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Daily Brief Japan: Skymark Airlines, Tokyo Stock Exchange Tokyo Price Index Topix and more

In today’s briefing:

  • Skymark Airlines Pre-IPO – Highly Leveraged with a History of Bankruptcy
  • Should the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Be Regarded as Constant Progress?

Skymark Airlines Pre-IPO – Highly Leveraged with a History of Bankruptcy

By Ethan Aw

  • Skymark Airlines (9204 JP) is looking to raise approximately US$218m in its upcoming Japan IPO.  
  • Skymark Airlines (SA) is a Japanese low-cost airline, being the third largest domestic airline  according to the company. Unlike major airlines and other low-cost carriers, Skymark operates only domestic flights.
  • In this note, we talk about the company’s past performance.

Should the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders Be Regarded as Constant Progress?

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Early disclosure of convocation notices and the use of electronic voting platforms, as specified in Corporate Governance Code, and electronic voting, which reduces the companies’ administrative burden, have also progressed.
  • Although the provision of English-language convocation notices was included in the Corporate Governance Code, only a few companies still send all documents in English translation.
  • More than 10 years after the regulatory-changes, few companies still file their annual securities reports prior to AGMs. Few companies take such a proactive approach by changing their company workflow.

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