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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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No Causality Between Shareholder Proposal Withdrawal and Share Price, but Dialogue Is a Good Thing

Companies Holding "Continuation Meetings" Will Hold Them on the Days of Concentration of the AGMs

The Adoption of the Presence of Female Directors as a Criterion for Voting Was Finally a First Step

Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>The fact at least 80% of votes are approved in company agenda shows how large the presence of ruling shareholders is and how little interest there is from ordinary shareholders.</li>
<li>The ruling shareholder structure with cross-shareholdings has made this watered-down for Japanese companies. Companies should strive to increase shareholder interest. To this end, information disclosure efforts must be promoted.</li>
<li>Companies are encouraged to make efforts to disclose sufficient information to shareholders, not after AGM, but before it, which is the highest body of the company in the first place.</li>
</ul>


The fact at least 80% of votes are approved in company agenda shows how large the presence of ruling shareholders is and how little interest there is from ordinary shareholders.
The ruling shareholder structure with cross-shareholdings has made this watered-down for Japanese companies. Companies should strive to increase shareholder interest. To this end, information disclosure efforts must be promoted.
Companies are encouraged to make efforts to disclose sufficient information to shareholders, not after AGM, but before it, which is the highest body of the company in the first place.


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