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The Board's reasons cite the need to preserve continuous oversight functions, to assess qualifications and expertise, and to value the current one-year term and the nomination process. The attached proposal includes clauses to amend the Articles regarding outside officers' tenure.","jir_summary":"### Board Opposition to the Shareholder Proposal\nThis matter is based on a shareholder proposal that seeks to limit the cumulative tenure of outside directors to 12 years, limit the tenure of the representative director to 10 years, and introduce rules to restrain directors' remuneration. The Board of Directors has expressed its opposition. The reasons for opposition include concerns that a uniform tenure limit could undermine the Board's continuous oversight function and the qualifications and expertise of directors, and the need to maintain flexibility in the management environment and remuneration framework. The shareholder proposal attachment contains specific draft amendments to the Articles of Incorporation.\n\n### Governance and Succession Planning Perspective\nThe Board states that, to maintain the suitability of management including the representative director and the continuity of oversight functions, an appropriate nomination and remuneration decision process should be maintained through annual shareholder meeting evaluations and deliberations by the Board and the Nomination and Remuneration Committee. The Board holds the view that imposing tenure limits in the Articles would not align with the current governance structure.","jir_financial_highlights":"Limitation on the total amount of directors' remuneration for the fiscal year following a fiscal year in which a consolidated operating loss was recorded: Unknown (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#OutsideDirectorTenure, #RepresentativeDirectorTenure, #DirectorsRemuneration, #GovernanceFramework","jir_key_figures":"Proposed tenure caps: Outside directors 12 years, Representative director 10 years (proposal content)\nRemuneration deliberation structure: Establishment of Nomination and Remuneration Committee, majority independent directors\nProposer of the shareholder proposal and agenda details (attachment)","jir_meta_title":"Bunkyodo Group Holdings Co., Ltd. Board Opinion on Shareholder Proposal | October 2026","jir_meta_description":"Summary of the shareholder proposal and the Board of Directors' reasons for opposition. Explains the Board's objections to proposed Articles amendments such as a 12-year limit for outside directors and a 10-year limit for the representative director, and discusses the continuity of current governance.","jir_og_title":"Bunkyodo Group HD Board Opinion on Shareholder Proposal","jir_og_description":"Summary of the Board's reasons for opposing the shareholder proposal. Explains that uniform tenure limits may impair continuous oversight functions and the importance of the existing annual election and oversight process.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":61135,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"executive_change","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-129330","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n