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FUJITSU LIMITED
NOTICE OF AGM (E)
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To our shareholders,
June 4, 2004
Hiroaki Kurokawa, President
Fujitsu Limited
1-1, Kamikodanaka 4-chome
Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki
Kanagawa
JapanNOTICE OF CONVOCATION OF THE 104th ANNUAL SHAREHOLDERS' MEETING
You are cordially invited to attend the 104th Annual Shareholders' Meeting, to be held as set forth below. If you are unable to attend the meeting, we ask that you kindly exercise your voting rights using one of the following methods.
Voting by mail
Please review the attached materials and complete the enclosed Voting Card, indicating your approval or disapproval of each of the proposals, affix your seal or signature, and return the Voting Card to the Company.
Voting via the Internet
Please access the Internet site (http://www.evote.jp/) for voting, using the control number and temporary password shown on the enclosed Voting Card. After reviewing the attached materials or the voting materials on the Internet, please follow the instructions on the screen to indicate your approval or disapproval of each of the proposals.
If you attend the meeting in person, please submit the enclosed Voting Card to the receptionist.
1. Date & Time June 23, 2004; 10 a.m.
2. Venue Shin Yokohama Prince Hotel, Sinfonia Hall
(5th Floor)
3-4 Shin Yokohama
Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi
Kanagawa3. Business to Be Conducted
Reports:
Presentation of the Business Report, Balance Sheet, and Statement of Income for the 104th Business Period (April 1, 2003 to March 31, 2004)
Agenda:
Proposal No. 1
Approval of the Proposed Appropriation of Retained Earnings for the 104th Business Period
Proposal No. 2
Partial Revision to the Articles of Incorporation
A summary of the proposal is included on pages 3 to 4 of the attached voting materials.
Proposal No. 3
Election of Three Members of the Board
Proposal No. 4
Election of Four Auditors
Proposal No. 5
Granting of Retirement Allowances to Retiring Members of the Board and Auditors
(Note: The Reports on the 104th Business Period are attached as Exhibit A.)
Notes:
(1) Those attending the meeting are requested to present the enclosed Document for Exercise of Voting Rights to the receptionist.
(2) This English version Notice of Convocation and Reference Material are based on the separate Japanese version. The style of the English version differs slightly from the Japanese version.
REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR THE EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS
1. Total number of shareholder voting rights: 1,986,430.
2. Proposals and Reference Materials
Proposal No. 1
Approval of the Proposed Appropriation of Retained Earnings for the 104th Business Period
We have forgone paying dividends since our interim dividend in the 103rd business term and caused great inconvenience to our shareholders. As our earnings and financial bases have recovered and strengthened owing to business restructuring efforts in the previous terms, we are now capable of paying dividends. However, in view of the outlook for a continued difficult operating environment and as indicated in the page A- 23 of the "104th Business Period Report", we propose to limit our dividend payment to 3 yen at the end of the term in order to strengthen our operational base.
Furthermore, we propose to resume payments of bonuses to our directors, which were halted for the past two terms.
Proposal No. 2
Partial Revision to the Articles of Incorporation
The company proposes to amend its Articles of Incorporation as specified below.
The reasons for these amendments are as follows:
i. Amendment to Article 6 : While we do not currently have any specific plans for repurchase of our shares, we will add a provision in compliance with the revised Commercial Code that will allow our Board of Directors to flexibly buy back our shares in accordance with the conditions of our capital structure.
ii. Amendment to Article 29, 30, 38 : We propose to add a new provision to limit liabilities of Directors and Auditors as permitted by the Commercial Code so that they may adequately perform their expected duties. In order to more easily appoint outside directors who have the ability to objectively oversee our management, we also propose to add a new provision that will allow us to form limited liability agreements with outside directors.
We have already received the approval of this proposal from the Board of Auditors.
The proposed revisions are summarized below. Revised portions are underlined.
Prior to Revision Revised
New Article 6 (Stock Repurchase)
The Company in accordance
with Article 211-3, Section
1-2 of the Commercial Code,
has the right to undertake a
stock repurchase upon the
decision of the Board of
Directors.Article 6 to Article 27 (Omitted) Article 7 to Article 28
(Unchanged)New Article 29 (Limitation of
Liabilities of Directors) The
Company, by a resolution of
the Board of Directors, in
accordance with Article 266,
Section 12 of the
Commercial Code may exempt
Directors from their
liabilities arising in
connection with the actions
provided for in Article
266, Section 1-5 of the
Commercial Code to
the extent permitted by law.New Article30 (Limited liability
contract for outside
directors) The Company, in
accordance with Article 266,
Section 19 of the Commercial
Code, reserves the right to
form a contract limiting
monetary liabilities with
outside directors in
connection with the actions
provided for in Article 266,
Section 1-5 of the Commercial
Code. The maximum amount of
liability is as defined by
Article 266, Section 19 of
the Commercial Code.Article 28 to Article 34 (Omitted) Article 31 to Article 37
(Unchanged)New Article 38 (Limitation of
Liabilities of Auditors) The
Company may, by a resolution
of the Board of Directors, in
accordance with Article 280,
Section 1 of the Commercial
Code may exempt Auditors from
their liabilities to the
extent permitted by law.Article 35 to Article 38 (Omitted) Article 39 to Article 42
(Unchanged)Proposal No. 3 Election of Three Members of the Board
With the resignation of Director Junji Maeyama and Michio Fujisaki upon the close of this Annual Shareholders' Meeting, we seek to elect Board Members and to elect another outside Board Member. This should help to fortify the management surveillance function of our Board of Directors.
The candidates for the position of Board Member are as follows:
Candidate Name and Personal history and positions Number of
No. date of birth at other companies shares of the
Company held
by the
candidate1 Ikujiro Apr. 1978 Proffesor,Faculty of 0
Nonaka Business Administration,
(May 10, 1935) Nanzan UniversityJan. 1979 Professor, National
Defence Accademy in
JapanApr. 1982 Proffesor, Faculty of
Commerce and Management,
Hitotsubashi UniversityFeb. 1995 Proffesor, Japan Advanced
Institute of Science and
TechnologyMay. 1997 Faculty Fellow,
Univercity of California
(to present)Apr. 2000 Professor, Graduate
School of International
Corporate Strategy,
Hitotsubashi University
(to present)2 Toshihiko Ono Feb. 1973 Joined the Company 2,000
(April 19, 1947)Jun. 1999 Group Executive Vice
President, LSI GroupApr. 2000 Group Executive Vice
President, Electronic
Devices GroupJun. 2001 Member of the Board
Jun. 2002 Corprate Vice President
Apr. 2003 Corporate Senior Vice
President (to present)3 Chiaki Ito Apr. 1970 Joined the Company 4,000
(October 10, 1947)Dec. 1995 General Manager, Mobile
Computing Div., Personal
Systems Business GroupSep. 2000 Senior Group Vice
President, Personal
Systems Business GroupApr. 2001 Group President, Personal
Systems Business GroupJun. 2002 Corprate Vice President
Apr. 2003 Corporate Senior Vice
President (to present)(Note: Candidate Mr. Ikujiro Nonaka meets the requirements for an Outside Board Member as stipulated in Article 188, Section 2-7-2 of the Commercial Code.)
Proposal No. 4 Election of Four Auditors
The terms of office for Four auditors, Takashi Takaya, Shin Koizumi, Yasuyuki Wakahara and Takeo Kato expire at the close of this shareholders' meeting. we seek to elect a total of four auditors, including two external auditors.
The candidates for corporate auditor are as follows.
We have already received the approval of this proposal from the Board of Auditors.
Candidate Name and Personal history and positions Number of shares
No. date of at other companies of the Company
birth held by the
candidate1 Takeo Apr. 1961 Joined Fuji Electric 0
Kato Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
(October 14, 1938) (currently: Fuji Electric
Holdings Co., Ltd.)Jun. 1995 Senior Excecutive Managing
DirectorJun. 1998 Auditor of Fujistu Limited
(to present)Jun. 1998 Senior Vice President,
Fujitsu Electric Co., Ltd.
(currently: Fuji Electric
Holdings Co., Ltd.)Jun. 1999 Representative Director
Jun. 2000 Chairman (to present)
2 Takashi Apr. 1965 Joined the Company 14,000
Takaya Jun. 1995 Member of the Board
(February 18,
1942) Jun. 1999 Senior Vice presidentApr. 2000 Executive Vice President
Apr. 2001 Senior Executive Vice
PresidentApr. 2003 Member of the Board
(Representative Director)Jun. 2003 Standing Auditor (to
present)3 Yoshiharu Sep. 1983 Joined Fanuc Ltd. 0
Inaba Jun. 1989 Member of the Board
(July 23,1948)Jun. 1992 Senior Vice president
Jun. 1995 Executive Vice President
May. 2001 Senior Executive Vice
PresidentJun. 2003 President (to present)
4 Hiromasa Apr. 1970 Joined the Company 5,800
Inagaki Jun. 1996 General Manager, Systems
Business Div. I, Systems
Engineering GroupDec. 2000 Group Senior Vice
President, System
Engineering GroupOct. 2001 Group Senior Vice
President, Systems
Integration GroupJun. 2002 Group Executive Vice
President, System
Integration GroupApr. 2003 Corporate Vice President
(to Present)(Note: Candidates Yoshiharu Inaba and Hiromasa Inagaki satisfy requirements for external auditor as defined by Article 18, Section 1 of the "Law Regarding Exceptional Rules of the Commercial Code Concerning Auditing, etc. of Stock Corporation.")
Proposal No. 5 Granting of Retirement Allowances to Retiring
Members of the Board and AuditorsIt is proposed that retirement allowances be presented to Members of the Board Junji Maeyama and Michio Fujisaki, Standing Auditors Shin Koizumi and Yasuyuki Wakahara who are retiring at the close of this shareholder's meeting. These allowances shall be given in accordance with company standards in gratitude for work they have performed during their terms of office.
It is also proposed that specific amounts, timing and method of payment of the special retirement allowances be determined at a meeting of the Board for the retiring Member of the Board and at a conference of auditors for the retiring Auditors.
The profile of the retiring Members of the Board and Auditors are as follows:
Name Profile
Junji Maeyama Jun. 2003 Member of the Board and Corporate
(to present) Executive Vice PresidentMichio Fujisaki Jun. 2003 Member of the Board
(to present)Shin Koizumi Jun. 2001 Standing Auditor
(to present)Yasuyuki Jun. 1987 Auditor Wakahara (to present)
This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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end of announcement euro adhoc 07.06.2004
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