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Apr. 15, 2020 TSE Publication of "Corporate Year-End Closing of Accounts, Auditing and Shareholders meeting in Response to the Increasing Impact of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)"

 

Today, Financial Services Agency's "Networking Group on the corporate disclosure, financial reporting and audit of listed companies in Consideration of the Impact of the COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) Infection" has published "Corporate Year-End Closing of Accounts, Auditing and Shareholders meeting in Response to the Increasing Impact of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)."

Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. has notified the listed companies as follows in response to the announcement of Corporate Year-End Closing of Accounts, Auditing and Shareholders meeting in Response to the Increasing Impact of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus)" as above.

As referred to in this announcement,"companies and auditing firms need to prepare financial results and implement audits while considering to ensure safety of employees and those who engage in audit, as well as assuming the irregular schedule of these operations" and in addition, companies with a fiscal year ended in March are required to take the points shown in the announcement into account to operate an annual general meeting of shareholders (AGM)which is usually held at the end of June"

For the person in charge of information handling, please check the content of the announcement, inform the relevant parties within the company, and as preciously requested, please re-consider the schedule for financial statement announcement.

In addition, due to the fact that the timing of finalizing the financial statement may be delayed than usual, in order to avoid stock price formation based on inaccurate / unclear information and to encourage investors to make appropriate investment decisions, proper and timely disclosure of financial results, as soon as they are finalized, and timely and proactive disclosure of the company's response to coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on business activities are requested.

Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any requests or questions regarding the disclosure of information on the effects of the new coronavirus infectious disease and the handling in the listing system.

(Financial Services Agency)Corporate Year-End Closing of Accounts, Auditing and Shareholders meeting in Response to the Increasing Impact of COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) (April 15th, 2020)icon-block
(Reference) JPX response to spread of novel coronavirus

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