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6th Corporate Activity Award Companies (FY2014)　

Criteria: Initiatives to Empower Women in the Workplace

Company Name code Market Section Industry
Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. 3382 1st Section Retail Trade
FANCL CORPORATION 4921 1st Section Chemicals
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings, Inc. 8630 1st Section Insurance

Appraisal Point

  • The winners of this year's award were selected in recognition of their positive influence on the corporate conduct of other listed companies from the in-depth disclosure on women empowerment in their corporate governance reports and achievements resulting from actively addressing the nurturing and deployment of women for executive and managerial positions.

5th Corporate Activity Award (FY2013)

Criteria: Pro-active Initiatives toward the Adoption of IFRS

Company Name Code Market Section Industry
JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 2914 1st Section Foods
NIHON DEMPA KOGYO CO.,LTD. 6779 1st Section Electric Appliances
HOYA CORPORATION 7741 1st Section Precision Instruments
SUMITOMO CORPORATION 8053 1st Section Wholesale Trade

Appraisal Point

  • The winners are listed companies that engage in corporate activities which contribute to fulfilling the Code of Corporate Conduct by pro-actively expressing opinions and sharing information on IFRS adoption, and thereby serving as an example for other companies. The winners were selected from companies who have voluntarily adopted IFRS.

4th Corporate Activity Award (FY2012)

Criteria: Designation of Outside Directors as Independent Directors

Company Name Code Market Section Industry
DAIWA HOUSE INDUSTRY CO., LTD. 1925 1st Section Construction
JAPAN TOBACCO INC. 2914 1st Section Foods
SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION 7269 1st Section Transportation Equipment
ASATSU-DK INC. 9747 1st Section Services

Appraisal Point

  • The winners are listed companies that appointed 2 or more new outside directors and designated 2 or more of these outside directors as Independent Directors/Auditors.

3rd Corporate Activity Award (FY2011)

Criteria: Early Sending of Notice of General Shareholders Meeting

Company Name Code Market Section Industry
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd 5423 1st Section Iron & Steel
Hitachi, Ltd. 6501 1st Section Electric Appliances
Yamada Denki Co. Ltd. 9831 1st Section Retail Trade

Appraisal Point

  • The early sending of the notice of the general shareholders meeting is included in the Code of Corporate Conduct's "Matters Desired to be Observed".
  • In recent years, there has been a striking trend of adoption of early sending of notices among listed companies.
  • The above companies led this trend of early notices, and are deemed to have contributed to the permeation of the Code of Corporate Conduct.

2nd Corporate Activity Award (FY2010)

Criteria: Nomination of Highly Independent Outside Director

Company Name Code Market Section Industry
Teijin Limited 3401 1st Section Textiles & Apparels
Eisai Co. Ltd. 4523 1st Section Pharmaceutical
Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. 4902 1st Section Electric Appliances
Omron Corporation 6645 1st Section Electric Appliances
Sony Corporation 6758 1st Section Electric Appliances
Orix Corporation 8591 1st Section Other Financing Business

Appraisal Point

  • The Independent Director/Auditor System provides for the nomination of outside directors/auditors which meet certain requirements. The 6 companies above established and announced objective and specific criteria for judging the independence of directors/auditors and nominated highly independent candidates before the introduction of the Independent Director/Auditor System (2009).

1st Corporate Activity Award (FY2009)

Criteria: Release of General Shareholders Meeting Voting Results

Company Name Code Market Section Industry
Shiseido Company Limited 4911 1st Section Chemicals
Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd. 6592 1st Section Electric Appliances
Sony Corporation 6758 1st Section Electric Appliances
Kadokawa Group Holdings, Inc. 9477 1st Section Information & Communication

Appraisal Point

  • The above companies were recognized for their proactive corporate conduct in releasing results before FY2008. All companies adopted this policy based on independent deliberation, which can be seen in the contents of their releases.
  • The number of companies releasing results in FY2009 greatly increased from FY2008. It is thought that multiple companies already releasing results was a large factor in this. The above companies, which released results before FY2008, were recognized for setting a new trend.