To submit a business improvement plan to Kansai Electric Power on March 30 21:11 on March 27

Kansai Electric Power is submitting a business improvement plan to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as early as the 30th of the week on the issue of executives receiving a large amount of money. In this context, the policy is to include a transition to a company with a nominating committee that strengthens the authority of outside directors.

A third-party committee survey revealed that 75 executives, employees and 75 people from Kansai Electric Power had received a total of 360 million yen worth of money from former assistants in Takahama Town, Fukui Prefecture, according to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. I received a business improvement order.

Regarding this, Kansai Electric Power will submit a business improvement plan to the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry as early as the 30th of the week to prevent recurrence.

In order to enhance the governance function of the company, the plan is to include a transition to a company with a nominating committee, which strengthens the authority of outside directors.

In addition, due to the fact that the process of ordering construction work in the nuclear power business was unclear as a factor in receiving money, it is expected that some of the authority for construction orders given to nuclear power plants will be reduced. .

In addition, malicious cases were discovered in which retired vice presidents were re-employed, paying large remunerations, or secretly replenishing cut remuneration. It is anticipated that a mechanism for directors to check will also be included in the plan.