand, we opened our first direct retail store in January 2010 and two additional shops in February, and as a result, sales exceeded our expectations. With respect to our leggings and footwear products, sales of our body styling wear Style |
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Cover and our business footwear, Success Walk, which focuses on fashionability and functionality showed strong performance. As a result, overall sales from our wellness business exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year. | ||
In our catalog sales business, although the number of purchasers of our catalog sales remained the same as the previous fiscal year, the amounts spent per customer were less and sales fell below the results from the previous fiscal year. In the meantime, although the amounts spent per customer remained unchanged from the previous fiscal year, the number of purchasers and sales from our online Wacoal Web Store exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of expanding the category of products and an implementation of active internet advertisements. As a result, the overall sales from our catalog sales business exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year. | ||
As a result, total domestic sales of Wacoal were 113,929 million yen, an 8.3% decrease from the previous fiscal year, and operating income was 4,542 million yen. |
(ii) | Peach John business |
With respect to Peach John Co., Ltd. (Peach John) (for the period from March 2009 to February 2010), mail-order sales from our seasonal catalogs were all below the results from the previous fiscal year due to a weak number of catalog orders. In addition, sales from our direct retail stores fell below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the poor performance of the existing shops. As a result, the overall sales of Peach John business were below the results from the previous fiscal year. Although we made efforts to cut costs by reducing the number of catalog issues and advertisements in public transportation, operating income fell below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of a decline in sales. Since the fiscal year ended March 31, 2008 during which Peach John became our wholly owned subsidiary, the catalog customer list has been recorded as intangible fixed asset and depreciated on a fixed amount method over a period of seven years. | ||
As a result, for the Peach John business as a whole, sales were 13,224 million yen, an 11.2% decrease compared to the previous fiscal year, and operating loss was 1,325 million yen. |
(iii) | Wacoal business (overseas) |
Overall sales in the United States (for the period from January 2009 to December 2009) were below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the poor performance at upscale department stores, which is where our products are mainly sold in the United States, as a result of the deteriorating economy and weak consumer spending and the termination of our manufacturing and distribution license of Donna Karan (DKI, DKNY) products during the previous fiscal year. Sales of Wacoal Luxe products were below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of weak performance of the high-priced products sold at the high-end department stores. On the other hand, sales of b.temptd by Wacoal, our sexy and fashionable brand launched in the beginning of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, exceeded our initial expectations and was well received by our business partners and customers. In addition, sales of our new reasonably-priced brassiere and functional bottom products showed strong performance. Although our operating income was below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of a decrease in |
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sales, the operating income margin improved because the losses related to the Donna Karan brand products in the previous fiscal year did not continue into the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 and the cost cutting efforts ended in success. In addition to the aforementioned poor sales and a decrease in profits, our consolidated results were affected by the strength of the yen. The exchange rate in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 was 92 yen per dollar (compared to 102 yen per dollar for the previous fiscal year). | ||
As for our business in China (for the period from January 2009 to December 2009), we have been successful in gradually expanding business in our existing shops (mainly in the department store channel), by developing a three-brand system that includes our core Wacoal brand, our youth-oriented brand, Amphi, and our high value-added brand, Salute. From August 2009, we have been developing a new campaign featuring the famous Chinese actress, Li Xiao Ran for the purpose of improving brand recognition by Chinese consumers and achieving sales expansion. As a result, although the overall sales from our business in China exceeded the results from the previous fiscal year, slight amount of operating loss was recorded due to an increase in selling expenditure. | ||
As a result, overall sales for the Wacoal business (overseas) were 18,899 million yen, a 15.3% decrease from the previous fiscal year, and operating income was 1,330 million yen. |
(iv) | Other |
With respect to the business of Lecien Corporation (Lecien), which focuses on our core innerwear and outerwear products and which became a wholly owned subsidiary of Wacoal Holdings Corp. as a result of a stock exchange on August 17, 2009, sales were below the results from the previous fiscal year due to the severe market condition for mass merchandisers in our core sales channels. Sales from the Art/Hobby business, which handles embroidery thread and fabrics for handicrafts, remained unchanged from the results from the previous fiscal year mainly due to steady performance of the sales of domestically-made printing fabrics. However, overall sales as well as the profits from Lecian were below the results from the previous fiscal year as a result of poor performance of the core product business and an active implementation of liquidating underperforming business. | ||
Sales from Nanasai Co., Ltd. were below the results from previous fiscal year. This was due to a decrease in the number of orders received, triggered by postponement, cancellation or scaling down of new renovation plans resulting from investment cutbacks by major customers including department stores, due to the economic slowdown. We made efforts to enforce profitability through a thorough reduction of costs, but profitability was lower as compared to the previous fiscal year due to a decrease in sales and decline in profit margins due to severe competition among competitors in competitive biddings. | ||
As a result, overall sales of the Other segment were 17,245 million yen, a 59.2% increase from the previous fiscal year, and operating loss was 737 million yen. |
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(Millions of yen) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wacoal | Wacoal | |||||||||||||||||||
business | Peach John | business | ||||||||||||||||||
(domestic) | business | (overseas) | Other | Total | ||||||||||||||||
Sales |
¥ | 113,929 | ¥ | 13,224 | ¥ | 18,899 | ¥ | 17,245 | ¥ | 163,297 | ||||||||||
Percentage change
from the previous
year |
91.7 | % | 88.8 | % | 84.7 | % | 159.2 | % | 94.8 | % |
(Note) | 1. | As of the end of fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 280 Segment Reporting (formerly the U.S. FASB Statement No. 131 Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information) has been applied in our financial statements. | |
2. | Core products of respective businesses: | ||
| Wacoal business (domestic): intimate apparel (foundation, lingerie, sleeper and childrens underwear), outerwear, sportswear, hosiery, restaurant, culture, services, etc. | ||
| Peach John business: intimate apparel (foundation, lingerie, sleeper and childrens underwear), outerwear, and other textile-related products, etc. | ||
| Wacoal business (overseas): intimate apparel (foundation, lingerie, nightwear and childrens underwear), outerwear, sportswear, hosiery, etc. | ||
| Other: innerwear (foundation, lingerie, sleeper and childrens underwear), outerwear, other textile-related products, mannequins, and interior design and construction work of stores and real estate business, etc. |
(b) | Financing |
The Company did not engage in any financing through the issuance of common stock or bonds during this fiscal year. |
(c) | Capital Expenditures |
The total amount of capital expenditures during fiscal year 2010 was 5,753 million yen, including that for the construction of new office building for Kyushu Wacoal Manufacturing Corp. and Hokuriku Wacoal Sewing Corp., information system investments incurred by our domestic subsidiaries, and expenditures for the maintenance and repair of various buildings. |
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(2) | Changes in State of Assets and Profit and Loss |
(i) | Changes in Results of Operations and State of Assets of the Group |
(Millions of yen, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended/as of March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Net sales |
¥ | 166,410 | ¥ | 165,761 | ¥ | 172,276 | 163,297 | |||||||||
Operating income |
12,896 | 13,540 | 10,129 | 3,810 | ||||||||||||
Net income attributable
to Wacoal shareholders |
9,029 | 4,966 | 5,230 | 2,524 | ||||||||||||
Net income per share
attributable to Wacoal
shareholders (yen) |
63.18 | 35.14 | 36.75 | 17.86 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
250,266 | 241,619 | 213,486 | 223,387 | ||||||||||||
Total shareholders equity |
193,278 | 185,113 | 165,873 | 171,630 | ||||||||||||
Shareholders equity per
share (yen) |
1,374.89 | 1,291.41 | 1,181.00 | 1,215.52 |
(Note) | 1. | The above amounts are based on accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. Therefore, operating income is shown instead of ordinary income. | |
2. | Net income per share attributable to Wacoal shareholders is calculated based on the number of average shares issued (excluding the number of shares held as treasury stock) during each fiscal year. | ||
3. | Shareholders equity per share is calculated based on the number of shares issued (excluding the number of shares held as treasury stock) as of the end of each fiscal year. |
(ii) | Changes in Results of Operations and State of Assets of the Company |
(Millions of yen, except per share amounts) | ||||||||||||||||
Fiscal year ended/as of March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Operating income |
¥ | 6,005 | ¥ | 10,863 | ¥ | 6,171 | 6,968 | |||||||||
Ordinary income |
2,132 | 6,937 | 2,093 | 3,106 | ||||||||||||
Net income |
1,516 | 2,123 | 1,262 | 2,887 | ||||||||||||
Net income per share (yen) |
10.60 | 15.02 | 8.87 | 20.39 | ||||||||||||
Total assets |
150,325 | 150,081 | 146,127 | 146,898 | ||||||||||||
Net assets |
145,434 | 147,562 | 141,537 | 142,459 | ||||||||||||
Net assets per share (yen) |
1,034.56 | 1,029.44 | 1,007.35 | 1,006.55 |
(Note) | 1. | Net income per share is calculated based on the number of average shares issued (excluding the number of shares held as treasury stock) during each fiscal year. | |
2. | Net assets per share are calculated based on the number of shares issued (excluding the number of shares held as treasury stock) as of the end of each fiscal year. |
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(3) | Business Strategies |
(4) | Main Businesses |
Business Segment | Description of business | |
WACOAL BUSINESS (DOMESTIC) |
Manufacture and wholesale of intimate apparel (particularly, foundation garments, lingerie, and sleeper for womens and childrens underwear), outerwear, sportswear, hosiery and other textiles and related products, and direct sale to consumers of a portion of the products | |
PEACH JOHN BUSINESS
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Manufacture and wholesale of intimate apparel (particularly, foundation garments, lingerie, and sleeper for womens and childrens underwear), outerwear and other textiles and related products, and direct sale to consumers of a portion of the products | |
WACOAL BUSINESS (OVERSEAS) |
Manufacture and wholesale of intimate apparel (particularly, foundation garments, lingerie, and sleeper for womens and childrens underwear), outerwear, sportswear, hosiery and other textiles and related products, and direct sale to consumers of a portion of the products | |
OTHER
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Manufacture and wholesale of intimate apparel (particularly, foundation garments, lingerie, and sleeper for womens and childrens underwear), outerwear and other textiles and related products, manufacture and sale of mannequins, and interior design and construction work of stores and real estate business |
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(5) | Main Sales Offices and Factories |
(a) | Main Sales Offices and Factories of the Company | ||
Head Office (Kyoto) | |||
(b) | Main Sales Offices and Factories of Subsidiaries | ||
Wacoal Corp. (Kyoto), Peach John Co., Ltd. (Tokyo), Lecien Corp. (Kyoto), Kyushu Wacoal Manufacturing Corp. (Nagasaki), Nanasai Co., Ltd. (Kyoto), Torica Inc. (Osaka), Wacoal International Corp. (U.S.), Wacoal America, Inc., Wacoal France S.A., Wacoal International Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Wacoal Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Wacoal Investment Co., Ltd. (Taiwan), Wacoal China Co., Ltd. |
(6) | Employees |
(i) | Employees within Group |
Increase (Decrease) from the | ||||
Name of Business Segment | Number of Employees | End of Prior Fiscal Year | ||
Wacoal Business (Domestic) |
7,453 | (18) | ||
Peach John Business |
467 | 71 | ||
Wacoal Business (Overseas) |
6,277 | 4 | ||
Other |
1,417 | 1,081 | ||
Total |
15,614 | 1,138 |
(Note) | 1. | The number of employees is the number of individuals working within our Group (excludes individuals seconded from our Group to third parties, but includes individuals seconded from third parties to our Group). | |
2. | The number of employees does not include the number of temporary employees (the average number of temporary employees during the period, including temporary staff and part-time workers, is 1,480). | ||
3. | The number of employees increased by 1,138 compared to the end of the previous fiscal year. This is mainly due to the inclusion of Lecien Corporation and its subsidiary within the scope of consolidation during the current year. This increase mostly consists of employees in the Other segment. |
(ii) | Employees of the Company |
Number of | Increase (Decrease) from | Average Years of | ||||||||||
Employees | the End of Prior Fiscal Year | Average Age | Service | |||||||||
69
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(8 | ) | 47.0 | 22.8 |
(Note) | The number of employees is the number of individuals working within our Group. |
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(7) | Principal Subsidiaries |
Shareholding | ||||||||||||||||
Name of Company | Location | Stated Capital | Ratio | Main Business | Remarks | |||||||||||
(Millions of yen) | ||||||||||||||||
Wacoal Corp. |
Minami-ku, Kyoto | ¥ | 5,000 | 100.0 | % | Manufacture and sale of garments | ||||||||||
Peach John Co., Ltd. |
Shibuya-ku, Tokyo | 90 | 100.0 | % | Sale of garments | |||||||||||
Lecien Corp. |
Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto | 90 | 100.0 | % | Manufacture and sale of garments and other textile-related products | |||||||||||
Nanasai Co., Ltd. |
Ukyo-ku, Kyoto | 498 | 82.1 | % | Manufacture and sale of mannequins and display fixtures; interior design and construction work of stores | |||||||||||
(Thousands of | ||||||||||||||||
U.S. dollars) | ||||||||||||||||
Wacoal
International Corp. |
NY, U.S.A. | $ | 20,000 | 100.0 | % | Investment in US subsidiaries | *1 | |||||||||
Wacoal America, Inc. |
NY, U.S.A. | 2,062 | 100.0 | % | Manufacture and sale of garments | *2 |
(Note) | *1. | Wacoal International Corp. is a wholly owned subsidiary of our subsidiary, Wacoal Corp. | |
*2. | Wacoal America Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of our subsidiary, Wacoal International Corp. |
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2. | STOCK INFORMATION |
(1) |
Total Number of Shares Authorized to be Issued: | 500,000,000 shares | |
(2) |
Total Number of Issued and Outstanding Shares: | 143,378,085 shares | |
(3) |
Total Number of Shares Held as Treasury Stock: | 1,949,739 shares | |
(4) |
Total Number of Shareholders as of the End of this Fiscal Year: | 15,356 | |
(5) |
Major Shareholders (Top 10): |
Number of Shares Held by | ||||||||
Name of Shareholder | Shareholder | Shareholding Ratio | ||||||
(Thousands of shares) | (%) | |||||||
The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation as
depositary bank for depositary receipt holders |
16,713 | 11.81 | ||||||
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. |
7,006 | 4.95 | ||||||
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company |
6,999 | 4.94 | ||||||
Mika Noguchi |
6,701 | 4.73 | ||||||
Nippon Life Insurance Company |
5,518 | 3.90 | ||||||
The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd. |
4,705 | 3.32 | ||||||
The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company |
3,912 | 2.76 | ||||||
The Shiga Bank, Ltd. |
3,646 | 2.57 | ||||||
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) |
3,326 | 2.35 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation |
3,050 | 2.15 |
(Note) | *1. | The number of shares held by shareholder is rounded down to the nearest thousand. | ||
*2. | The shareholding ratio is calculated excluding 1,949 thousand shares of treasury stock. | |||
*3. | The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company became The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited as of April 1, 2010. |
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3. | Matters Concerning Stock Acquisition Rights |
(1) | Stock Acquisition Rights Held by the Directors as of End of Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2010 |
First Stock Acquisition Rights | Third Stock Acquisition Rights | |||
(resolved at the Board of | (resolved at the Board of | |||
Directors Meeting held on | Directors Meeting held on | |||
Date of Resolution: | July 30, 2008) | July 30, 2009) | ||
Number of stock
acquisition rights:
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36 (4 Directors) | 35 (4 Directors) | ||
Class of shares
represented by
stock acquisition
rights:
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common stock | common stock | ||
Number of shares
represented by
stock acquisition
rights:
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36,000 shares (1,000 shares per one stock acquisition right) |
35,000 shares (1,000 shares per one stock acquisition right) |
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Amount to be paid
upon exercise of
stock acquisition
rights:
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one (1) yen per share | one (1) yen per share | ||
Exercise period:
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From September 2, 2008 until September 1, 2028 |
From September 2, 2009 until September 1, 2029 |
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Eligible recipients:
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Directors of the Company (excluding Outside Directors) |
Directors of the Company (excluding Outside Directors) |
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(2) | Stock Acquisition Rights Granted to Officers of Subsidiaries During the Fiscal Year ended March 31, 2010 |
Fourth Stock Acquisition Rights | ||
(resolved at the Board of Directors | ||
Date of Resolution: | Meeting held on July 30, 2009) | |
Number of stock acquisition
rights:
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14 (4 Directors) | |
Class of shares represented by
stock acquisition rights:
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common stock | |
Number of shares represented by
stock acquisition rights:
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14,000 shares (1,000 shares per one stock acquisition right) |
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Amount to be paid upon exercise
of stock acquisition rights:
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one (1) yen per share | |
Exercise period:
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From September 2, 2009 until September 1, 2029 |
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Eligible recipients:
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Directors of Wacoal Corp. |
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4. | Officers |
(1) | Directors and Auditors (as of March 31, 2010) |
Responsibility and significant | ||||||
Position | Name | concurrent positions | Remarks | |||
Representative Director |
Yoshikata Tsukamoto | Representative
Director and
President,
Corporate Officer
of Wacoal Corp.; Director and Chairman of Wacoal International Corp.; Director and Chairman of Wacoal America Inc. |
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Director and Vice
President
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Shoichi Suezawa | President and Director of Wacoal Investment Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) | ||||
Director and Vice
President
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Hideo Kawanaka | Director, Vice President and Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp. | ||||
Director
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Tadashi Yamamoto | Director, Senior
Corporate Officer
of Wacoal Corp.; President and Director of Wacoal China Co., Ltd. |
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Director
|
Kazuo Inamori | Chairman Emeritus
of Kyocera
Corporation; Honorary Adviser of KDDI Corporation; Chairman of Japan Airlines Corporation |
*1 | |||
Director
|
Mamoru Ozaki | Advisor to Yazaki
Corporation;
Outside Director of
Fuji Kyuko Co.
Ltd.; Outside Director of Kikkoman Corporation |
*1 | |||
Director
|
Atsushi Horiba | Representative Director, President and Chairman of HORIBA, Ltd. | *1 | |||
Statutory Auditor (Full-Time) |
Kimiaki Shiraishi | Statutory Auditor of Wacoal Corp. | ||||
Statutory Auditor (Full-Time) |
Yoshio Kawashima | *2 | ||||
Statutory Auditor
|
Yutaka Hasegawa | Outside Statutory Auditor of The Hyakugo Bank, Ltd. | *3 | |||
Statutory Auditor
|
Tomoharu Kuda | Certified Public Accountant *3, *4 |
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Statutory Auditor
|
Yoko Takemura | Attorney-at-Law *3 |
(Note) | *1. | Messrs. Kazuo Inamori, Mamoru Ozaki and Atsushi Horiba, Directors, are Outside Directors as prescribed in Item 15, Article 2 of the Corporate Law. There are no conflicts of interests between the companies for which these three Outside |
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(Note) | Directors hold concurrent positions and Wacoal Corp. | |||
*2. | Mr. Yoshio Kawashima has many years of accounting experience at our Accounting Department with a respectable degree of finance and accounting knowledge. | |||
*3. | Mr. Yutaka Hasegawa, Mr. Tomoharu Kuda and Ms. Yoko Takemura, Statutory Auditors, are Outside Statutory Auditors as prescribed in Item 16, Article 2 of the Corporate Law. | |||
*4. | Mr. Tomoharu Kuda is a public certified accountant with a considerable degree of finance and accounting knowledge. |
(2) | Remunerations and Other Compensations Paid to Directors and Statutory Auditors | |
¥263 million for 8 Directors (of which ¥27 million were for 3 Outside Directors) | ||
¥54 million for 5 Statutory Auditors (of which ¥21 million were for 3 Outside Statutory Auditors) |
(Note) | 1. | As of March 31, 2010, the number of Directors was 7 (of which 3 were Outside Directors) and the number of Statutory Auditors was 5 (of which 3 were Outside Statutory Auditors). These numbers are inconsistent with the above-described numbers because the above-described numbers include 1 Director who retired at the conclusion of the 61st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2009. | ||||
2. | The above-described amount includes the followings: | |||||
| ¥19 million of officers bonuses (¥19 million to Directors excluding Outside Directors) which is to be resolved at this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders | |||||
| ¥39 million to be paid for the exercise of stock option (¥39 million to Directors excluding Outside Directors) | |||||
3. | In addition to the above, we plan to pay the accrued benefits associated with the termination of payment of retirement allowances pursuant to a resolution adopted at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 29, 2005 to one Director who is to retire at the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. |
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(3) | Main Activities of Outside Directors and Outside Statutory Auditors |
Category | Name | Main Activities | ||
Director
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Kazuo Inamori | Mr. Inamori has attended the Board of Directors meeting 9 times out of 14 held during fiscal year 2010 and has expressed his opinions on the proposals and/or discussions based on his comprehensive knowledge of overall management. | ||
Director
|
Mamoru Ozaki | Mr. Ozaki has attended the Board of Directors meeting 13 times out of 14 held during fiscal year 2010 and has expressed his opinions on the proposals and/or discussions based on his comprehensive knowledge and experience of financial matters and/or Chinese business with broad social insight. | ||
Director
|
Atsushi Horiba | Mr. Horiba has attended the Board of Directors meeting 13 times out of 14 held during fiscal year 2010 and has expressed his opinions on the proposals and/or discussions based on his comprehensive knowledge and experience of overseas business and overall management. | ||
Statutory Auditor
|
Yutaka Hasegawa | Mr. Hasegawa has attended the Board of Directors meeting 11 times out of 14 and attended the Board of Statutory Auditors meeting 11 times out of 15 held during fiscal year 2010 and has expressed his opinions based on his comprehensive knowledge of financial matters. | ||
Statutory Auditor
|
Tomoharu Kuda | Mr. Kuda has attended all Board of Directors meetings (14 times) and all Board of Statutory Auditors meetings (15 times) held during fiscal year 2010 and has expressed his opinions on accounting and financial matters from a professional perspective. | ||
Statutory Auditor
|
Yoko Takemura | Ms. Takemura has attended the Board of Directors meetings 13 times out of 14 and attended all Board of Statutory Auditors meetings (15 times) held during fiscal year 2010 and has expressed her opinions from professional perspective as an attorney-at-law. |
(Note) | Besides the number of the meetings of the Board of Directors held as mentioned above, there were two written resolutions that deem the existence of resolutions by the Board of Directors according to Article 370 of the Corporate Law and Article 25 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. |
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(4) | Matters Concerning Limitation of Liability Agreement |
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5. | MATTERS CONCERNING ACCOUNTING AUDITORS |
(1) | Name of Accounting Auditor | |
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC | ||
(Note) | ||
Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu shifted to a limited liability audit corporation as of July 1, 2009 and became Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC. | ||
(2) | Remunerations, etc. |
Amount of remuneration payable to the
accounting auditor for this fiscal period: |
¥ | 122,000,000 | ||
Total amount of money and other property benefits to be paid
to the accounting auditor by the Company and its
subsidiaries: |
¥ | 185,950,000 |
(Note) | 1. | The accounting audit agreement executed between the Company and its accounting auditor does not distinguish remuneration for accounting under the Corporate Law from that for accounting under the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law, and they cannot be reliably distinguished. Therefore, the amount given above represents the total amount of remuneration for both accounting work. | ||
2. | Among our significant subsidiaries, Wacoal International Corp. and Wacoal America, Inc. are subject to audits by other auditing firms and not by our accounting auditor. |
(3) | Non-Audit Services |
(4) | Policy on Determination of Dismissal and Non-Reappointment of Accounting Auditor |
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6. | SYSTEM AND POLICIES OF COMPANY |
(1) | System to Ensure Appropriate Business Conduct |
(i) | System to ensure that execution of duties by Directors and/or employees is in compliance with the laws or regulations and the Articles of Incorporation |
| To ensure that all Directors and employees of the Company and the Wacoal Group comply with the laws or regulations and the Articles of Incorporation and conducts business based on sound social norms, we have enacted Corporate Ethics: Wacoals Code of Conduct and Code of Ethics for Corporate Officers and Employees. | ||
| Directors will take the initiative to ensure compliance and awareness of corporate ethics within the Wacoal Group. | ||
| In order to improve our system of compliance and consider any compliance issues which may have a material impact on the Company and the Wacoal Group, we have established a Corporate Ethics Committee, which seeks to increase awareness of and educate employees about corporate ethics. Our Representative Director and President acts as the chairperson, and our legal/compliance department is in charge of the committee. | ||
| We have established a system under which our legal/compliance department is promptly notified if the Company becomes aware that a director and/or employee of the Company and the Wacoal Group may have violated our Corporate Ethics: Wacoals Code of Conduct or Code of Ethics for Corporate Officers and Employees, or of any other compliance issues. We have also established an internal alert system (a corporate ethics hotline). After being notified and/or alerted, the legal/compliance department conducts an investigation and formulates preventive measures after discussions with the related department. If the issue is critical, the legal/compliance department will refer the matter to the Corporate Ethics Committee and will report the results of its deliberation to the Board of Directors and/or Board of Statutory Auditors. | ||
| Wacoals Code of Conduct prescribes that Directors, officers and employees shall firmly refuse to comply with demands of antisocial forces and as a rule of conduct for risk management practices, our Risk Management Manual prescribes that none of Directors, officers and employees shall have any relationships with antisocial forces. In order to handle unjust demands of antisocial forces, we cooperate with outside specialized institutions, collect and/or control information related to antisocial forces and are building an internal system. |
(ii) | System concerning the Storage and Management of Information related to Execution of Duties by Directors |
| With the approval of the Board of Directors, we have enacted Document Management Rules pursuant to which we store the following documents (including electromagnetic record, hereafter the same) along with any related |
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materials: | |||
Minutes of the general meeting of shareholders, minutes of the Board of Directors meetings, minutes of Group Management Committees, documents for which a director is the final decision maker and any other documents prescribed in the Document Management Rules | |||
| The retention period for storage of the documents prescribed in the preceding paragraph shall be ten (10) years. The storage of these documents shall be subject to the Document Management Rules, and the Directors and Statutory Auditors shall have access to these documents at all times. |
(iii) | Rules and Other Systems Concerning Loss and Risk Management |
| In order to understand the management risk within the Group in general and to improve and/or strengthen our risk management system, we have established a Risk Management Committee, for which the director in charge of risk management acts as chairperson. The Corporate Development Department shall act as organizer. | ||
| The Risk Management Committee prescribes risk management rules, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, which forms the basis for our risk management system. The Risk Management Committee clarifies the responsibilities by risk category pursuant to these rules, and formulates a risk management system that thoroughly and/or comprehensively controls potential risk within the Group. | ||
| The Risk Management Committee regularly reports on the operations of the Wacoal Groups risk management system to the Board of Directors. |
(iv) | System to Ensure Effective Execution of Duties by Directors |
| In order to enhance appropriate decision-making by our Directors, we will appoint several independent Outside Directors. | ||
| We will formulate a mid-term management plan to be shared by the Directors and/or employees within the Group and will direct and confirm courses of action and business targets in the mid- to short-term that are consistent with such plan. | ||
| We will follow the business results of each Group company on a monthly basis and report back to the Board of Directors. In addition, by holding quarterly business meetings, we will confirm the business results and the implementation of measures and policies, consider measures in the event targets are not achieved, and review such targets, as may be necessary. |
(v) | System to Ensure Appropriate Business Conduct within Group Companies |
| We have enacted and manage our Group companies in accordance with our Group Management Rules, which prescribe basic policies regarding the management of Group companies and matters to be decided by our Board of |
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Directors, as well as matters to be reported to the Company. | |||
| Any intercompany transaction must be fair and in compliance with laws or regulations, accounting principles and/or the tax system. | ||
| Our audit office will conduct internal audits (including an audit of the establishment and/or operation of our compliance system and risk management system) within the Group companies. The audit office will report the results of its audits to the Board of Directors and appropriate departments and will give guidance and/or advice on system formulation to Group companies to ensure the appropriate conduct of business. |
(vi) | System Concerning Assistants to Statutory Auditors and Matters Concerning Independence of such Assistants from Directors |
| To assist the Statutory Auditors, we have established an office for our Board of Statutory Auditors and will appoint assistants to assist them. | ||
| The Statutory Auditors will be consulted regarding the appointment, evaluation, relocation and discipline of such assistants, and their opinions will be respected. |
(vii) | Reporting System of Directors and Employees to the Statutory Auditors, other Reporting System to often Statutory Auditors and other Systems to Ensure Effective Audit by Statutory Auditors |
| We will strive to conduct effective audits by our Statutory Auditors by causing the Directors or the employees to report to the Statutory Auditors regarding the following matters in addition to statutory matters: | ||
Matters referred to the Group Management Committee | |||
Matters which may have a material impact on the Group | |||
Monthly and quarterly management conditions | |||
Results of internal audits | |||
Material violation of laws or regulations and/or our Articles of Incorporation | |||
The condition of our internal reporting/alerting system | |||
Other significant matters | |||
| Half of the Statutory Auditors will be independent Outside Statutory Auditors to enhance the transparency and neutrality of management. | ||
| The Statutory Auditors may order employees who belong to the audit office to perform any matters that are required to provide audit services. | ||
| The Board of Statutory Auditors may consult legal counsel, certified public |
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accountant, consultant or other outside advisor as it deems necessary. |
(2) | Policy Regarding Determination of Distribution of Earnings |
(3) | Basic Policy Concerning Appropriate People who Control the Asset and Business Policy Decisions of the Company |
(i) | Details of Basic Policy |
Since its establishment in 1949, the Company has strived to develop a domestic market for female underwear, penetrate the global market and establish the Companys business with the aim of creating a global company through a 50-year long-term management plan based on its business objectives of making women beautiful, assisting women in becoming more beautiful and helping women realize their desire to be beautiful. Moreover, as a leading female underwear company, the Company has built up the Wacoal brand, which has become widely accepted by both domestic and international consumers. | ||
Because the Companys enterprise value is primarily generated from (i) its strong market position and brand value in the intimate apparel market, which have been cultivated over a long period of time; (ii) its ability to develop highly functional, high value-added, attractive products based on the results of scientific human research with a mid- to long-term perspective; (iii) its superb product quality and support engineering staff, as well as its highly productive global manufacturing and supply systems employing superior sewing technology; (iv) its close relationship of trust with distributors in various sales channels, which link the Company with its customers; (v) the trust of its customers that has been achieved through direct communication and sales by the Companys beauty advisors, who are well-trained and have a great deal of sales experience; and (vi) its good social standing established through the promotion of various social events, such as the Remamma Project and Pink Ribbon, its enterprise value and the common interests of its shareholders may be damaged if the above factors are not secured and enhanced in the mid-to long-term. Therefore, the Company believes that all personnel who play a decision-making role in the formulation of its financial and business policies should fully understand these points and be capable of understanding securing and enhancing the Companys enterprise value and the common interests of its shareholders. | ||
The Company has no objection to large-scale acquisitions of shares of the Company, if it benefits the Companys enterprise value and the common interests of its shareholders. However, such large-scale acquisitions do not always benefit a companys |
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enterprise value or the common interests of its shareholders. For example, there are large-scale acquisitions of shares which, when viewed in light of their stated purpose and other factors, clearly prejudice enterprise value and shareholders common interests, and there are also large-scale acquisitions that force shareholders to sell their shares, as well as those that do not provide the target companys Board of Directors or its shareholders with sufficient time or information to consider the terms of the acquisition or to propose alternatives and those that require a target company to negotiate with the purchaser for more favorable terms than those initially proposed. | ||
In light of these circumstances, the Company believes that it is essential that it be ready to implement countermeasures in response to an acquisition of the Companys shares that is detrimental to its enterprise value or its shareholders common interests by establishing a system that enables its shareholders to determine whether or not to accept such an acquisition and that enables its Board of Directors to secure any necessary information and sufficient time to propose alternatives or to negotiate with the prospective purchaser on behalf of its shareholders. |
(ii) | Specific Details of Efforts |
| Special efforts toward ensuring effective use of company assets, appropriate formation of Group companies, and implementation of other basic policies | ||
(Efforts to improve corporate value) |
In January 2007, the Company established the Mid-term Management Plan 2007-09 and has been working to secure and enhance corporate value and the common interests of the shareholders of the Company under this management plan. | |||
Further, the Company is promoting Corporate Activation Project 21 (CAP21) to achieve the goals of its medium- and long-term strategies to further enhance corporate value, and has implemented the transition to a holding company structure and conversion of Lecien Corporation and Peach John Co., Ltd. into wholly-owned subsidiaries of Wacoal Corp. The Company has also expanded businesses in areas other than the underwear wholesale business. | |||
Under the Mid-term Management Plan 2010-12 formulated in March 2010, the Company will continue to conduct its business operations with the aim of enhancing corporate value based on the four pillars of: (i) enhancing the overall capabilities of the Wacoal Group by promoting cooperation among Group companies and applying each of the companys strengths; (ii) working on structural reform focusing on the domestic underwear wholesale business to secure and enhance the profits of the entire Group and accelerate expansion of overseas business, which has great growth potential, and of business areas other than the underwear wholesale business; (iii) reinforcing the management organization as a group; and, (iv) carrying out CSR activities (such as implementation of compliance, investor relation activities, and social action programs) to build Wacoal as an enduring corporate brand, while improving the Wacoal strengths from which the Companys corporate value is generated as described in section 1 above, while remaining aware that the objectives of |
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Company are making women beautiful, assisting women in becoming beautiful, and helping women realize their desire to be beautiful. |
(Measures to Enhance Corporate Governance) |
The purpose and basic policy of the Company Groups corporate governance is to continuously enhance the Companys enterprise value by increasing transparency and securing the fairness and independence of its corporate management from the perspective of all stakeholders, including its shareholders and customers. | |||
The following bodies and systems have been established within the Company with the aim of enhancing the Companys corporate governance, and the entire Company is also working towards this goal. | |||
The Board of Directors of the Company currently comprises seven Directors and makes decisions on matters concerning important business, such as management policy and management strategy and matters stipulated by laws or ordinances or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. Three of these seven Directors are independent Outside Directors who give the Board of Directors advice and guidance from an objective perspective based on their wealth of experience and knowledge of management and business. The term of office of each director is one year, and we are further clarifying the responsibility of the Companys management to its shareholders. Further, with respect to the nomination, promotion, and remuneration of Directors, an Executive Compensation Advisory Committee, whose members include Outside Directors, has been established and is run with a high degree of transparency and fairness. | |||
The Company uses a statutory auditor system, and the Board of Auditors of the Company comprises five Statutory Auditors, of which three are Outside Statutory Auditors. The function of the Board of Auditors is to monitor and supervise the management of the Company. | |||
Wacoal Corp., one of the Groups core business companies, has adopted an executive officer system in order to separate management supervision and management execution. Group Management Rules and Group Accounting Rules have been established for Wacoal Corp. and each other Group company, and each Group company conducts its business operations in accordance with both sets of rules. | |||
Further, the Group Management Committee, which comprises Directors and Statutory Auditors of the Company, has been established in the Company. This meeting considers matters concerning the management strategy of the Group and other important management issues and conducts preliminary reviews of matters for review by the Board of Directors of the Company together with the Wacoal Senior Management Meeting, which comprises Directors, Statutory Auditors, and senior executive officers of Wacoal Corp., one of the Company Groups core business companies. | |||
Further, the Quarterly Business Results Review Committee has been |
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established under the Group Management Committee. The Directors and the Statutory Auditors of the Company and the Directors, Statutory Auditors, and executive officers of Wacoal Corp., one of the Company Groups core business companies, attend meetings of the Quarterly Business Results Review Committee and review the business results of each business company and each business department each quarter. | |||
In addition, the Corporate Ethics Committee, Disclosure Committee, and Risk Management Committee have each been established as committees of the entire Company. Under these committees, the Compliance Division, Quality Assurance Division, Accident and Disaster Measures Division, Information Security Promotion Division, and Environmental Division have each been established, and each of these divisions is ready to enhance and respond to risks of loss of enterprise value in each field. These divisions report to the Board of Directors of the Company from time to time on the status of their activities. |
| Measures for preventing asset and business policy decisions of the Company being controlled by an inappropriate person in light of the basic policy |
For the purpose of securing and enhancing corporate value and the common interests of the shareholders of the Company, at a ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on June 29, 2006, the Company determined the basic policy for preventive measures to be taken against the acquisition of a substantial shareholding of the Company (i.e. defensive measures against takeovers), and the Board of Directors determined and introduced specific measures at the meeting held on the same day. Because these measures were terminated upon expiration of a three-year term, the Company, at an ordinary general meeting of shareholders held on June 26, 2009, obtained approval for a resolution to determine details of the basic policy (hereinafter called Basic Policy on Defensive Measures against Takeovers) of revised preventive measures to be taken against the acquisition of a substantial shareholding of the Company (i.e. defensive measures against takeovers), and the Board of Directors determined and updated the specific measures based on the Basic Policy on Defensive Measures against Takeovers (hereinafter called the Plan) at a meeting held on the same day. | |||
The Plan enables the Companys shareholders, in the event of purchase or any similar act or a proposal to purchase the Companys share certificates (hereinafter called Purchase), to determine whether or not to accept such offer for the Companys shares, and enables its Board of Directors to secure any necessary information and sufficient time to propose alternatives or to negotiate and consult with a person who purchases (hereinafter called Purchaser) on behalf of its shareholders, in order to prevent a Purchase of the Companys shares that is detrimental to its corporate value or its shareholders common interests, and to secure and enhance its corporate value and the common interests of its shareholders. | |||
The Plan covers a Purchase that falls under (i) or (ii) below: |
(i) | purchase of share certificates issued by the Company that results in 20% or greater ownership by a shareholder of such share certificates; or, |
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(ii) | public tender offer for share certificates issued by the Company that results in combined ownership by the offeror or/and any of its affiliates of more than 20% of such share certificates. |
If a Purchaser intends to launch a Purchase of the shares of the Company, such Purchaser will be requested to submit to the Company a document describing the information required to consider details of the Purchase, as well as an oath by such Purchaser that such Purchaser will follow the procedures prescribed by the Plan. Accordingly, the information provided by the Purchaser, the opinion of the Board of Directors, or any supporting materials, alternative proposals (if any), or other information and/or materials will be submitted to the Independent Committee, which consists of three members who are independent from the management operating the Company, and the Independent Committee will evaluate and/or examine such information and/or materials. As need arises, the Independent Committee will also separately obtain advice from independent experts and evaluate and/or examine the terms and conditions of the Purchase, consider the alternatives presented by the Board of Directors, and negotiate with the Purchaser or disclose information to the shareholders. | |||
If (A) the Purchaser fails to follow the procedures as prescribed by the Plan or if (B) the Purchase is deemed to fall under any of the requirements as prescribed by the Plan as a result of the examination of the terms and conditions of the Purchase or discussions and/or negotiations with the Purchaser, and if implementation of a gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights is considered appropriate, the Independent Committee will advise the Board of Directors to implement a gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights. The Board of Directors will pay the utmost respect to the advice provided by the Independent Committee, and will resolve to implement the gratis allocation of the stock acquisition rights. The Company will implement a gratis allocation of the shares acquisition rights to those shareholders, other than the Company, who are registered or recorded in the Companys final register of shareholders as of the allocation date that is determined separately, at such rate, as separately determined, up to a maximum of two stock acquisition rights for every one common stock of the Company held. Also, even when the Purchase by the Purchaser is considered to fall under either (A) or (B) above, if the Independent Committee considers it necessary to obtain the approval at an ordinary general meeting of shareholders for implementation of a gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights, the Independent Committee may advise the Board of Directors to do so. In this case, the Board of Directors, in principle, shall promptly convene an ordinary general meeting of shareholders so that a meeting can be held within the shortest time practically possible and submit a resolution for the implementation of a gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights. | |||
The holder of stock acquisition rights for the subscription of new shares (with terms that prohibit the Purchaser and certain people (hereinafter called Nonqualified person) from exercising such rights) is entitled to receive one share of the Company by paying the amount determined by the Board of Directors or the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in the resolution on the gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights, which shall be at least one yen (¥1) but not exceeding one-half (1/2) of the market value of one share of the Company. Also, |
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the Company may acquire stock acquisition rights held by shareholders other than the Nonqualified Person, and in exchange, deliver one share of the Company for every stock acquisition right. | |||
Promptly after passing a resolution by the Board of Directors or by an ordinary general meeting of shareholders with regard to implementation or non-implementation of the abovementioned gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights, the Board of Directors will disclose the outline of such resolution and other information deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors. | |||
As with the effective period of the Basic Policy on Defensive Measures against Takeovers, the effective period of the Plan will expire upon conclusion of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held in respect of the last fiscal year ending within three (3) years after the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on June 26, 2009. However, the Plan may be changed or terminated to reflect the change made to the Basic Policy on Defensive Measures against Takeovers by and pursuant to the resolution of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, if the change or termination of the Basic Policy on Defensive Measures against Takeovers is resolved by an ordinary general meeting of shareholders. Further, the Plan will be terminated if so resolved by the Board of Directors. | |||
There will be no direct, concrete impact on the shareholders will be caused by the Plans introduction, provided the gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights is not implemented. On the other hand, if the gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights is implemented according to the Plan, the overall value of the shares held by the shareholders may be diluted if the procedures for exercising stock acquisition rights are not followed. Provided, however, that no dilution of the overall value of the shares held will take place if the shares are provided in consideration of stock acquisition rights acquired by the Company. |
(iii) | Judgment of Board of Directors as to Efforts under Item (ii) above and Reasons Thereof |
As stated in (ii) above, the Plan was introduced in line with the Basic Policy mentioned in (i) above for the purposes of securing or enhancing corporate value and the common interests of shareholders. In particular, highly rational fairness and/or objectivity is ensured under the Plan because: (i) the Plan focuses on shareholders intentions such that the effective period is prescribed as three (3) years, and the Plan may be terminated at any time by a resolution of the Board of Directors or a resolution of an ordinary general meeting of the shareholders to terminate the Basic Policy on Defensive Measures against Takeovers; (ii) the Plan establishes reasonably objective requirements, and a gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights is not implemented unless these requirements are met; (iii) the Independent Committee shall consist of independent persons; (iv) a gratis allocation of stock acquisition rights under the Plan may not be initiated unless a judgment is made by the Independent Committee; and, (v) the Independent Committee may obtain advice from independent experts at the expense of the Company. The Plan is formulated to maintain corporate value, thus it is in the common interests of the shareholders. It is not intended to maintain the status of |
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the corporate officers of the Company. |
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Item | Amount | |||
ASSETS |
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Current Assets |
89,933 | |||
Cash and bank deposits |
16,704 | |||
Time deposits |
7,613 | |||
Marketable securities |
6,529 | |||
Notes receivable |
469 | |||
Accounts receivable-trade |
21,116 | |||
Allowance for returns and doubtful receivables |
(1,972 | ) | ||
Inventories |
32,103 | |||
Deferred tax assets |
4,595 | |||
Other current assets |
2,776 | |||
Tangible fixed assets |
51,820 | |||
Land |
22,012 | |||
Buildings and structures |
61,585 | |||
Machinery and equipment |
14,773 | |||
Construction in progress |
103 | |||
Accumulated depreciation |
(46,653 | ) | ||
Other assets |
81,634 | |||
Investments in affiliated companies |
14,769 | |||
Investments |
35,828 | |||
Goodwill |
11,203 | |||
Other intangible assets |
12,351 | |||
Deferred tax assets |
935 | |||
Others |
6,548 | |||
Total Assets |
223,387 | |||
LIABILITIES |
||||
Current Liabilities |
35,683 | |||
Short-term bank loans |
7,941 | |||
Notes payable |
2,174 | |||
Accounts payable-trade |
9,161 | |||
Accounts payable |
5,975 | |||
Accrued payroll and bonuses |
5,927 | |||
Accrued taxes |
2,105 | |||
Current portion of long-term debt |
108 | |||
Other current liabilities |
2,292 | |||
Long-term Liabilities |
14,151 | |||
Long-term debt |
80 | |||
Reserve for retirement benefit |
2,269 | |||
Deferred tax liability |
9,380 | |||
Others |
2,422 | |||
Total Liabilities |
49,834 | |||
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||
Common stock |
13,260 | |||
Additional paid-in capital |
29,366 | |||
Retained earnings |
137,155 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) |
(5,619 | ) | ||
Foreign currency exchange adjustment |
(7,505 | ) | ||
Unrealized gain on securities |
3,669 | |||
Pension liability adjustment |
(1,783 | ) | ||
Treasury stock |
(2,532 | ) | ||
Total Wacoal Shareholders Equity |
171,630 | |||
Noncontrolling interests |
1,923 | |||
Total Shareholders Equity |
173,553 | |||
Total Liabilities and Shareholders Equity |
223,387 | |||
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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Item | Amount | |||||||
Sales |
163,297 | |||||||
Operating expenses |
||||||||
Cost of sales |
79,953 | |||||||
Selling and general administrative expenses |
78,511 | |||||||
Impairment on other intangible assets |
1,023 | 159,487 | ||||||
Operating income |
3,810 | |||||||
Other income and (expenses) |
||||||||
Interest income |
144 | |||||||
Interest expense |
(98 | ) | ||||||
Dividend income |
619 | |||||||
Gain on sale and exchange of marketable
securities and/or investment securities |
7 | |||||||
Valuation loss on marketable securities
and/or investment securities |
(1,460 | ) | ||||||
Others (net) |
101 | (687 | ) | |||||
Income before income taxes |
3,123 | |||||||
Income taxes |
||||||||
Current |
3,161 | |||||||
Deferred |
(1,587 | ) | 1,574 | |||||
Equity in net income of affiliated companies |
907 | |||||||
Net income |
2,456 | |||||||
Loss attributable to noncontrolling interests |
68 | |||||||
Net income attributable to Wacoal
shareholders |
2,524 | |||||||
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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Shareholders equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. of shares | Additional | other | Total Wacoal | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
held outside | Common | paid-in | Retained | comprehensive | Treasury | shareholders | Noncontrolling | Shareholders | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Item | the Company | stock | capital | earnings | income | stock | equity | interests | equity | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 31, 2009 |
140,451 | 13,260 | 29,316 | 138,235 | (11,346 | ) | (3,592 | ) | 165,873 | 2,094 | 167,967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
2,524 | 2,524 | (68 | ) | 2,456 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other
comprehensive
income |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign
currency
exchange
adjustment |
783 | 783 | 12 | 795 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net unrealized
gain on
securities |
3,344 | 3,344 | 7 | 3,351 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pension
liability
adjustment |
1,600 | 1,600 | 1,600 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends
attributable to
Wacoal
shareholders
(¥25.0 per share) |
(3,511 | ) | (3,511 | ) | (3,511 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends
paid to
noncontrolling
interest |
(76 | ) | (76 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of
treasury
stock |
(1,372 | ) | (1,540 | ) | (1,540 | ) | (1,540 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sales of treasury
stock |
11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease of
treasury stock due
to stock swap |
2,104 | (93 | ) | 2,582 | 2,489 | 2,489 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grant and
execution of stock
options |
4 | 50 | 5 | 55 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Decrease due to
changes in equity
ratio |
(46 | ) | (46 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of March 31, 2010 |
141,198 | 13,260 | 29,366 | 137,155 | (5,619 | ) | (2,532 | ) | 171,630 | 1,923 | 173,553 |
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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1. | Standard of Preparation of Consolidated Financial Statements |
According to the supplementary provision specified under Paragraph 1, Article 3 of the regulations for corporate accounting under the Corporate Law (Justice Ministerial Ordinance No. 46 in 2009), the consolidated financial statements have been prepared based on terms, format, and preparation methods based on accounting standards generally accepted in the United States. However, consistent with the foregoing provision, some descriptions and notes required under accounting standards generally accepted in the United States are omitted. |
2. | Matters Regarding the Scope of Consolidation |
(1) | Number of consolidated subsidiaries: 47 |
(2) | Major consolidated subsidiaries: | Wacoal Corporation, Peach John Co., Ltd., Lecien Corp., Kyushu Wacoal Manufacturing Corp., Nanasai Co., Ltd., Torica Co., Ltd., Wacoal International Corp., Wacoal America Inc., Wacoal France S.A., Wacoal International Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Wacoal Hong Kong Co., Ltd., Wacoal Investment Co., Ltd., and Wacoal China Co., Ltd. |
3. | Matters Regarding the Application of the Equity Method |
(1) | Number of affiliates: 9 |
(2) | Major affiliated companies: | Shinyoung Wacoal Inc., Taiwan Wacoal Co, Ltd. and Thai Wacoal Public Co., Ltd. |
4. | Matters Regarding Standard of Accounting Procedure |
(1) | Valuation standard and method of valuable assets |
(i) | Marketable and investment securities |
Based on the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification 320 Investments-Debt and Equity Securities (former FASB Statement No. 115 Accounting for Certain Investments in Debt and Equity Securities), marketable securities and investments have been classified as securities available for sale and valued at fair value. | |||
Gain/loss on the marketable securities is calculated based on the acquisition cost using the moving average method. Moreover, unrealized valuation profit/loss is classified and included in other comprehensive income of shareholders equity. |
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(ii) | Inventories |
The average cost method was mainly used for goods, products and supplies, and the first-in first-out method was used for raw materials, with both valued at the lower of the cost or market accounting method. |
(2) | Depreciation method of significant depreciable assets | ||
Depreciation method of fixed assets | |||
The declining balance method was mainly used for depreciation of tangible fixed assets. | |||
The straight line method was used for amortization of intangible assets. In accordance with the provisions of FASB Accounting Standard Codification 350 Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (former FASB Statement No. 142 Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets), assets for which useful lives cannot be determined are not amortized, but such assets undergo an impairment examination at least once a year. | |||
(3) | Accounting basis of significant reserves |
(i) | Allowance for bad debts |
In order to provide for bad debt losses in accounts receivable or loans receivable, for certain debts such as debts of particular concern, we consider the recoverability of individual accounts and declare the estimated unrecoverable amounts using the bad debt ratio for general accounts. |
(ii) | Allowance for returns |
In order to clarify the corresponding relationship between sales and returns, consideration is given to prior returned goods and the estimated loss accompanying future returned goods is recorded. |
(iii) | Reserve for retirement benefits |
In accordance with the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification 715 Compensation-Retirement Benefits (former FASB Statement No. 87 Employers Accounting for Pensions, FASB Statement No. 88 Employers Accounting for Settlements and Curtailments of Defined Benefit Pension Plans and for Termination Benefits and FASB Statement No. 158 Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans), such amount is reserved in order to prepare for retirement benefits for employees, which is based on fair values of retirement benefits and pension assets as of the end of the current year. |
(4) | Other basic significant matters in preparing consolidated financial statements |
(i) | Lease transaction |
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Based on the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification 840 Leases (former FASB Statement No. 13 Accounting for Leases), capital leases are capitalized at fair value of the lease assets and the corresponding liabilities are recorded. |
(ii) | Accounting procedure for consumption tax, etc. |
Accounting procedure for consumption tax, etc. is based on the tax-excluded method. |
(iii) | Matters concerning business year of consolidated subsidiaries |
The closing date of consolidated subsidiaries in Japan is consistent with the consolidated closing date except for Peach John Co., Ltd. and one other company. The closing date of Peach John Co., Ltd. and the other company is February 28 and the closing date of the overseas consolidated subsidiaries is December 31. Financial statements as of the closing date were used in the preparation of the consolidated financial statements. However, necessary adjustments are made for material transactions that took place during a period up to the consolidated closing date. |
(5) | Newly adopted accounting standards | ||
In December 2007, Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) announced Accounting Standard Codification 810, Consolidation (former FASB Statement No. 160 Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements An Amendment of Accounting Research Bulletin No. 51). Accounting Standard Codification 810 stipulates accounting procedures and reporting standards for an interest share of a subsidiary held by an entity other than a parent company, the amount of consolidated net income of the year attributable to the parent company or noncontrolling interest, changes to the parent companys interest and evaluation of noncontrolling interest when a subsidiary becomes consolidated. Accounting Standard Codification 810 clearly differentiates the parent companys interest from noncontrolling interest, and stipulates classifiable disclosure requirements. The Group adopts Accounting Standard Codification 810 from fiscal year 2010. Accordingly, a minority interest, which was previously stated between the liability and equity sections of the consolidated balance sheet, is now included in the shareholders equity section as a noncontrolling interest. In addition, due to adoption of Accounting Standard Codification 810, account items of the consolidated statement of income are changed. |
1. | Matters Regarding the Status of Financial Instruments |
(1) | Policy for financial instruments | ||
For the management of surplus funds, the Group establishes certain conditions as well as limits, and determines an eligible range for investments to implement safety-focused management. For financing, the Group may use bank loans as necessary. The Group may use derivatives to avoid risks from exchange fluctuations |
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in foreign currency trading, interest rate risk from bank loans, and risk of stock price fluctuations from stocks held, but will not engage in speculative transactions. |
(2) | Details and risk of financial instruments and risk management structure | ||
Securities available for sale in terms of marketable securities and investments are mainly bonds, investment trusts, and stocks. These instruments are subject to risk from market fluctuations, and the Group regularly reviews their fair values. The Group takes appropriate measures to reduce credit risk of customers for notes receivable and accounts receivable-trade, according to the Groups control procedure. | |||
Short-term bank loans represents mainly for funding of working capital by some consolidated subsidiaries. The fluctuation risk of interest rates associated with Long-term debt is managed by utilizing interest rate swaps. | |||
Nearly all accounts payable-trade and accounts payable are due within a year. | |||
The Group executes/manages derivatives trading according to the Groups handling procedure, which stipulates specific targets and ranges of such trading. | |||
(3) | Further note on matters regarding market values of financial instruments | ||
Fair value estimates are determined on the basis of market value information related to such financial instruments and details of relevant contracts at a specific point in time at the end of a period. These estimates are determined by the Company and they include the Companys judgments, which exert a material influence on uncertainty as well as estimates. Therefore, the abovementioned fair value estimates may be affected materially by changes in the underlying assumptions. In addition, contract values with regard to derivatives trading described in 2. Matters Regarding Market Values of Financial Products do not themselves represent market risk related to such trading. | |||
(4) | Concentration of credit risk | ||
Businesses of the Group mainly consist of sales of underwear for women to many business partners in the Japanese retail industry, which include major department stores, mass merchandisers, and other general retail stores. Total sales to the AEON Group including consolidated subsidiaries represent for approximately 10.4% of the Groups entire sales for fiscal year 2010. There is no other single business partner that accounts for more than 10% of the Groups entire sales. |
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2. | Matters Regarding Market Values of Financial Products | |
Amounts stated in the consolidated balance sheet, market values, and their differences as of March 31, 2010 are as follows. Products whose market values are considered to be extremely difficult to assess are excluded from the table below (Please see (Note 2)). |
(Millions of yen) | ||||||||||||||
Amount stated in the | ||||||||||||||
consolidated balance sheet | ||||||||||||||
(*) | Market value (*) | Difference | ||||||||||||
(1) |
Cash and bank deposits | 16,704 | 16,704 | | ||||||||||
(2) |
Time deposits | 7,613 | 7,613 | | ||||||||||
(3) |
Notes receivable and accounts receivable trade | 21,585 | 21,585 | | ||||||||||
(4) |
Marketable securities and investments | 39,181 | 39,181 | | ||||||||||
(5) |
Investments in affiliated companies | 8,814 | 7,768 | 1,046 | ||||||||||
(6) |
Short-term bank loans | (7,941 | ) | (7,941 | ) | | ||||||||
(7) |
Notes payable and accounts payable-trade | (11,335 | ) | (11,335 | ) | | ||||||||
(8) |
Accounts payable | (5,975 | ) | (5,975 | ) | | ||||||||
(9) |
Accrued taxes | (2,105 | ) | (2,105 | ) | | ||||||||
(10) |
Long-term debt | (75 | ) | (75 | ) | | ||||||||
(11) |
Derivatives | (17 | ) | (17 | ) | |
(*) | Parenthesis is attached to items recorded in the liability section. |
(Note 1) | Matters regarding method of calculating the market values of financial products and trading of marketable securities and derivatives |
(1) | Cash and bank deposits, (2) Time deposits, (3) Notes receivable and accounts receivable-trade and (6) Short-term bank loans | |
Because they are settled within a short period, their market values are almost equal to their book values. So, their book values are used. | ||
(4) | Marketable securities and investments | |
Fair values of bonds and stocks are determined on the basis of unadjusted published prices in an active market with sufficient trading volume and frequency. Fair values of corporate bonds are determined using valuations based on market values presented by financial institutions. | ||
Marketable securities and investments are held as securities available for sale, and differences between their amounts stated in the consolidated balance sheet and their acquisition costs are as follows. |
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(Millions of yen) | ||||||||||||||||
Acquisition | Amount | |||||||||||||||
cost or | stated in the | |||||||||||||||
depreciated | consolidated | |||||||||||||||
Type | cost | balance sheet | Difference | |||||||||||||
Amounts stated in
the consolidated
balance sheet
exceed acquisition
costs or
depreciated costs |
(1) | Stock | 19,170 | 28,585 | 9,415 | |||||||||||
(2) | Bond | |||||||||||||||
(i) Government bond, municipal bond | 1,160 | 1,170 | 10 | |||||||||||||
(ii) Corporate bond | 1,200 | 1,212 | 12 | |||||||||||||
(iii) Financial institution bond | 100 | 100 | 0 | |||||||||||||
(iv) Mutual fund | 3,184 | 3,360 | 176 | |||||||||||||
Subtotal | 24,814 | 34,427 | 9,613 | |||||||||||||
Amounts stated in
the consolidated
balance sheet DO
NOT exceed
acquisition costs
or depreciated
costs |
(1) | Stock | 4,671 | 4,067 | (604 | ) | ||||||||||
(2) | Bond | |||||||||||||||
(i) Government bond, municipal bond | | | | |||||||||||||
(ii) Corporate bond | 685 | 643 | (42 | ) | ||||||||||||
(iii) Financial institution bond | | | | |||||||||||||
(iv) Mutual fund | 45 | 44 | (1 | ) | ||||||||||||
Subtotal | 5,401 | 4,754 | (647 | ) | ||||||||||||
Total |
30,215 | 39,181 | 8,966 |
(5) | Investments in affiliated companies | |
Fair values of investments in affiliated companies are determined on the basis of unadjusted published prices in an active market with sufficient trading volume and frequency. Amounts stated in the consolidated balance sheet are calculated on the basis of the equity method. | ||
(7) | Notes payable and accounts payable-trade, (8) Accounts payable, and (9) Accrued taxes | |
Because they are settled within a short period, their market values are almost equal to their book values. So, their book values are used. | ||
(10) | Long-term debt | |
Because its balance as of the end of the current year is minimal, its market value is almost equal to its book value. So, its book value is used. | ||
(11) | Derivatives | |
Only exchange contracts are used, and fair value is based on the estimate determined by forward exchange rate and market interest rate. |
(Note 2) | Financial instruments whose market values are considered to be extremely difficult to |
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assess | ||
For investments in nonmarketable securities (amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet: 3,085 million yen), because it is difficult to calculate their fair values, they are recorded at acquisition cost. Investments in affiliated companies with no market value (amounts recorded in the consolidated balance sheet: 5,955 million yen) are calculated on the basis of the equity method, similar to investments in affiliated companies with market value. The Company reviews and determines these investments every year or when any event occurs that requires such review if there is any permanent impairment. | ||
(Note 3) | Redemption schedule of receivables and marketable securities with maturity |
(Millions of yen) | ||||||||||||||||
Within 5 | Within 10 | |||||||||||||||
Within 1 year | years | years | Over 10 years | |||||||||||||
Marketable securities |
2,739 | 1,698 | 976 | 1,116 | ||||||||||||
Total |
2,739 | 1,698 | 976 | 1,116 |
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(Millions of yen) | ||||||||
Item | Amount | |||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||
Current Assets |
4,521 | |||||||
Cash and bank deposits |
1,105 | |||||||
Marketable securities |
2,259 | |||||||
Deferred income taxes |
76 | |||||||
Others |
1,078 | |||||||
Fixed Assets |
142,377 | |||||||
Tangible fixed assets |
38,967 | |||||||
Buildings |
18,183 | |||||||
Structures |
431 | |||||||
Equipment and tools |
1,580 | |||||||
Land |
18,714 | |||||||
Construction in progress |
58 | |||||||
Intangible fixed assets |
587 | |||||||
Leasehold right |
585 | |||||||
Others |
1 | |||||||
Investment and other assets |
102,821 | |||||||
Investment securities |
4,227 | |||||||
Stock of affiliated companies |
97,754 | |||||||
Deferred tax assets |
570 | |||||||
Others |
268 | |||||||
Total Assets |
146,898 | |||||||
LIABILITIES |
||||||||
Current Liabilities |
4,018 | |||||||
Notes payable |
3 | |||||||
Short-term borrowings from affiliated companies |
3,000 | |||||||
Accounts payable |
887 | |||||||
Accrued expenses |
8 | |||||||
Accrued taxes |
22 | |||||||
Accrued bonuses |
57 | |||||||
Reserve for officers bonuses |
19 | |||||||
Others |
20 | |||||||
Long-term Liabilities |
420 | |||||||
Others |
420 | |||||||
Total Liabilities |
4,439 | |||||||
NET ASSETS |
||||||||
Shareholders equity |
142,462 | |||||||
Common stock |
13,260 | |||||||
Additional paid-in capital |
29,294 | |||||||
Capital reserve |
29,294 | |||||||
Retained earnings |
102,150 | |||||||
Retained earnings reserve |
3,315 | |||||||
Other retained earnings |
98,835 | |||||||
Reserve for advanced depreciation of fixed assets |
1,942 | |||||||
General reserve |
90,000 | |||||||
Retained earnings carried forward |
6,893 | |||||||
Treasury stock |
(2,242 | ) | ||||||
Difference of appreciation and conversion |
(107 | ) | ||||||
Other securities valuation difference |
(107 | ) | ||||||
Stock acquisition rights |
103 | |||||||
Total Net Assets |
142,459 | |||||||
Total Liabilities and Net Assets |
146,898 | |||||||
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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(Millions of yen) | ||||||||
Item | Amount | |||||||
Operating revenue |
||||||||
Income from rent |
4,018 | |||||||
Dividend income |
2,620 | |||||||
Others |
328 | 6,968 | ||||||
Operating cost |
||||||||
Cost of lease |
1,977 | 1,977 | ||||||
Operating Gross Income |
4,990 | |||||||
Selling and general administrative expenses |
1,958 | 1,958 | ||||||
Operating income |
3,032 | |||||||
Non-operating income |
||||||||
Interest income |
70 | |||||||
Dividends received |
0 | |||||||
Others |
17 | 88 | ||||||
Non-operating expenses |
||||||||
Interest expenses |
10 | |||||||
Others |
3 | 14 | ||||||
Ordinary income |
3,106 | |||||||
Extraordinary gains |
||||||||
Gains on sales of fixed assets |
73 | 73 | ||||||
Extraordinary loss |
||||||||
Loss on sales of fixed assets |
120 | |||||||
Impairment loss on fixed assets |
45 | |||||||
Valuation loss on marketable securities |
73 | |||||||
Valuation loss on investment securities |
5 | |||||||
Valuation loss on stock of affiliated companies |
556 | 802 | ||||||
Income before income taxes |
2,378 | |||||||
Income taxes |
||||||||
Income taxes-current |
11 | |||||||
Income taxes-deferred |
(521 | ) | (509 | ) | ||||
Net income |
2,887 | |||||||
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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(Millions of yen) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Difference of appreciation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shareholders equity | and conversion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
paid-in | Retained earnings | Other | difference of | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
capital | Retained | Other | Total | securities | appreciation | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common | Capital | earnings | retained | Treasury | shareholders' | valuation | and | Stock | Total net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
stock | reserve | reserve | earnings | stock | equity | difference | conversion | options | assets | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2009 |
13,260 | 29,294 | 3,315 | 99,552 | (3,591 | ) | 141,829 | (345 | ) | (345 | ) | 53 | 141,537 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Changes during the fiscal year 2010 |
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer from reserve for deferred gain on sales
of fixed assets |
| | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Transfer from general reserve |
| | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends from surplus |
(3,511 | ) | (3,511 | ) | (3,511 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
2,887 | 2,887 | 2,887 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Purchase of treasury stock |
(1,249 | ) | (1,249 | ) | (1,249 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disposal of treasury stock |
(92 | ) | 2,594 | 2,501 | 2,501 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Execution of stock acquisition rights |
(0 | ) | 4 | 4 | (4 | ) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net change of items other than shareholders equity |
238 | 238 | 55 | 293 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total changes during fiscal year 2010 |
| | | (716 | ) | 1,349 | 632 | 238 | 238 | 50 | 921 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2010 |
13,260 | 29,294 | 3,315 | 98,835 | (2,242 | ) | 142,462 | (107 | ) | (107 | ) | 103 | 142,459 |
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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Reserve for | ||||||||||||||||
advanced | ||||||||||||||||
depreciation of | Retained earnings | |||||||||||||||
fixed assets | General reserve | carried forward | Total | |||||||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2009 |
2,008 | 95,000 | 2,543 | 99,552 | ||||||||||||
Changes during fiscal year 2010 |
||||||||||||||||
Transfer from reserve for deferred gain on sales of fixed assets |
(66 | ) | 66 | | ||||||||||||
Transfer from other reserve |
(5,000 | ) | 5,000 | | ||||||||||||
Dividends from surplus |
(3,511 | ) | (3,511 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net income |
2,887 | 2,887 | ||||||||||||||
Purchase of treasury stock |
||||||||||||||||
Disposal of treasury stock |
(92 | ) | (92 | ) | ||||||||||||
Execution of stock acquisition rights |
(0 | ) | (0 | ) | ||||||||||||
Net change of items other than shareholders equity |
||||||||||||||||
Total changes during fiscal year 2010 |
(66 | ) | (5,000 | ) | 4,349 | (716 | ) | |||||||||
Balance as of March 31, 2010 |
1,942 | 90,000 | 6,893 | 98,835 |
Amounts less than ¥1 million are rounded down to the nearest ¥1 million. |
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1. | Valuation Standards and Method of Assets |
Valuation standards and method of marketable securities | ||
Stock of a subsidiary or affiliate is stated at cost based on the moving average method. Other securities with market value are stated using the market value method, based on market or other price on closing day for the end of the year, and securities without market value are stated at cost based on the moving average method. Furthermore, variance in valuation of other securities is based on method of directly including all shareholders equity, and cost of sales is calculated based on the moving average method. |
2. | Depreciation Method of Fixed Assets |
(1) | Depreciation method of tangible fixed assets | ||
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets is calculated based on the declining balance method; provided, however, that depreciation of buildings (excluding facilities) acquired after April 1, 1998 is calculated based on the straight line method. | |||
Durable years for major items are as follows: |
Buildings and structures: | 5 to 50 years | |||
Machinery and vehicles: | 2 to 4 years | |||
Equipment and tools: | 2 to 20 years |
(2) | Amortization method of intangible fixed assets | ||
Amortization of intangible fixed assets is computed by the straight line method. |
3. | Accounting Basis of Reserves |
(1) | Accrued bonuses | ||
In order to provide bonuses to employees, accrued bonuses are reserved based on the anticipated amount to be paid. | |||
(2) | Reserve for officers bonuses | ||
In order to provide bonuses to officers, an amount for officers bonuses is reserved based on the anticipated amount to be paid. |
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4. | Other Basic Significant Matters in Preparing Financial Statements |
(1) | Processing method for lease transactions | ||
Finance lease transactions are pursuant to accounting procedures based on the method according to an ordinary sale and purchase transaction. However, finance lease transactions with small transaction amounts and finance lease transactions executed prior to April 1, 2008 are pursuant to accounting procedures based on the method according to an ordinary lease transaction. | |||
(2) | Accounting procedures for consumption tax, etc. | ||
Accounting procedures for consumption tax, etc. are as per the tax-excluded method. |
5. | Application of Accounting Standards with Regard to Business Combination |
Because Accounting Standard For Business Combination (Accounting Standard No. 21, December 26, 2008) and Application Guideline for Accounting Standards for Business Combination and Business Separation (Application Guideline No. 10 for Accounting Standard, December 26, 2008) can be applied to the first business combination/separation implemented in a fiscal year that starts after April 1, 2009, the Company applies these accounting standards from fiscal year 2010. The effect of applying these accounting standards is minimal. |
1. | Accumulated depreciation in tangible fixed assets: | ¥28,507 million | ||
2. | Short-term receivables from affiliates: | ¥470 million | ||
Short-term payables to affiliates: | ¥3,223 million |
Sales to affiliates: | ¥6,843 million | |||
Other operating transactions with affiliates: | ¥92 million | |||
Non-operating transactions with affiliates: | ¥11 million |
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1. | Number of issued and outstanding shares as of the end of the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 | |
Common Stock: 143,378,085 shares | ||
2. | Number of shares held as treasury stock as of the end of fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 | |
Common Stock: 1,949,739 shares | ||
3. | Resolution regarding distribution of earnings made during fiscal year 2010 |
Aggregate | Amount of | |||||||||
Amount of | Distribution per | |||||||||
Distribution | Share | |||||||||
Resolution | Type of Stock | (millions of yen) | (yen) | Record Date | Effective Date | |||||
At the Board of Directors Meeting held on May 8, 2009 |
Common Stock | 3,511 | 25.00 | March 31, 2009 | June 3, 2009 |
4. | Resolution regarding distribution of earnings to be made after the end of fiscal year 2010 |
Aggregate | ||||||||||||
Amount of | Amount of | |||||||||||
Distribution | Distribution | |||||||||||
Type of | Source of | (millions of | per Share | Effective | ||||||||
Resolution | Stock | Distribution | yen) | (yen) | Record Date | Date | ||||||
At the Board of Directors Meeting held on May 11, 2010 |
Common Stock |
Retained Earnings | 2,828 | 20.00 | March 31, 2010 |
June 7, 2010 |
5. | Matters concerning stock acquisition rights as of the end of fiscal year 2010 |
First Stock Acquisition Rights resolved at the Board of Directors Meeting held on July 30, 2008 |
Second Stock Acquisition Rights resolved at the Board of Directors Meeting held on July 30, 2008 |
Third Stock Acquisition Rights resolved at the Board of Directors Meeting held on July 30, 2009 |
Fourth Stock Acquisition Rights resolved at the Board of Directors Meeting held on July 30, 2009 |
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Class of shares represented by the stock acquisition rights: |
Common Stock | Common Stock | Common Stock | Common Stock | ||||
Number of shares represented by each stock acquisition rights: |
36,000 shares | 17,000 shares | 35,000 shares | 14,000 shares | ||||
Outstanding number of stock acquisition rights: |
36 | 17 | 35 | 14 |
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1. | Breakdown of deferred tax assets (millions of yen) | ||||
Valuation loss on stock of affiliated companies | ¥ | 2,480 | |||
Accrued bonuses | 23 | ||||
Excess over depreciation and amortization and impairment loss | 1,021 | ||||
Others | 705 | ||||
Sub-total of deferred tax assets | 4,230 | ||||
Valuation allowance | (2,238) | ||||
Total deferred tax asset | 1,991 | ||||
2. | Breakdown of deferred tax liabilities (millions of yen) | ||||
Reserve for deferred gain on sales of fixed assets | ¥ | 1,333 | |||
Others | 10 | ||||
Total deferred tax liability | 1,344 | ||||
Total net deferred tax asset | 647 |
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1. | Subsidiaries and affiliates |
Attribute | Name of Company |
Companys Interest |
Relationship with Related Party |
Nature of Transaction |
Transaction Amount (millions of yen) |
Item | Balance as of the Fiscal Year-End (millions of yen) |
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Subsidiary
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Wacoal Corp. |
100% direct |
Holding of shares; dual appointments; managerial guidance; lease of personal property and/or real estate | Borrowings of money (Note 1) | 500 | Borrowings from affiliated companies |
3,000 | |||||||||||
Payment of interest (Note 1) | 10 | Accrued liability |
4 | |||||||||||||||
Receipt of dividends | 2,100 | | | |||||||||||||||
Lease of personal property and/or real estate (Note 3) |
2,989 | Accrued liability |
248 | |||||||||||||||
Fee for management guidance (Note 3) |
323 | | | |||||||||||||||
Business management fee (Note 3) |
42 | | | |||||||||||||||
Subsidiary
|
Wacoal Distribution Corp. |
100% direct | Holding of shares; dual appointments; lease of personal property and/or real estate | Receipt of dividends | 180 | | | |||||||||||
Lease of real estate (Note 2) | 625 | | |
(Note 1) | The payment of debts and/or payment of interest are determined at the market rate. | |
(Note 2) | The price and other terms of the transaction are determined after price negotiation in view of the market condition. | |
(Note 3) | The managerial guidance fees and/or business management fees are determined each fiscal year after negotiation. | |
(Note 4) | The transaction amount does not include consumption tax, etc., while the balance as of the year-end includes the consumption tax, etc. |
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2. | Directors and major individual shareholders |
Attribute | Name | Interest Owned |
Relationship with Related Party |
Nature of Transaction |
Transaction Amount (millions of yen) |
Item | Balance as of the Fiscal Year-End (millions of yen) |
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Director or his/her close relative |
Mari Tsukamoto Yoko Hayashi |
| Directors relation in the second degree |
Purchase of the residence of the founder of the Company |
574 | | |
(Note 1) | Purchase price of land and building is determined on the basis of an appraisal value of a real-estate appraiser. | |
(Note 2) | Transaction amount not include consumption taxes. |
Net assets per share: Net income per share: Diluted net earnings per share: |
¥1,006.55 ¥20.39 ¥20.38 |
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1. | Procedures and details of the audits by the Statutory Auditors and the Board of Statutory Auditors |
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2. | Results of the Audit |
(1) | Results of the audit on the business report |
(i) | The business report and its supplementary statement present fairly the Companys affairs in conformity with the applicable laws and regulations of Japan and the Companys Articles of Incorporation. | ||
(ii) | With regard to the execution of duties by the Directors, there has been no misconduct or material matters that would constitute a violation of any laws or regulations of Japan or the Companys Articles of Incorporation. | ||
(iii) | In our opinion, the details of the resolution of the Board of Directors regarding the internal control system are fair and we have nothing to point out with regard to the execution of duties by Directors concerning such internal control system (including the internal control related to financial reporting). | ||
(iv) | We have nothing to point out with regard to the basic policies on the nature of personnel who should control the determination of financial and business policies of the Company as described in the business report. Furthermore, in our opinion, each effort as stated in the business report (pursuant to Item 3 (b), Article 118 of the Enforcement Regulation of the Corporate Law) is in line with such basic policy, is not detrimental to the common interests of the shareholders of the Company and is not intended to maintain the status of corporate officer of the Company. |
(2) | Results of the audit of the financial statements and the supplementary statement | |
In our opinion, the audit procedures and audit results received from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, the Accounting Auditor, are appropriate. | ||
(3) | Results of audit of consolidated financial statements | |
In our opinion, the audit procedures and audit results received from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC, the Accounting Auditor, are appropriate. |
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Career summary, position and areas of | Company Shares | |||||||
Candidate | responsibility, and significant concurrent | owned by | ||||||
No. | Name (Date of Birth) | positions | Candidate | |||||
1.
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Yoshikata Tsukamoto (January 29, 1948) | April 1972 Joined the Company November 1977 Appointed Director November 1981 Appointed Managing Director September 1984 Appointed Executive Vice President Appointed Representative Director (acting) June 1987 Appointed President and Director (acting) June 2002 Appointed Corporate Officer October 2005 Appointed Representative Director and
President, Corporate Officer of Wacoal
Corp. (acting) Significant concurrent positions: Representative Director of Wacoal Corp.;
Chairman and Director of Wacoal International Corp.; Chairman and Director of Wacoal America Inc. |
1,340,136 |
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Career summary, position and areas of | Company Shares | |||||||
Candidate | responsibility, and significant concurrent | owned by | ||||||
No. | Name (Date of Birth) | positions | Candidate | |||||
2.
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Hideo Kawanaka (June 25, 1942) |
April 1965 Joined Isetan Co., Ltd. June 1992 Appointed Director of Isetan Co., Ltd Matsudo Branch Manager July 1993 Appointed Representative Director and
President of West Japan Railway Isetan Ltd. June 2001 Appointed Corporate Officer and Managing
Director, General Manager of Management and
General Affairs of OMRON Corporation June 2004 Appointed Representative Director and
Senior Manager, Sales Manager of
Matsuzakaya Department Stores Co., Ltd. June 2007 Appointed Advisor to the Company
Appointed Senior Managing Director November 2007 Appointed Director and Senior Corporate
Officer of Wacoal Corp. April 2008 Appointed Director and Vice President,
Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp. (acting) June 2009 Appointed Director and Vice President
(acting)
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9,000 | |||||
Significant concurrent position: | ||||||||
Director and Vice President, Corporate
Officer of Wacoal Corp. |
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3.
|
Tadashi Yamamoto (November 14, 1952) |
March 1976 Joined the Company April 2002 Appointed General Manager of Human
Resources Department June 2002 Appointed Corporate Officer October 2005 Appointed Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp. |
8,000 |
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Career summary, position and areas of | Company Shares | |||||||
Candidate | responsibility, and significant concurrent | owned by | ||||||
No. | Name (Date of Birth) | positions | Candidate | |||||
April 2006 Appointed General Manager of Personnel and
Administration Department of the Company Managing Corporate Officer of Wacoal Corp. June 2006 Appointed Director and Managing Corporate
Officer of Wacoal Corp. Appointed Director (acting) April 2008 Appointed Director and Senior Corporate
Officer of Wacoal Corp. (acting) Status of significant concurrent positions: Director and Senior Corporate Officer of
Wacoal Corp. President and Director of Wacoal China Co., Ltd. |
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4.
|
Ikuo Otani (November 20, 1953) |
March 1976 Joined the Company June 2004 Appointed Corporate Officer and Manager of
Business Management June 2006 Appointed Director and Corporate Officer,
and Supervisor of Business Management, of
Wacoal Corp. April 2008 Appointed Director and Corporate Officer,
and General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division, of Wacoal Corp. April 2010 Appointed Director and Corporate Officer,
and Supervisor of Accounting, of Wacoal
Corp. General Manager of Management Planning Department of the Company (acting) |
4,000 | |||||
5.
|
Mamoru Ozaki (May 20, 1935) |
June 1991 Appointed Commissioner of the National Tax
Agency June 1992 Appointed Administrative Vice Minister of
Finance |
0 |
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Career summary, position and areas of | Company Shares | |||||||
Candidate | responsibility, and significant concurrent | owned by | ||||||
No. | Name (Date of Birth) | positions | Candidate | |||||
May 1994 Appointed President of Peoples Finance
Corporation October 1999 Appointed President of National Life
Finance Corporation February 2003 Appointed Advisor to Yazaki Corporation
(acting) July 2003 Appointed Advisor of the Company June 2005 Director of the Company (acting) Status of significant concurrent positions: Advisor to Yazaki Corporation; Outside Director of Fuji Kyuko Co. Ltd.; Outside Director of Kikkoman Corporation |
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6.
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Morio Ikeda (December 25, 1936) |
April 1961 Joined Shiseido Co., Ltd. April 1990 Appointed Director and Chief of Secretarys
Office April 1995 Appointed Managing Director June 1997 Appointed Representative Senior Managing
Director June 2000 Appointed Representative Director and Vice
President June 2001 Appointed Representative Director and
President June 2005 Appointed Chairman and Director June 2006 Resigned Chairman and Director and
Appointed Senior Advisor (acting)
|
0 |
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Career summary, position and areas of | Company Shares | |||||||
Candidate | responsibility, and significant concurrent | owned by | ||||||
No. | Name (Date of Birth) | positions | Candidate | |||||
Status of significant concurrent positions: Appointed Senior Advisor of Shiseido Co.,
Ltd.; Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chancellor of Toyo Eiwa Jogakuin; Chairman of Public Interest Corporation Commission; Outside Director of Komatsu Ltd. (Scheduled to resign on June 23, 2010); Outside Director of Asahi Kasei Corporation; Outside Director of Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings; Outside Director of Tokyo Metropolitan Television Broadcasting Corp. |
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7.
|
Atsushi Horiba (February 5, 1948) |
September 1972 Joined HORIBA, Ltd. June 1982 Appointed Director and General Manager of
Overseas Business June 1988 Appointed Senior Managing Director and
General Manager of Sales Division January 1992 Appointed Representative Director and
President June 2005 Appointed Representative Director and
Chairman, and President (acting) June 2008 Appointed Director of the Company (acting) Significant concurrent position: Representative Director and Chairman, and
President of HORIBA, Ltd.
|
3,000 |
(Notes) | 1. | There are no special interests between the candidates and the Company. | |||
2. | Mr. Mamoru Ozaki, Mr. Morio Ikeda and Mr. Atsushi Horiba are the candidates for the Outside Director positions as required by Item 7, Paragraph 3, Article 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Corporate Law. | ||||
3. | Special matters regarding the candidates for Outside Director positions are as follows. | ||||
(1) | Reasons for nomination of candidates for Outside Director positions and the number of years such candidates for Outside Director positions served as Outside Directors |
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(i) | We recommend Mr. Mamoru Ozaki as an Outside Director candidate due to his long career (including in financial administration) and extensive professional knowledge, and we believe he can utilize his experience to enhance the transparency and objectivity of our management. | ||||
His tenure of office as Outside Director of the Company would be five (5) years following the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. | |||||
(ii) | We recommend Mr. Morio Ikeda as an Outside Director candidate due to his extensive experience and knowledge as a manager in business development both at home and abroad, and we believe he can utilize his strong leadership skills and knowledge to help strengthen our overseas business expansion. He is a new candidate for Outside Director. | ||||
(iii) | We recommend Mr. Atsushi Horiba as an Outside Director candidate due to his extensive experience as a manager and knowledge in overseas business development for companies in and outside Japan, and we believe he can utilize his strong leadership skills and knowledge to help strengthen our overseas business development. | ||||
His tenure of office as Outside Director of the Company would be two (2) years following the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders. | |||||
(2) | When the candidates for Outside Director positions have served as an Outside Director or Outside Statutory Auditor of other companies in the past five years, any improper conduct at such company during such candidates service and any act of grace such candidate performed as preventive measures against such conduct or measures taken after such conduct occurred | ||||
(i) | At Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings (hereinafter called the Holdings), for which Mr. Morio Ikeda serves concurrently as an Outside Director, between December 2007 and July 2008, Isetan, a subsidiary of the Holdings (hereinafter called the Subsidiary), had a problem in that a stole for women it sold with a product label indicating cashmere 50%, silk 50% did not contain any cashmere. On December 10, 2008, the Fair Trade Commission ordered the Subsidiary to eliminate the product on the ground that the product fell under the category of misleading representation as stipulated by Paragraph 1, Article 4 of the Act against Unjustifiable Premiums and Misleading Representations. Mr. Morio Ikeda, as an Outside Director, made proposals from a compliance perspective on a routine basis at the Board of Directors meeting of the Holdings and, after this incident occurred, duly performed his duties through discussions at the Board of Directors meeting by promoting reinforcement of the compliance system and internal management system to prevent similar incidents in the Group including the Holdings and the Subsidiary and by implementing thorough employee training. | ||||
(ii) | Komatsu Ltd. (hereinafter called Komatsu), for which Mr. Morio Ikeda serves concurrently as an Outside Director, received an order for payment of surcharge to the Financial Service Agency on March 9, 2007 from the Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission for Komatsu insider trading with regard to an act of trading stipulated by the Paragraph 1, Article 175 of the Securities and Exchange Act applied mutatis mutandis to the Paragraph 7, Article 175 of the Act. Mr. Morio Ikeda, as an Outside Director, received a report on this incident and duly performed his duties by discussing |
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measures to prevent similar incidents in the future. | |||||
(iii) | HORIBA, Ltd., for which Mr. Atsushi Horiba acts as Representative Director and Chairman, and President, received a cease and desist order and an order for payment of administrative surcharge (¥37.06 million in total) on November 12, 2008 from the Japan Fair Trade Committee for a violation of the Anti-Monopoly Law of Japan in the bidding for the Automatic Ambient Air Monitors ordered by the governmental offices. | ||||
(3) | Limitation of Liability Agreement with Outside Directors | ||||
In order to secure qualified personnel, our Articles of Incorporation prescribe that we may execute a limitation of liability agreement with Outside Directors to limit their liability for damages in certain instances, and Messrs. Mamoru Ozaki and Atsushi Horiba, the Outside Director candidates, have executed such limitation of liability agreement. | |||||
If the re-elections of Messrs. Mamoru Ozaki and Atsushi Horiba are approved according to the original proposal by this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, we will continue the limitation of liability agreement with each Outside Director. | |||||
If the election of Mr. Morio Ikeda is approved according to the original proposal, we plan to sign the limitation of liability agreement with him. | |||||
A summary of the limitation of liability agreement with Outside Directors is as follows: | |||||
| The maximum amount of liability for damages incurred due to negligence of duties by the Outside Director shall be the minimum liability amount as provided by Paragraph 1, Article 427 of the Corporate Law. | ||||
| The limitation of liability shall be accepted only if the Outside Director is without knowledge and is not grossly negligent in performing his or her duties. |
Company | ||||||
Career summary, position and areas of responsibility in the | Shares owned | |||||
Name (Date of Birth) | Company, and significant concurrent positions | by Candidate | ||||
Akira Katayanagi (February 4, 1946) |
April 1968 Joined Mitsubishi Bank Ltd. June 1995 Appointed Director and Manager of Loan Department 1 April 1996 Appointed Director of Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Ltd. |
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Company | ||||||
Career summary, position and areas of responsibility in the | Shares owned | |||||
Name (Date of Birth) | Company, and significant concurrent positions | by Candidate | ||||
February 2000 Appointed Managing Director and Branch Manager of
Nihonbashi Branch May 2001 Appointed Managing Director and Branch Office
Manager of Osaka Branch Office June 2003 Appointed Representative Director and President of
DC Card Co., Ltd. April 2007 Appointed Representative Director and Vice President
of Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd. June 2008 Appointed Representative Director and Chairman of
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co., Ltd. (acting) Significant concurrent positions: Appointed Representative Director and Chairman of
Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS Co. Ltd.; Outside Statutory Auditor of Hyakujushi Bank, Ltd. |
(Notes) | 1. | There are no special interests between the candidate and the Company. | ||
2. | Mr. Akira Katayanagi is the candidate for the Outside Statutory Auditor position as required by Item 8, Paragraph 3, Article 2 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Corporate Law. | |||
3. | We recommend Mr. Akira Katayanagi as an Outside Statutory Auditor candidate due to his many years of experience in financial institutions and extensive knowledge of finance, and we believe he can utilize his experience and knowledge to help strengthen our auditing system. | |||
4. | Limitation of Liability Agreement with Outside Statutory Auditors | |||
In order to secure qualified personnel, our Articles of Incorporation prescribe that we may execute a limitation of liability agreement with Outside Statutory Auditors to limit their liability for damages in certain instances. | ||||
If the election of Mr. Akira Katayanagi is approved according to the original proposal by this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, we plan to sign the limitation of liability agreement with him. | ||||
A summary of the limitation of liability agreement with Outside Statutory Auditors is as follows: | ||||
| The maximum amount of liability for damages incurred due to negligence of duties by the Outside Statutory Auditor shall be the minimum liability amount as provided for by Paragraph 1, Article 427 of the Corporate Law. | |||
| The limitation of liability shall be accepted only if the Outside Statutory Auditor is without knowledge and is not grossly negligent in performing his or her duties. |
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