This document has been translated for reference only from the original Japanese version. The Company gives no warranty with respect to its correctness.
May 9, 2012
Takara Holdings Inc.
Notice Regarding Changes in Representative Directors
Kyoto, Japan—Takara Holdings has announced that a resolution has been made at meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 9, 2012, to implement the following changes in senior management. Further, this resolution will receive final approval at the general shareholders' meeting scheduled to be held on June 28, 2012, and the following meeting of the Board of Directors.
1. Reason
Further improve corporate value with a new management system
2. Details
(1) Changes in representative directors (scheduled for June 28, 2012)
|
New position |
Name | Current position |
| Chairman and Representative Director (Chairman and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.) |
Hisashi Ohmiya | President and Representative Director (President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.) |
| Vice Chairman and Representative Director | Tadashi Ohmiya | Executive Vice President and Representative Director |
| President and Representative Director (President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.) |
Toshio Kakimoto | Executive Vice President and Representative Director (Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.) |
- Hisashi Ohmiya will retain his current position of Chairman of Takara Bio Inc.
- Tadashi Ohmiya will retain his current position of Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.
(2) Resignation of members of representative directors (scheduled for June 28, 2012)
| Name | Current position |
| Isao Goto | Chairman and Representative Director (Chairman and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.) |
- On the same day, Isao Goto will also resign from his position of director of Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., and the Company, and will subsequently become a corporate advisor to both this company and the Company.
3. Abbreviated history
(1)
Name: Hisashi Ohmiya
Born: June 9, 1943
Professional history:
| Apr. 1968: | Joined Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Takara Holdings Inc.) | |
| Apr. 1974: | General Manager of New Business Development Division | |
| May 1974: | Director | |
| Jun. 1982: | Managing Director | |
| Jun. 1988: | Senior Managing Director | |
| Jul. 1989: | Senior Managing Director, | |
| Chief Officer of Bio Business Division | ||
| Apr. 1990: | Senior Managing Director, | |
| Chief Officer of East-District Alcoholic Beverages Business Division | ||
| Jun. 1991: | Executive Vice President and Representative Director | |
| Apr. 1993: | Executive Vice President and Representative Director, | |
| Chief Officer of Alcoholic Beverages Business Division | ||
| Jun. 1993: | President and Representative Director (current) | |
| Apr. 2002: | President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.* (current) | |
| Chairman, Takara Bio Inc.* (current) | ||
| Jun. 2012: | Chairman and Representative Director, Takara Holdings Inc. (tentative) | |
| Chairman and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (tentative) | ||
| Shares held: | 293,250 |
(2)
Name: Tadashi Ohmiya
Born: March 18, 1950
Professional history:
| Feb. 2000: | Secretary of International Division, The Fuji Bank, Limited | |
| May 2000: | Resigned | |
| Jun. 2000: | Joined Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Takara Holdings Inc.) | |
| Apr. 2001: | General Manager of Corporate Planning Office | |
| Apr. 2002: | General Manager of Corporate Planning Division, Takara Holdings Inc. | |
| Managing Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.* | ||
| Jun. 2002: | Director, Takara Holdings Inc. | |
| Jun. 2004: | Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Takara Holdings Inc. (current) | |
| Jun. 2005: | Senior Managing Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | |
| Jun. 2006: | Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (current) | |
| Jun. 2012: | Vice Chairman and Representative Director, Takara Holdings Inc. (tentative) | |
| Shares held: | 318,150 |
(3)
Name: Toshio Kakimoto
Born: August 9, 1950
Professional history:
| Apr. 1973: | Joined Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (predecessor of Takara Holdings Inc.) | |
| Apr. 1998: | General Manager of Manufacturing Division | |
| Apr. 2002: | Deputy Chief Officer of Production Technology & Supply Division, | |
| Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd.* | ||
| Apr. 2003: | Executive Officer, Deputy Chief Officer of Production Technology & Supply Division, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | |
| Jun. 2003: | Director, Chief Officer of Production Technology & Supply Division, | |
| Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | ||
| Jun. 2004: | Managing Director, Chief Officer of Production Technology & Supply Division, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. | |
| Jun. 2010: | Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Takara Holdings Inc. (current) | |
| Executive Vice President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (current) | ||
| Jun. 2012: | President and Representative Director, Takara Holdings Inc. (tentative) | |
| President and Representative Director, Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd. (tentative) | ||
| Shares held: | 39,000 |
* Former Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., was renamed Takara Holdings Inc. on April 1, 2002, and subsequently two new operating companies were established: Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd, and Takara Bio Inc.
