Nissan holds 126th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

Ivan Espinosa, Director, Representative executive officer, president and CEO of NISSAN

YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. held its 126th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders today at the company’s global headquarters here. The meeting was attended by 1,071 shareholders and ran 3 hours and 6 minutes.


At the meeting, shareholders approved the company’s proposal to amend the company’s Articles of Incorporation and elect twelve directors due to the expiration of term of all directors.
Shareholders did not approve the other proposals submitted by a shareholder.


16 shareholders spoke, with the main topics listed below:

  • The new CEO’s strong commitment to restoring business performance
  • Partnerships and supplier collaboration
  • New business development
  • Governance enhancement
  • Product and sales strategy in Japan and the U.S.
  • Talent strategy including new hiring
  • Corporate sports activities
  • Executive retirement compensation
  • Responsibilities of outside directors

 

On June 25, we reported the resolutions decided at this shareholders' meeting in the extraordinary report.

 

<Company Proposal>
Item for resolution Approval
(Units)
Disapproval
(Units)
Abstain
(Units)
Requirement
for approval
Resolution result
and approval rate
(%)
Item 1
Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
23,568,291 2,617,648 315 Note #1 Approved 89.80
Item 2
Election of 12 Directors
      Note #2    
Yasushi Kimura 23,916,919 2,272,474 449 Approved 91.12
Bernard Delmas 24,328,262 1,861,134 449 Approved 92.68
Keiko Ihara 24,252,874 1,936,520 449 Approved 92.40
Motoo Nagai 24,024,954 2,164,436 449 Approved 91.53
Andrew House 24,268,913 1,920,481 449 Approved 92.46
Brenda Harvey 24,818,296 1,370,907 643 Approved 94.55
Teruo Asada 23,385,490 2,803,904 449 Approved 89.10
Mariko Tokuno 24,916,014 1,273,382 449 Approved 94.93
Valerie Landon 25,285,992 903,399 449 Approved 96.34
Timothy Ryan 25,472,183 717,212 449 Approved 97.05
Ivan Espinosa 25,468,157 721,044 643 Approved 97.03
Eiichi Akashi 25,536,203 653,195 449 Approved 97.29

Notes:

#1. Two third or more of the approval votes of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights and present at the meeting where the shareholders holding a majority of the total voting rights of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights are present.

#2. A majority of the approval votes of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights and present at the meeting where the shareholders holding one third or more of the total voting rights of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights are present.

 

<Shareholder Proposal>
Item for resolution Approval
(Units)
Disapproval
(Units)
Abstain
(Units)
Requirement
for approval
Resolution result
and approval rate
(%)
Item 3:
Partial revision of the provision of articles
(Establishment of a new provision for consideration of the treatment of listed affiliates)
2,197,243 17,057,968 6,935,850 Note #1 Rejected 8.37
Item 4:
Partial revision of the provision of articles
(Establishment of a new provision regarding determining a policy for dealing with listed affiliates that may be delisted)
1,953,889 17,301,544 6,935,823 Rejected 7.44
Item 5:
Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
(Establishment of a “Zesei-yaku” to ensure proper shareholder meetings)
1,292,978 17,962,072 6,936,132 Rejected 4.93
Item 6:
Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation regarding the Director Compensation
1,559,842 17,695,053 6,935,783 Rejected 5.94
Item 7:
Regarding the implementation of year-end dividends
1,430,231 17,825,197 6,935,782 Note #2 Rejected 5.45

Notes:

#1. Two third or more of the approval votes of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights and present at the meeting where the shareholders holding a majority of the total voting rights of the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights are present.

#2. By a majority of the voting rights of the shareholders present.

 


Related materials:
Notice of Convocation of 126th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

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