Kansai Electric Power sues former management team 12:12 on June 12 due to receipt of hardware items

Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. has established a policy to file a complaint for damages at the start of the week, saying that the former executives such as Chairman Makoto Yagi caused damages to the company due to the receipt of money by executives. It was. The amount of the claim for compensation is expected to significantly exceed 1.3 billion yen.

Kansai Electric Power set up an investigation committee of outside lawyers because some shareholders were asked to sue the management at the time due to the receipt of gold products by executives, and the report was compiled on 8th of this month. ..

According to the report, the former Chairman Yagi and Shigeki Iwane, five directors, did not properly perform their duties as directors, and inflicted damage of approximately 1.3 billion yen on the company.

Based on this report, Kansai Electric Power's Board of Corporate Auditors discussed whether to seek damages from the former management and decided to file a lawsuit at the beginning of the week.

It seems that he decided that he could not be held liable.

The Board of Corporate Auditors will finalize the decision on the 15th day of the week, but it is likely that the target will be five former management teams.

In addition, the amount of claims for damages is expected to significantly exceed the 1.3 billion yen that was certified in the report, including the cost of investigating the problem.

The former management team of Kansai Electric Power Co., Ltd. not only received the gold merchandise from the former assistant in Takahama-cho, Fukui Prefecture, but also secretly compensated for a portion of the executive remuneration that was reduced due to the deterioration of business performance. I am.