Sakata INX : Notice of the 147th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders（185KB）

Published March 3, 2025 at 3:07 p.m. UTC

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(Stock Exchange Code 4633) March 5, 2025

To Shareholders with Voting Rights:

Yoshiaki Ueno

Representative Director, President &

CEO

SAKATA INX CORPORATION

1-23-37 Edobori, Nishi-ku, Osaka

NOTICE OF THE 147TH

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Dear Shareholders:

We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.

We are pleased to announce the 147th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of SAKATA INX CORPORATION (the "Company"). The meeting will be held for the purposes as described below.

When convening this general meeting of shareholders, the Company takes measures for providing information that constitutes the content of reference documents for the general meeting of shareholders, etc. (items for which the measures for providing information in electronic format will be taken) in electronic format, and posts this information on each website below. Please access one of the websites by using the corresponding internet address shown below to review the information.

The Company's website: https://www.inx.co.jp/ir/investor/meeting.html (in Japanese)

Website where information materials for the general meeting of shareholders are posted: https://d.sokai.jp/4633/teiji/ (in Japanese)

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (TSE) website (Listed Company Search): https://www2.jpx.co.jp/tseHpFront/JJK010010Action.do?Show=Show (in Japanese)

(Access the TSE website "Listed Company Search" using the above internet address, enter the Company's name "SAKATA INX CORPORATION" in "Issue name (company name)" or its securities code "4633" in "Code," and click "Search." Then, click "Basic information" and select "Documents for public inspection/PR information." Under "Filed information available for public inspection," review the information by selecting the button under the "Notice of General Shareholders Meeting/Informational Materials for a General Shareholders Meeting.")

If you will not be attending the meeting in person, you can exercise your voting rights via the Internet, etc. or in writing (by mail). Please review the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, and exercise your voting rights by 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26, 2025, Japan time. (The Voting Rights Exercise Form and the Reference Documents are available in Japanese only.)

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1. Date and Time: Thursday, March 27, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. (JST) (Registration will begin at 9:00 a.m.)

2. Place:	Urbannet Midosuji Hall
	3F, Urbannet Midosuji Building
	4-2-13 Awajicho, Chuo-ku, Osaka
	* Please note the venue is different from the previous event and be careful not
	to go to the wrong venue.

3. Meeting Agenda: Matters to be reported:

The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the Company's 147th Fiscal Year (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024) and results of audits by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board of the Consolidated Financial Statements
Non-consolidatedFinancial Statements for the Company's 147th Fiscal Year (January 1, 2024 - December 31, 2024)

Proposals to be resolved:

Proposal 1: Distribution of Surplus

Proposal 2: Election of 8 Directors

4. Other matters concerning the meeting:

If you exercise your voting rights via the Internet, etc. multiple times, the vote exercised last will be recorded as the effective vote.
In the case where you choose to exercise your voting rights in writing (by mail), if there is no indication of your vote for or against a proposal on the voting form, it will be treated as a vote "for" the proposal.
If you exercise your voting rights both via the Internet, etc. and in writing (by mail), your exercise of voting rights via the Internet, etc., will be treated as valid, regardless of the date of arrival.
If you exercise your voting rights by proxy, you may designate one other shareholder holding voting rights of the Company to attend the meeting. Please note, however, that it is necessary to submit a document proving the authority of proxy.

When attending the meeting, please submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form at the reception desk.
If revisions to the items subject to measures for electronic provision arise, a notice of the revisions and the details of the items before and after the revisions will be posted on each aforementioned website.
Paper-baseddocuments stating items subject to measures for electronic provision have been sent to shareholders who have requested the delivery of paper-based documents, however those documents do not include the following items in accordance with the provisions of laws and regulations and Article 16, paragraph 2 of the Company's Articles of Incorporation.
1. Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
2. Notes to Non-consolidated Financial Statements

For this reason, the Consolidated Financial Statements and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements stated in the aforementioned documents constitute one part of the documents included in the scope of audits by the Accounting Auditor and Audit & Supervisory Board for preparing their respective audit reports.

Please note that souvenirs will not be provided to the attendees at the meeting.

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Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders

Proposals and References

Proposal 1: Distribution of Surplus

The Company regards the redistribution of profits to all shareholders as an important management measure, and we will implement active and stable dividend payments and flexible share buybacks upon comprehensively taking into account our business performance, investment plans, and business environment.

Based on this policy, the Company is aiming for the higher of a total return ratio of 50% or more and a DOE (dividend on equity ratio) of 2.5% during the period of Mid-term Management Plan 2026 (CCC-

and proposes a year-end dividend for this fiscal year as follows:
1. Type of dividend property: Cash
2. Allotment of dividend property and its total amount
  45 yen per share of the Company's common stock (total dividend of 2,237,995,080 yen).
  As a result, combined with the interim dividend of 25 yen per share paid on September 6, 2024, the annual dividend will be 70 yen per share.
3. Effective date of the distribution of dividends of surplus: March 28, 2025

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Proposal 2: Election of 8 Directors

At the conclusion of this meeting, the terms of office of all 8 Directors will expire. The Company proposes the election of 8 Directors while considering diversity.

The details of the candidates for Director are as follows:

					Attendance
					at Board of
					Directors
No.	Name		Gender	Positions, responsibilities, etc. in the Company	meetings
	for the

					fiscal year
					under
					review
1	Yoshiaki Ueno	Reelection	Male	Representative Director, President & CEO	100%
(17/17)

				Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer
				In charge of Information Systems Div., Finance &	100%
2	Toshihiko Fukunaga	Reelection	Male	Accounting Div., Business Process Re-engineering
(17/17)
				Dept., supervising international operations, and

				INX International Ink Co. Chairman
				Director, Managing Executive Officer
				In charge of Information Media Business,
				Packaging Ink Business, Digital & Specialty	100%
3	Hiroshi Morita	Reelection	Male	Products Business, Sales Administration Div.,
(17/17)
				Customer Relationship Management Div., and

				supervising SAKATA SANGYO, LIMITED and
				SAKATA LABOSTATION CO., LTD.
				Director, Senior Executive Officer	100%
4	Minoru Tateiri	Reelection	Male	In charge of Environment & Quality Div.
(17/17)
				General Manager, Production Management Div.

5	Takayuki Shirafuji	New	Male	Executive Officer	-
election	Corporate Planning

		Reelection			94.1%
6	Yoshio Sato	Outside	Male	Outside Director
(16/17)
		Independent

		Reelection			100%
7	Yukiko Tsujimoto	Outside	Female	Outside Director
(17/17)
		Independent

		Reelection			100%
8	Kazuko Otsuki	Outside	Female	Outside Director
(17/17)
		Independent

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:

		April 1985	Joined the Company
		June 2007	General Manager, 2nd R&D Dept.,
			Corporate R&D Div.
		October 2008	General Manager, 3rd R&D Dept., Corporate
			R&D Div.
		June 2014	Director, Commissioned as General
			Manager, Corporate R&D Div.
	Yoshiaki Ueno	June 2015	In charge of Purchasing Div.
	July 2016	In charge of Purchasing Div. and Marketing
	(December 22, 1961)
		& New Business Development Div.	47,305

	(Male)	March 2018	Executive Officer, In charge of Purchasing
		Div. and Marketing & New Business

1			Development Div.
	July 2018	In charge of Purchasing Div.

		March 2019	Managing Executive Officer
		March 2021	Representative Director (current position),
			President & CEO (current position)
		January 2022	Supervising Corporate R&D
		April 2023	In charge of Corporate R&D Div.
	Reason for appointment as candidate for Director
	Yoshiaki Ueno has held many important positions in the research and development division. In his current
	position as Representative Director, President & CEO, he has led the Group with strong leadership as a
	management executive, and has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and
	improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to
	continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company
	based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:

		April 1983	Joined the Company
		March 2008 General Manager, International Operations
			Dept.
		June 2014	Associate Director
		July 2015	General Manager, Finance & Accounting
			Div.
		March 2016	Director (current position), In charge of
			Information Systems Div. and International
			Operations Dept. and Commissioned as
			General Manager, Finance & Accounting
			Div.
		March 2017	In charge of Information Systems Div.,
			Finance & Accounting Div. and International
			Operations Dept.
		March 2018	Executive Officer, In charge of Information
			Systems Div., Finance & Accounting Div.
			and International Operations Dept.
		October 2018	In charge of Corporate Planning Div.,
			Information Systems Div., Finance &
	Toshihiko Fukunaga		Accounting Div.
	March 2019	Senior Executive Officer, In charge of
	(March 26, 1961)
		Corporate Planning Div., Information	36,202

	(Male)		Systems Div., Finance & Accounting Div.
		and Public & Investor Relations Div.

2		March 2020	In charge of Corporate Planning Div.,
		Information Systems Div., Finance &

			Accounting Div.
		March 2021	Managing Executive Officer
		January 2023 Senior Managing Executive Officer (current
			position)
		April 2024	In charge of Corporate Planning Div. and
			Finance & Accounting Div., and General
			Manager, Information Systems Div.
		June 2024	In charge of Corporate Planning Div.,
			Finance & Accounting Div., Information
			Systems Div.
		January 2025	In charge of Information Systems Div.,
			Finance & Accounting Div., Business
			Process Re-engineering Dept. (current
			position), and supervising international
			operations (current position)

(Significant concurrent positions) INX International Ink Co. Chairman

Reason for appointment as candidate for Director

Toshihiko Fukunaga has served many important positions in the finance and accounting division and the international operations division. As an incumbent Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:

		April 1984	Joined the Company
		June 2006	Branch Manager, Shikoku Branch Office
		June 2013	General Manager, Tokyo 1st Sales &
			Marketing Dept., Offset Ink Div.
			concurrently, General Manager, Tokyo 2nd
			Sales & Marketing Dept., Offset Ink Div.
		October 2015	General Manager, Offset Ink Div., General
			Manager, Tokyo 1st Sales & Marketing
			Dept., Offset Ink Div., concurrently, General
			Manager, Tokyo 2nd Sales & Marketing
			Dept., Offset Ink Div.
		March 2016	Associate Director, General Manager, Digital
			& Specialty Products Div.
		July 2016	Associate Director, General Manager, Digital
	Hiroshi Morita		& Specialty Products Div.
	March 2017	Director, Commissioned as General
	(August 7, 1961)
		Manager, Digital & Specialty Products Div.	27,333

	(Male)	March 2018	Director, Executive Officer
	March 2019 Senior Executive Officer

3		January 2022	Managing Executive Officer (current
			position)
		April 2022	Inkjet Global Sales Committee Chairman
		January 2023 In charge of Digital & Specialty Products
			Div.
		March 2023	Director (current position)
		January 2025 In charge of Information Media Business,
			Packaging Ink Business, Digital & Specialty
			Products Business, Sales Administration
			Div., Customer Relationship Management
			Div. (current position), and supervising
			SAKATA SANGYO, LIMITED and
			SAKATA LABOSTATION CO., LTD.
			(current position)

Reason for appointment as candidate for Director

Hiroshi Morita has held many important positions in the offset ink division and digital and specialty products division. As an incumbent Director, Managing Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:

		April 1989	Joined the Company
		January 1996 Assigned to International Administration
			Dept., based in Chicago
		January 1999 Assigned to International Operations Dept.,
			based in Dunkirk
		October 2005	Manager, Tokyo Engineering Group,
			Technical Service & Development Dept.,
			Graphic Arts Div.
	Minoru Tateiri	March 2009 Assigned to International Operations Dept.,
		based in Maoming
	(March 2, 1967)		17,548
	February	General Manager, Production Management

	(Male)	2015	Dept., Production Technology Div.
	March 2020	Executive Officer
4
	March 2021	General Manager, Production Technology

			Div.
		January 2023 Senior Executive Officer (current position),
			In charge of Environment & Quality Div.
			(current position), General Manager,
			Production Management Div. (current
			position)
		March 2023	Director (current position)
	Reason for appointment as candidate for Director
	Minoru Tateiri has held many important positions in the production technology division. As a Director, Senior
	Executive Officer, he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and
	improvement of corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to
	continue making important management decisions and supervising the execution of business for the Company
	based on his abundant experience and extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:

		April 1994	Joined the Company, Seconded to Sakata Inx
			International Corporation (currently SIIX
			Corporation)
		April 1998	Secondment terminated
	*	October 2009	Manager, Finance & Accounting Div.
	February	Manager, International Operations Dept.
	Takayuki Shirafuji
	2017
	(June 1, 1971)		12,153
	March 2017 Assigned to International Operations Dept.,

	(Male)		based in Chicago
	June 2022	General Manager, Planning Dept., Corporate
5
		Planning Div.
		April 2023	General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.
		January 2025 Executive Officer, Corporate Planning
			(current position)
	Reason for appointment as candidate for Director
	Having seconded to the Group's affiliated company, Takayuki Shirafuji has expertise in accounting and finance
	as well as corporate planning, etc. and international experiences. As Executive Officer of Corporate Planning,
	he has played an appropriate role in promoting the Group's sustainable growth and improvement of corporate
	value over the medium to long term. The Company believes that he is qualified to make important management
	decisions and supervise the execution of business for the Company based on his abundant experience and
	extensive knowledge and insight.

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No.	Name	Career summary, positions, responsibilities and significant	Number of the
Company's
(Date of birth)		concurrent positions
		shares held:

		April 1973	Joined Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
		July 2000	Director (Head Office), General Manager,
			General Corporate Headquarters, Sumitomo
			Life Insurance Company
		April 2002	Managing Director, Managing Executive
			Officer, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
		July 2007	Director, President & Chief Executive
			Officer, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
		July 2011	Representative Director, President & CEO,
			Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
		April 2014	Chairman of the Board, Sumitomo Life
			Insurance Company
		June 2014	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
			Panasonic Corporation (currently Panasonic
			Holdings Corporation)
	Yoshio Sato	June 2014	Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
	(August 25, 1949)		the Company	0
		July 2015	Chairman of the Board, CEO, Sumitomo
	(Male)
		Life Insurance Company

		June 2018	Outside Director, Rengo Co., Ltd. (current
			position)
6		April 2021	Director, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company
	July 2021	Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Life

			Insurance Company (current position)
		June 2022	Outside Director, Toyo Securities Co., Ltd.
			(current position)
		March 2023	Outside Director, the Company (current
			position)

(Significant concurrent positions)

Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Life Insurance Company

Outside Director, Rengo Co., Ltd. Outside Director, Toyo Securities Co., Ltd.

Reason for appointment as candidate for Outside Director and expected roles

Yoshio Sato has engaged in management for many years, including serving as Chairman, President and Representative Director of Sumitomo Life Insurance Company and has acquired abundant experience and extensive insight as a manager. He has also engaged in auditing work as an Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member of the Company. Currently, as an Outside Director of the Company, he makes statements as necessary in discussions of proposals at meetings of the Board of Directors and plays an appropriate role in ensuring the validity and appropriateness of decision-making.

The Company believes that he will be able to continue to provide opinions and suggestions that would benefit the Company's management and perform his management supervisory function from an independent and fair standpoint based on his abundant experience and extensive insight.

Yoshio Sato is an incumbent Outside Director of the Company, and he will have served for 2 years at the conclusion of this meeting since taking office.

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