On the 6th, Toshiba announced in a convocation notice a proposal for the appointment of directors to be submitted to this month's general meeting of shareholders.
It is a proposal to accept two new directors from the "shareholders who say things" where the conflict continues, but what kind of shareholders are in an unusual personnel case where one of the outside directors expresses opposition and the opinions are divided among the management team The focus is on showing judgment.
On the 6th, Toshiba announced in a convocation notice the proposal for the election of 13 directors, which the company will submit at the general meeting of shareholders to be held on the 28th of this month, and will accept two from the "shareholders who say things" who continue to have conflicts with new directors. It has become.
However, one of the outside directors and lawyer Mariko Watahiki objected to choosing the two, and this is stated in the convocation notice.
The reason for the opposition has not been clarified, but it seems that there was a judgment that it was not preferable from the viewpoint of fairness to accept from a specific major shareholder.
It is unusual for a director in the family to express a dissenting opinion on a bill submitted by the company, and the focus is on how shareholders make decisions on personnel cases where opinions are divided among management.
In addition, Mr. Watabiki, who is also a member of Toshiba's audit committee, is another member of the board about the fact that outside director Raymond Zeiji, who is the coordinator of this bill, sent out opinions different from the company's resolution through Twitter in March. He also stated that he had "damaged trust in the board of directors."