To Shareholders:
Securities code: 9742
(Date of transmission) June 3, 2025 (Commencement date of measures for electronic provision) May 24, 2025
Shuji Hattori
President and Representative Director INES Corporation
1-38-11, Nihonbashi Kakigara-cho, Chuo-ku, Tokyo Japan
Notice of Convocation of the 63rd Ordinary General Meeting of ShareholdersWe would like to thank all of you for your continued support of our company.
We hereby inform that the 63rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of INES Corporation (the Company) will be held as stated below.
In convening this General Meeting of Shareholders, we have taken measures to electronically provide the information contained in the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Reference Documents (matters to be provided electronically) and have posted them on the following two websites on the internet. Please access either of these websites to check the information.
The Company's Website
Page of Shareholders Meeting
https://www.ines.co.jp/ir/meeting.html
JPX Website
Listed Company Search
https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show
On the JPX website, please search by the issue name (company name) "INES" or the securities code "9742," and select "Basic information" and "Documents for public inspection/PR information" to check the details.
Shareholders are kindly requested to read the information on exercising their voting rights below and review the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Reference Documents before exercising their voting rights.
Particulars- Date and Time: 10:00 a.m. on June 25 (Wednesday), 2025
- Place: 4F Conference Center, BELLESALLE TOKYO NIHONBASHI Tokyo Nihonbashi Tower 2-7-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan
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Agenda:
Matters to be Reported:
Item 1: Report on the Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements and the Audit Results on the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditors and the Board of Corporate Auditors for the 63rd fiscal year (from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025)
Item 2: Report on the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 63rd fiscal year (from April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025)
Matters to be Resolved:
Item 1: Appropriation of Retained Earnings
Item 2: Election of Eight (8) Corporate Directors (Excluding Corporate Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members)
Item 3: Election of Three (3) Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members
◎ The following matters, out of the matters to be provided electronically, are not included in the documents to be sent to a shareholder who applied for the issuance of documents in accordance with laws and regulations and Article 16 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
[Business Report]
Structure and status of implementation relating to the proper conduct of operations [Consolidated Financial Statements]
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
[Financial Statements]
Non-Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders' Equity Notes to Non-Consolidated Financial Statements
◎ In the event that the electronically provided matters are revised, the details will be posted on the Company's website and the JPX website described above.
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Methods of Exercising Voting Rights
Voting rights in a general meeting of shareholders are important rights for all shareholders. Please exercise your voting rights after reviewing the "Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Reference Documents" provided below.
There are three methods for exercising your voting rights.
Please exercise your voting rights by one of the following methods.
Exercising Voting Rights via the Internet
How to read the QR Code
You can log into the website for exercising voting rights without entering the "Login ID" and "Temporary Password" shown on the Voting Rights Exercise Form. Please read the QR Code on the Voting Rights Exercise Form and follow the instructions on the screen to enter your approval or disapproval.
How to enter your login ID and temporary password
Please visit the website for exercising voting rights from your internet environment (PC or smartphone) and enter your vote according to the instructions displayed on the screen by using the "login ID" and "temporary password" entered in the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form.
Website for exercising voting rights: https://evote.tr.mufg.jp/
* Inquiries regarding the exercise of voting rights via the internet: Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, Corporate Agency Division (Help Desk)
TEL: 0120-173-027 (toll free) Hours: 9:00 a.m. ~ 9:00 p.m.
Exercising Voting Rights by Mail in Writing
Please indicate your approval or disapproval of each item on the agenda in the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form and return it by mail.
Any Voting Rights Exercise Form on which approval or disapproval of each item on the agenda has not been indicated shall be treated as an approval of the Company's proposals.
Exercising Voting Rights by Attending the Meeting in Person
Please submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the meeting reception desk.
In the case of attendance by proxy, the proxy is limited to one (1) shareholder of the Company who has voting rights. In this case, the proxy must submit, in addition to the Voting Rights Exercise Form, a mandate form or other documents to prove power of attorney.
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Matters concerning Exercising Voting Rights
Handling of Voting Rights Exercised in Duplicate
If you have exercised your voting rights both via the internet and by mail in writing, only the contents of the vote made via the internet shall be deemed valid.
If you exercise your voting rights multiple times via the internet, the last time that you exercise your voting rights shall be deemed valid.
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders Reference Documents Item 1: Appropriation of Retained EarningsPositioning profit returns to shareholders as one of the most important policies of management, INES Corporation deems continuously implementing stable dividends as its basic policy and pays dividends after having comprehensively considered various factors, including its performance and the business environment.
In light of the above basic policy, for dividends at the end of the current fiscal year, the Company would like to further enhance profit returns to our shareholders and proposes as follows.
Fiscal year-end dividend matters
Type of dividends
Cash dividends
Financial assets to be distributed as dividends and total dividend amount
¥30.00 per share of common stock
¥624,009,390 total dividend payment
Effective date of appropriation of retained earnings as cash dividends June 26, 2025
For the fiscal year, since we paid an interim dividend of ¥25.00 per share on December 5, 2024, the total annual dividend for the period under review amounted to ¥55.00 per share, an increase of ¥5 from the previous fiscal year.
