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| May 29, 2007 |
| Press Release |
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Company name: Faith Inc.
Representative: Hajime Hirasawa, CEO/President
(Stock code 4295, Listed on TSE 1st section)
Contact: Shigeyoshi Fujiwara, Corporate Communication
TEL: +81-(0)3-5776-6255 (Representative) |
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Election of Director and Statutory Auditor Candidates |
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| At the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 29, 2007, Faith Inc. elected 5 director candidates and 3 statutory auditor candidates to be deliberated at the 15th Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 28, 2007. |
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| 1．Appointments and Resignations of Directors and Statutory Auditors |
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Candidates to be reappointed as directors (3 people)
Hajime Hirasawa Keizo Odori Koji Saeki |
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Candidates to be newly appointed as directors (2 people)
Masaru Koshimizu
Yasuyuki Higuchi
*Mr. Yasuyuki Higuchi is an outside director candidate. |
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Candidate to be reappointed as a statutory auditor (1 person)
Yasumasa Tomioka
*Mr. Yasumasa Tomioka is an outside statutory auditor candidate. |
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Candidates to be newly appointed as statutory auditors (2 people)
Akira Watanabe
Takako Sugaya
*Mr. Akira Watanabe and Ms. Takako Sugaya are outside statutory auditor candidates. |
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An exiting statutory auditor to be resigned(1 person)
Yoshio Takahashi |
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| 2．Team of Directors and Statutory Auditors on and after June 28, 2007 |
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CEO and President: |
Hajime Hirasawa |
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Representative Director |
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Director: |
Keizo Odori |
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CFO/ Director: |
Koji Saeki |
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Director: |
Masaru Koshimizu |
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Director (non-full-time): |
Yasuyuki Higuchi |
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Standing Statutory Auditor: |
Akira Watanabe |
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Standing Statutory Auditor: |
Akira Shimizu |
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Statutory Auditor: |
Yasumasa Tomioka |
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Statutory Auditor: |
Takako Sugaya |
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| [Candidate to be Newly Appointed as a Director] |
| Career |
Masaru Koshimizu
Born on August 20, 1969 |
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| April 1993 |
Entered Map International Co., Ltd. |
| June 2000 |
Entered TVS Co., Ltd. |
| October 2001 |
Entered Cable and Wireless IDC Inc. |
| May 2003 |
Entered Japan Telecom Network Information Service Co., Ltd. |
| August 2005 |
Entered Faith Inc. |
| January 2007 |
An Executive Officer of Faith Inc. (Present post) |
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| [Candidate to be Newly Appointed as a Director] |
| Career |
Yasuyuki Higuchi
Born on November 28, 1957 |
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| April 1980 |
Entered Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. |
| April 1992 |
Entered The Boston Consulting Group Inc. |
| July 1994 |
Entered Apple Computer, Inc. |
| July 1997 |
Entered Compaq Computer K.K.
Served concurrently as chief of consumer product division and chief of PC
product division at Compaq Computer K.K. |
| October 1999 |
EDO of Consumer Business Division at Compaq Computer K.K. |
| June 2000 |
A vice-president of Compaq Computers Corporation at the USA headquarters. |
| May 2003 |
President of Hewlett-Packard Japan, Ltd. |
| May 2005 |
President of Daiei Inc. |
| March 2007 |
A Representative Executive Officer/COO of Microsoft Corporation (Present post) |
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| [Candidate to be Newly Appointed as a Statutory Auditor] |
| Career |
Akira Watanabe
Born on October 31, 1946 |
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| June 1969 |
Entered Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation. |
| July 1983 |
An assistant to director in charge of fund accounting at Japan Tobacco and Salt Public Corporation. |
| July 1994 |
General Manager of public relations at Japan Tobacco, Inc. |
| June 1996 |
A member of board at Japan Tobacco, Inc.
General Manager, Yokohama branch of Japan Tobacco, Inc. |
| June 1999 |
Executive Vice President of Japan Tobacco, Inc. |
| June 2001 |
CEO of Tokkyo Shiki Co., Ltd. |
| January 2003 |
Non-executive advisor of Tokkyo Shiki Co., Ltd. |
| June 2005 |
A standing auditor of Total Media Development Institute Co., Ltd. |
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| [Candidate to be Newly Appointed as a Statutory Auditor] |
| Career |
Takako Sugaya
Born on September 20, 1972 |
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| October 2002 |
Registered as a lawyer (Daini Tokyo Bar Association) |
| October 2002 |
Entered Hideo Yamada Law Firm. |
| January 2004 |
Name of the law firm changed to Yamada-Ozaki Law Firm. (Present post) |
| September 2004 |
Part-time temporary staff at Keio Law School (Present post) |
| June 2006 |
An auditor at Keywalker, Inc. (Present post) |
| December 2006 |
A visiting professor at Toin University of Yokohama, Law School. (Present post) |
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