For Translation Purpose
(Securities Code: 8956) (Dissemination date) September 3, 2024 (Commencement date of electronic provision measure) September 3, 2024
To Our Unitholders
1-5-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo
NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation
Executive Director Takeshi Oodera
Notice of Convocation of
the Thirteenth General Meeting of Unitholders
NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation ("NUD") would like to express our sincere gratitude for your loyal patronage.
We hereby notify you of the Thirteenth General Meeting of Unitholders (the "General Meeting") of NUD to be held as outlined below.
Instead of attending the General Meeting, you may exercise your voting rights in writing. In such case, please indicate your vote in favor or against on the Voting Rights Exercise Form enclosed herewith after reading the attached Reference Document for the General Meeting of Unitholders and return the form so that it reaches us by 5:00 p.m. on September 25, 2024 (Wednesday).
Please note that NUD stipulates provisions concerning "Deemed Affirmative Vote" in Article 20, Paragraphs 9 and 10 of the Articles of Incorporation in accordance with the provision of Article 93, Paragraph 1 of the Act on Investment Trusts and Investment Corporations (the "Investment Trusts Act") as described below. None of the proposals submitted to the General Meeting fall under any of the items of Article 20, Paragraph 10 of the Articles of Incorporation. This means that if a unitholder does not attend the General Meeting and does not exercise his/her voting rights using the Voting Rights Exercise Form, the unitholder is deemed to be in favor of any proposal submitted to the General Meeting (in the case where there are multiple proposals submitted and some proposals have conflicting intents, except all such conflicting proposals).
(Excerpts from the Current Articles of Incorporation of NTT UD REIT) Article 20, Paragraphs 9 and 10 of the Current Articles of Incorporation
- Unitholders who do not attend a general meeting of unitholders and do not exercise voting rights shall be deemed to approve the proposals for resolution (excluding any proposal with purposes that conflict with each other in the case that multiple proposals are submitted) submitted to the general meeting of unitholders. In such a case, the number of voting rights of unitholders deemed to approve the proposals for resolution shall be included in the number of voting rights of attending unitholders.
- Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the deemed approval provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to resolutions on proposals pertaining to each of the following items:
- Dismissal of executive director, supervisory director, or accounting auditor
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- Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation (limited, however, to the enactment, amendment, or abolition of provisions related to deemed approval).
- Dissolution
- Approval to terminate the asset management agreement by the Asset Management Company
- Termination of the asset management agreement by NTT UD REIT
For this convocation notice of the General Meeting, NUD has taken the electronic provision measure for information contained in the Reference Document for the General Meeting of Unitholders, etc. ("matters subject to electronic provision measure") and have posted them on NUD's website on the Internet as "Notice of Convocation of the Thirteenth General Meeting of Unitholders," which you may access to view via NUD's website below. For the General Meeting, the Reference Document for the General Meeting of Unitholders, etc. has been sent to all unitholders regardless of whether they have requested delivery.
NUD's website https://nud-reit.co.jp/en/ir/meeting.html
Matters subject to electronic provision measure are posted on the above website and also on the website of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). You can browse the materials on the TSE website by accessing the Listed Company Search feature of the website using the URL below. First, conduct a search by entering the issue name (NTT UD REIT Investment Corporation) or securities code (8956). Next, click "Basic information" and select "Documents for public inspection/PR information" tab. Navigate to "Notice of General Investors Meeting/Informational Materials for a General Investors Meeting" and click on the section to access the materials.
TSE's website (Listed Company Search) https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK020010Action.do?Show=Show
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1. | Date and Time: | September 26, 2024 (Thursday) 10:00 a.m. |
(Planned reception start time: 9:30 a.m.) | ||
2. | Venue: | Conference Room A |
Otemachi First Square East Tower 2F | ||
1-5-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo |
(Please refer to the Map to the Venue of the General Meeting of Unitholders at the end of this document.)
3. Purpose of the General Meeting: Matters to Be Resolved
Proposal No. 1: Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
Proposal No. 2: Election of One Executive Director
Proposal No. 3: Election of Two Substitute Executive Directors
Proposal No. 4: Election of Two Supervisory Directors
Proposal No. 5: Election of One Substitute Supervisory Director
The venue for the General Meeting is different from that of the last general meeting of unitholders. If you will attend in person, please refer to the Map to the Venue of the General Meeting of Unitholders at the end of this document.
(Requests) ◎ For those attending, please present the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception desk upon your arrival.
- You may exercise your voting rights by appointing another unitholder with voting rights as your proxy. Please note that submission of a document evidencing the authority of proxy will be required.
- In cases where neither approval nor disapproval of each proposal is indicated in the Voting Rights Exercise Form returned to NUD, NUD will deem that approval has been indicated.
- Please note that in case there are any amendments to the matters subject to electronic provision measure, NUD will post a notice of the amendment containing the subject matters before and after amendment on NUD's website and TSE's website indicated above.
- Immediately after the General Meeting, an Asset Management Status Presentation Meeting will be held by NTT Urban Development Asset Management Corporation, the asset management company for NUD, at the same venue. Unitholders attending the General Meeting are cordially invited to the presentation meeting.
- No gifts will be prepared for the attending unitholders of the General Meeting or the subsequent Asset Management Status Presentation Meeting. Your understanding is greatly appreciated.
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Reference Document for the General Meeting of Unitholders
Proposals and References
Proposal No. 1: Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
1. Reasons for Amendments
- (Matters Relating to Article 13, Paragraph 1 of the Proposed Amendment)
In line with the stipulation of the definition of "total amount of investment and surplus" due to the amendment to the Investment Trusts Act and the Regulation on Accounting of Investment Corporations (Cabinet Office Order No. 47 of 2006, including subsequent amendments), similar provisions on the definition of "total amount of investment and surplus" will be stipulated in the Articles of Incorporation of NUD.
- (Matters Relating to Article 22, Paragraph 5 of the Proposed Amendment)
Necessary changes will be made to facilitate the use of electronic signatures for the minutes of board of directors' meetings in order to optimize and streamline the administrative work involved in preparing the minutes and also establish a flexible operating system.
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2. Particulars of Amendments
Amendments to the current Articles of Incorporation are proposed as follows.
*Amendments are underlined in the text. | ||
Current Articles of Incorporation | Proposed Amendments | |
Article 13 (Cash Distribution Policies) | Article 13 (Cash Distribution Policies) | |
1. Distribution Policies | 1. Distribution Policies | |
In principle, the Investment | In principle, the Investment | |
Corporation shall make | Corporation shall make | |
distributions based on the | distributions based on the | |
following policies: | following policies: | |
(1) Of the total cash amount to be | (2) Of the total cash amount to be | |
distributed to unitholders, | distributed to unitholders, | |
profits (the amount obtained | profits (in the case where the | |
by subtracting the sum total of | net assets amount on the | |
unitholders' capital and surplus | balance sheet of the | |
from the net assets amount on | Investment Corporation | |
the balance sheet of the | exceeds the sum total of the | |
Investment Corporation; the | total amount of investment | |
same applies hereinafter) shall | and surplus and other | |
be calculated based on the | amounts recorded in each | |
Investment Trusts Act, | accounting item stipulated by | |
corporate accounting | a Cabinet Office Ordinance | |
standards generally accepted | (hereinafter the "total amount | |
in Japan and other corporate | of investment and surplus"), | |
accounting practices. | the amount obtained by | |
subtracting such total amount | ||
of investment and surplus | ||
from such net assets amount; | ||
the same applies hereinafter | ||
in this Article) shall be | ||
calculated based on the | ||
Investment Trusts Act, | ||
corporate accounting | ||
standards generally accepted | ||
in Japan and other corporate | ||
accounting practices. | ||
(2) (Text omitted) | (2) (Unchanged from the existing | |
text) | ||
2.-4. (Text omitted) | 2.-4. (Unchanged from the existing | |
text) | ||
Article 22 (Matters Concerning Board of | Article 22 (Matters Concerning Board of | |
Directors) | Directors) | |
1.-4. (Text omitted) | 1.-4. (Unchanged from the existing | |
text) | ||
5. With respect to the proceedings and | 5. With respect to the proceedings and | |
outcome of the Board of Directors | outcome of the Board of Directors | |
meeting, minutes containing | meeting, minutes containing | |
matters required by laws and | matters required by laws and | |
regulations shall be prepared. The | regulations shall be prepared. The | |
attending Executive Directors and | attending Executive Directors and |
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Current Articles of Incorporation | Proposed Amendments |
the Supervisory Directors shall sign | the Supervisory Directors shall |
and seal the minutes. The minutes | sign and seal or electronically sign |
that have been prepared, signed | the minutes. The minutes that |
and sealed shall be kept in the | have been prepared, signed and |
head office of the Investment | sealed or electronically signed |
Corporation for a period of ten | shall be kept in the head office of |
years since the day of the Board of | the Investment Corporation for a |
Directors meeting. | period of ten years since the day of |
the Board of Directors meeting. |
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Proposal No. 2: Election of One Executive Director
Due to a request from Takeshi Oodera, a current executive director, to resign from his position upon the conclusion of this General Meeting of Unitholders in order to adjust the term of office, NUD proposes again the new election of one executive director effective as of September 26, 2024. The term of office of the elected executive director shall be until the conclusion of the general meeting of unitholders that is convened within 30 days from the day following the day on which 2 years have elapsed since the general meeting of unitholders at which their election was proposed, as stipulated in the proviso of Article 21, Paragraph 3 of the current Articles of Incorporation and the provisions of Article 99, Paragraph 2 of the Investment Trusts Act.
This proposal has been submitted with the unanimous consent of NUD's supervisory directors.
The candidate for executive director is as follows.
Number of | |||
Name | Brief Career History | Owned NUD | |
(Date of Birth) | Investment | ||
Units | |||
April 1988 | Joined Nippon Telegraph and Telephone | ||
Corporation | |||
July 2005 | General Manager, Planning Department, | ||
Akita Branch, Nippon Telegraph and | |||
Telephone East Corporation | |||
April 2013 | General Manager, Internal Audit Office, NTT | ||
Urban Development Corporation | |||
July 2018 | Director, Premier REIT Advisors Co., Ltd. | ||
(currently NTT Urban Development Asset | |||
Management Corporation) | |||
August 2018 | Director & CFO, Finance Department, | ||
Premier REIT Advisors Co., Ltd. (currently | |||
NTT Urban Development Asset | |||
Management Corporation) | |||
June 2019 | Executive Director, Premier Investment | ||
Corporation (currently NTT UD REIT | |||
Investment Corporation) | |||
July 2019 | Head of Corporate Communications Office, | ||
Takeshi Oodera | Corporate Strategy and Planning | 0 units | |
Department, NTT Urban Development | |||
(April 15, 1964) | |||
Corporation | |||
July 2019 | Head of Corporate Communications Office, | ||
Corporate Strategy and Planning | |||
Department, NTT Urban Solutions, Inc. | |||
July 2020 | Executive Director, General Manager, | ||
Corporate Strategy Department, Premier | |||
REIT Advisors Co., Ltd. (currently NTT Urban | |||
Development Asset Management | |||
Corporation) | |||
April 2021 | Director & General Manager of Corporate | ||
Strategy Department, NTT Urban | |||
Development Asset Management | |||
Corporation | |||
July 2022 | Executive Director, NTT UD REIT (current | ||
position) | |||
November | Director, Head of Engineering and | ||
2022 | Sustainability Management Office, NTT | ||
Urban Development Asset Management | |||
Corporation (current position) |
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- Fact that falls under the category of a significant concurrent assignment:
Takeshi Oodera, the candidate for executive director, is a Director and Head of Engineering and Sustainability Management Office of NTT Urban Development Asset Management Corporation, which has concluded an asset management agreement and a general administration agreement on operation of institutions with NUD. - Special interests shared with NUD: Not applicable except for the above.
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Position and responsibilities at NUD:
Takeshi Oodera, the candidate for executive director, is currently an executive director of NUD and executes its overall operations. - Overview of the content of the directors and officers liability insurance contract:
NUD has concluded a directors and officers liability insurance contract provided in Article 116-3, Paragraph 1 of the Investment Trusts Act with an insurance company as insurance coverage for certain damages that may be incurred in the event that claims are made against insured parties for damages arising from acts in their capacity as directors of NUD.
In addition, the plan is to conclude a contract of the same content again upon expiration of the insurance contract. Takeshi Oodera, the above candidate for executive director, is currently included in the insured parties under the insurance contract as executive director. The above candidate for executive director will continue to be included in the insured parties of the insurance contract if he, as executive director, assumes the position of executive director.
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Proposal No. 3: Election of Two Substitute Executive Directors
In case there is a vacancy that results in a shortfall in the number of executive directors stipulated in laws and regulations, NUD proposes the election of two substitute executive directors effective as of September 26, 2024. Under this proposal, the effective period of the resolution on the election of substitute executive directors shall end when the term of office of the executive director elected in Proposal No. 2 expires, as stipulated in Article 21, Paragraph 4 of the current Articles of Incorporation.
This proposal has been submitted with the unanimous consent of NUD's supervisory directors.
The candidates for substitute executive directors are as follows.
In the case where this proposal is approved, the priority of appointment as executive officer will be Kazuhiro Kimura followed by Seiji Okinaga.
Number of | ||||
No. | Name | Brief Career History | Owned NUD | |
(Date of Birth) | Investment | |||
Units | ||||
April 1981 | Joined Nippon Telegraph and | |||
Telephone Public Corporation | ||||
(currently Nippon Telegraph and | ||||
Telephone Corporation) | ||||
July 2004 | Manager, Department IV, Nippon | |||
Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | ||||
October | General Manager, General Affairs and | |||
2009 | Personnel Department, Nippon | |||
Telegraph and Telephone East | ||||
Corporation (Seconded to NTT East | ||||
Properties Inc.) | ||||
May 2013 | Director & Head of Business Affairs | |||
Group, Premier REIT Advisors Co., | ||||
Ltd. (currently NTT Urban | ||||
Development Asset Management | ||||
Corporation) | ||||
June 2013 | Director, General Manager of | |||
Business Management Division, | ||||
Kazuhiro | Premier REIT Advisors Co., Ltd. | |||
1 | (currently NTT Urban Development | 2 units | ||
Kimura | ||||
Asset Management Corporation) | ||||
(November 9, 1962) | July 2016 | General Manager, Business Planning | ||
Division, Office Building Business | ||||
Headquarters, NTT Urban | ||||
Development Corporation (current | ||||
position) | ||||
July 2016 | Statutory Auditor, DHC Tokyo | |||
Corporation | ||||
July 2019 | Statutory Auditor, Premier REIT | |||
Advisors Co., Ltd. (currently NTT | ||||
Urban Development Asset | ||||
Management Corporation) | ||||
March 2020 | Director, Shinagawa Season Terrace | |||
Co., Ltd. | ||||
July 2021 | Director, General Manager, Corporate | |||
Strategy Department, NTT Urban | ||||
Development Asset Management | ||||
Corporation (current position) | ||||
May 2022 | Director (non-executive), KSP | |||
Community, Inc. (current position) |
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Number of | ||||
No. | Name | Brief Career History | Owned NUD | |
(Date of Birth) | Investment | |||
Units | ||||
April 1989 | Joined Nippon Telegraph and | |||
Telephone Corporation | ||||
October | General Manager, Real Estate | |||
2012 | Investment Promotion Department, | |||
NTT Urban Development Corporation | ||||
February | General Manager, Global Business | |||
2013 | Office, Development Department, | |||
NTT Urban Development Corporation | ||||
May 2013 | General Manager, Singapore | |||
Representative Office, NTT Urban | ||||
Development Corporation | ||||
October | General Manager, Global Business | |||
Seiji Okinaga | 2014 | Department, NTT Urban Development | ||
2 | Corporation | 0 units | ||
July 2017 | Managing Director, UD Europe Ltd. | |||
(November 22, 1964) | ||||
(currently NTT UD Europe Ltd.) | ||||
November | General Manager, Business Strategy | |||
2022 | Division, Global Business | |||
Headquarters, NTT Urban | ||||
Development Corporation | ||||
September | Deputy General Manager of | |||
2023 | Investment Marketing Department, | |||
NTT Urban Development Asset | ||||
Management Corporation | ||||
June 2024 | General Manager, Investment | |||
Marketing Department, NTT Urban | ||||
Development Asset Management | ||||
Corporation (current position) |
- Fact that falls under the category of a significant concurrent assignment:
Kazuhiro Kimura, a candidate for substitute executive director, is Director, General Manager of Operation I Department of NTT Urban Development Asset Management Corporation, which has concluded an asset management contract and a general administrative contract on operation of institutions with NUD.
Seiji Okinaga, a candidate for substitute executive director, is General Manager, Investment Marketing Department, NTT Urban Development Asset Management Corporation, which has concluded an asset management contract and a general administrative contract on operation of institutions with NUD. - Special interests shared with NUD: Not applicable except for the above.
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Number of owned investment units:
Kazuhiro Kimura, a candidate for substitute executive director, owns two investment units as of August 21, 2024.
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