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Konami Holdings Corporation

12 May 2022

May 12, 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 
 Company Name     KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION 
 Representative             Kimihiko Higashio 
                     Representative Director, 
                                    President 
 Stock Exchange              Tokyo and London 
  Listing 
 Contact                  Shinichiro Yoneyama 
                   Corporate Officer, General 
                             Affairs Division 
                         (TEL 81-3-6636-0573) 
 

Notice Regarding Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION ("the Company") hereby notifies that it has resolved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today to submit a proposal for "Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation" at the 50(th) Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 28, 2022.

   1.    Reasons for Amendments 

(1) The current fiscal year marks the 50(th) anniversary since the Company's establishment in March 1973. (The Company was founded in March 1969.)

Since its establishment, the Company has expanded its business as a pioneer in the Japanese entertainment industry and now operates in four business segments: Digital Entertainment, Amusement, Gaming & Systems, and Sports.

In marking the Company's 50(th) anniversary since its establishment, we intend to change the trade name so that we, along with its group companies, will continue to take on new challenges and strive for further growth as a sustainable company. We therefore shall amend Article 1 of the Articles of Incorporation and its supplementary provisions concerning the effective date and other matters.

(2) The "Act for Partially Amending the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act and Other Related Acts" (Act No. 70 of 2021) was enforced on June 16, 2021, enabling listed companies to hold General Meeting of Shareholders without designating a location (so-called "Virtual-Only" General Meeting of Shareholders) if such is defined in its Articles of Incorporation.

The Company considers that General Meeting of Shareholders will increase its activeness, efficiency, and smoothness by making it easier for many shareholders to attend the meeting regardless of their place of residence. It will also mitigate the risks such as various infectious diseases and the occurrence of large-scale natural disasters and thus amend Article 13 of the Articles of Incorporation and its supplementary provisions concerning the effective date and other matters to permit the holding of General Meeting of Shareholders without designating a location.

(3) The amended provisions stipulated in the proviso of Article 1 of the supplementary provisions of the "Act Partially Amending the Companies Act" (Act No. 70 of 2019) will come into force on September 1, 2022. To prepare for the implementation of an electronic provision system for documents for General Meeting of Shareholders, the following amendments to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company shall be made.

The proposed amendment to Article 16, Paragraph 1 stipulates that the Company takes electronic provision measure for information that constitutes the contents of reference materials and others for the General Meeting of Shareholders.

The proposed amendment to Article 16, Paragraph 2 places limit to the scope of the contents to be included in the paper copy to be sent to shareholders who have requested it.

The provisions related to Internet Disclosure of Reference Documents, etc. and Deemed Provision Thereof (current Article 16 of the Articles of Incorporation) is deleted as it will become unnecessary.

As a result of the foregoing establishment and deletion of the provisions, supplementary provisions concerning the effective date and other matters shall be established.

   2.    Details of Amendments 

Details of amendments are shown in the Appendix.

   3.    Schedule 
   Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders necessary for the amendments     June 28, 2022 (Tentative) 

Effective date of the amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

   Item 1. (1) of the above        July 1, 2022 (Tentative) 

Item 1. (2) of the above June 28, 2022 or the date that the confirmation from the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Minister of Justice is received, whichever is later.

   Item 1. (3) of the above        June 28, 2022 (Tentative) 

(Translation)

This document has been translated for reference purposes only from the original document in Japanese. The Japanese original shall prevail in the event of any discrepancy between this translation and the Japanese original.

Appendix: Details of amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

(The parts to be amended is underlined.)

 
      Current Articles of Incorporation                    Proposed amendments 
                 Chapter I:                                    Chapter I: 
              GENERAL PROVISIONS                            GENERAL PROVISIONS 
 Article 1 (Trade Name)                        Article 1 (Trade Name) 
 The name of the Company is Konami               The name of the Company is Konami 
  Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, being                Group Kabushiki Kaisha, being expressed 
  expressed as "KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION"      as "KONAMI GROUP CORPORATION" in 
  in English.                                     English. 
                                              -------------------------------------------- 
 
 Articles 2 - 12 <Omitted>                     Articles 2 - 12 <Unchanged> 
 
                Chapter III:                                  Chapter III: 
       GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS               GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS 
 Article 13 (Convocation)                      Article 13 (Convocation) 
 An ordinary general meeting of                1. An ordinary general meeting 
  shareholders of the Company shall             of shareholders of the Company 
  be convened in June of each year              shall be convened in June of each 
  and an extraordinary general meeting          year and an extraordinary general 
  of shareholders shall be convened             meeting of shareholders shall be 
  from time to time whenever necessary.         convened from time to time whenever 
                                                necessary. 
 Such general meetings of shareholders           <Deleted> 
  shall be held within the wards 
  in Tokyo. 
   <New>                                       2. The Company may hold a general 
                                                meeting of shareholders without 
                                                a designated location for the meeting. 
 
 Articles 14 - 15 <Omitted>                    Articles 14 - 15 <Unchanged> 
 
 Article 16 (Internet Disclosure                 <Deleted> 
  of Reference Documents, etc. and 
  Deemed Provision Thereof) 
 In convening a general meeting 
  of shareholders, the Company may, 
  pursuant to the relevant regulation 
  issued by the Ministry of Justice, 
  deem that it has duly provided 
  its shareholders with the information 
  which must be mentioned or displayed 
  in the reference document of a 
  general meeting of shareholders, 
  business report, financial statements 
  and consolidated financial statements 
  by disclosing such information 
  using the Internet. 
   <New>                                       Article 16 (Measures for Electronic 
                                                Provision, etc.) 
                                               1. When the Company convenes a 
                                                general meeting of shareholders, 
                                                it shall take measures for electronic 
                                                provision of information contained 
                                                in the reference documents for 
                                                the general meeting of shareholders, 
                                                etc. 
                                               2. Among items that are provided 
                                                electronically, the Company may 
                                                exclude all or some of those items 
                                                designated by the Ministry of Justice 
                                                Order from statements in the paper-based 
                                                documents to be delivered to shareholders 
                                                who requested the delivery of paper-based 
                                                documents by the record date of 
                                                voting rights. 
 Articles 17 - 35 <Omitted>                    Articles 17 - 35 <Unchanged> 
                                              -------------------------------------------- 
 
   <New>                                         (Supplementary Provisions) 
   <New>                                          Article 1 
                                                   The amendments to Article 1 (Trade 
                                                   Name) shall come into effect as 
                                                   of July 1, 2022, and this Supplementary 
                                                   Provision shall be deleted on the 
                                                   day of the entry into force of 
                                                   the amendments. 
   <New>                                          Article 2 
                                                   The establishment of Article 13 
                                                   (Convocation), Paragraph 2 shall 
                                                   come into effect as of June 28, 
                                                   2022 or the date that the confirmation 
                                                   from the Minister of Economy, Trade 
                                                   and Industry and the Minister of 
                                                   Justice is received pursuant to 
                                                   the "Act for Partially Amending 
                                                   the Industrial Competitiveness 
                                                   Enhancement Act and Other Related 
                                                   Acts" (Act No. 70 of 2021), whichever 
                                                   is later, and this Supplementary 
                                                   Provision shall be deleted on the 
                                                   day of the entry into force. 
   <New>                                       Article 3 
                                                1. The deletion of Article 16 (Internet 
                                                Disclosure of Reference Documents, 
                                                etc. and Deemed Provision Thereof) 
                                                in the pre-amended Articles of 
                                                Incorporation and the establishment 
                                                of the new Article 16 (Measures, 
                                                etc. for Providing Information 
                                                in Electronic Format) in the amended 
                                                Articles of Incorporation shall 
                                                be effective from the date of enforcement 
                                                of 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) 
                                                (hereinafter referred to as the 
                                                "Date of Enforcement"). 
   <New>                                       2. Notwithstanding the provision 
                                                of the preceding paragraph, Article 
                                                16 of the pre-amended Articles 
                                                of Incorporation shall remain effective 
                                                regarding any general meeting of 
                                                shareholders held on a date within 
                                                six months from the Date of Enforcement. 
   <New>                                       3. These Supplementary Provisions 
                                                shall be deleted on the date when 
                                                six months have elapsed from the 
                                                Date of Enforcement or three months 
                                                have elapsed from the date of the 
                                                general meeting of shareholders 
                                                in the preceding paragraph, whichever 
                                                is later. 
                                              -------------------------------------------- 
 

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