YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today held an extraordinary meeting of its board of directors, at which it decided to hold an extraordinary meeting of shareholders in April limited to the following aims: 1) Discharge of directors Carlos Ghosn and Greg Kelly; 2) appointment of Renault Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard as director.
Nominations of all directors are to be submitted for approval at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June, after review of proposals from the Special Committee for Improving Governance.
Outline of extraordinary meeting of shareholders:
Date: April 8, 2019
Time: 10:00
Venue: Grand Prince Hotel New Takanawa, Minato-ku, Tokyo
About Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. Nissan is a global full-line vehicle manufacturer that sells more than 60 models under the Nissan, INFINITI and Datsun brands. In fiscal year 2017, the company sold 5.77 million vehicles globally, generating revenue of 11.9 trillion yen. On April 1, 2017, the company embarked on Nissan M.O.V.E. to 2022, a six-year plan targeting a 30% increase in annualized revenues to 16.5 trillion yen by the end of fiscal 2022, along with cumulative free cash flow of 2.5 trillion yen. As part of Nissan M.O.V.E. to 2022, the company plans to extend its leadership in electric vehicles, symbolized by the world's best-selling all-electric vehicle in history, the Nissan LEAF. Nissan’s global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, manages operations in six regions: Asia & Oceania; Africa, the Middle East & India; China; Europe; Latin America; and North America. Nissan has partnered with French manufacturer Renault since 1999 and acquired a 34% stake in Mitsubishi Motors in 2016. Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi is today the world’s largest automotive partnership, with combined sales of more than 10.6 million vehicles in calendar year 2017.
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