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Final decisions will be made following shareholder meeting resolutions and board resolutions.\n\n### Background and Outlook\nThe change in representative directors is aimed at strengthening the organization due to the expiration of current directors' terms. The new structure will be proposed to appoint six directors and will include outside director candidates to enhance governance. Biographical details of incoming and outgoing directors are provided, and the independence of outside director candidates is indicated.","jir_financial_highlights":"Unknown: Unknown (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#NoShareBuyback, #ExecutivePersonnelAnnouncement","jir_key_figures":"Biography of the newly appointed Representative Director: Naoki Sotoki, born 1988, current roles include Outside Director & CSO, holds 287,483 shares\nScheduled resignations: Motohiro Koma (Representative Director & COO), Kazuki Hidetoshi (Director & CFO), Kunihiro Tanaka (Outside Director)\nNew director candidates: Toshiko Shimizu (candidate for Outside Director), Makio Miyagawa (candidate for Outside Director)","jir_meta_title":"ABEJA, Inc. - Notice of Change in Representative Directors and Executive Personnel","jir_meta_description":"Overview of executive personnel changes including a change in representative directors, listing incoming candidates and scheduled resignations. 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