May 18, 2022
Komatsu Ltd. (the “Company”) hereby provides notice that it resolved at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held today to propose “Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation” at the 153rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, which is scheduled to be held on June 21, 2022. The details are as follows.
1. Reasons for amendments
Since the revised provisions provided for in the proviso to Article 1 of the Supplementary Provisions of the Act Partially Amending the Companies Act (Act No. 70 of 2019) become effective on September 1, 2022, the Company proposes to make the following necessary amendments to Article 16 of the current Articles of Incorporation and add Supplementary Provisions regarding the effective date, etc. of these amendments in preparation for the introduction of the system for providing informational materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders in electronic format.
(1) Article 16, Paragraph 1 in “Proposed Amendments” below stipulates that the Company shall take measures for providing in electronic format information that constitutes reference documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, etc.
(2) Article 16, Paragraph 2 in “Proposed Amendments” below limits the scope of the items to be stated in the paper documents to be delivered to shareholders who requested the delivery of paper documents.
(3) Since the provisions for Internet Disclosure and Deemed Provision of Reference Documents for General Meeting of Shareholders, etc. (Article 16 of the current Articles of Incorporation) will no longer be required, they will be deleted.
(4) In line with the above additions and deletions of provisions, Supplementary Provisions regarding the effective date and other relevant matters will be enacted.
2. Details of amendments
The details of the amendments are as set forth in the Attachment:
3. Schedule
Date of General Meeting of Shareholders to amend the Articles of Incorporation: June 21, 2022 (planned)
Effective date of the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation: June 21, 2022 (planned)
No : 0015（3135）
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