{"id":38409,"date":"2026-04-01T13:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/ir\/9902-20260401-01_wp_executive_change\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T04:04:10","slug":"9902-20260401-01_wp_executive_change","status":"publish","type":"ir_release","link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-9902\/ir\/9902-20260401-01_wp_executive_change\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice Regarding Appointment and Changes of New Outside Director Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ms. Yoshiko Kito is scheduled to be appointed as a new outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee member) effective June 19, 2026. Mr. Kiyokazu Furuta will assume the role of outside director without Audit and Supervisory Committee membership, and Mr. Hajime Sasaki will resign as director and assume an advisory position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"Ticker":"","DATE":"","longName":"","company_name_ja":"","fullTimeEmployees":0,"address":"","phone":"","website":"","industry":"","sector":"","regularMarketPrice":0,"financialCurrency":"","marketCap":0,"fiftyTwoWeekLow":0,"fiftyTwoWeekHigh":0,"epsTrailingTwelveMonths":0,"epsForward":0,"bookValue":0,"totalRevenue":0,"OperatingIncome":0,"operatingMargins":0,"NetIncome":0,"profitMargins":0,"ebitda":0,"trailingPE":0,"forwardPE":0,"priceToBook":0,"returnOnEquity":0,"recommendationMean":0,"recommendationKey":"","targetMeanPrice":0,"numberOfAnalystOpinions":0,"analyst_earnings_data":"","dividendRate":0,"dividendYield":0,"payoutRatio":0,"totalEsg":0,"environmentScore":0,"socialScore":0,"governanceScore":0,"title":"","providerPublishTime":"","link":"","longBusinessSummary":"","longBusinessSummary_ja":"","quarterly_revenue":0,"quarterly_net_income":0,"quarterly_operating_profit":0,"enterprise_value":0,"company_officer_1_name":"","company_officer_1_title":"","company_officer_2_name":"","company_officer_2_title":"","company_officer_3_name":"","company_officer_3_title":"","company_officer_4_name":"","company_officer_4_title":"","company_officer_5_name":"","company_officer_5_title":"","company_officers_update_time":"","get_dividend_history_year1":0,"get_dividend_history_year2":0,"get_dividend_history_year3":0,"get_dividend_history_year4":0,"get_dividend_history_year5":0,"get_dividend_history_year6":0,"get_dividend_history_year7":0,"get_dividend_history_year8":0,"get_dividend_history_year9":0,"get_dividend_history_year10":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jir_stock_code":"9902","jir_company_name":"Niden Corporation","jir_importance":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606","jir_publication_date":"2026-04-01","jir_source_link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/9902-20260401-01.pdf","jir_short_summary":"Ms. Yoshiko Kito is scheduled to be appointed as a new outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee member) effective June 19, 2026. Mr. Kiyokazu Furuta will assume the role of outside director without Audit and Supervisory Committee membership, and Mr. Hajime Sasaki will resign as director and assume an advisory position.","jir_summary":"### Regarding the Appointment of New Outside Director Candidate\nNiden Corporation will submit a proposal to appoint Ms. Yoshiko Kito as a new outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee member) at the 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June 19, 2026. Ms. Kito is a certified public accountant with experience working at EY Japan LLC and currently serves as the head of her own accounting firm. She meets the requirements for an independent director and is deemed to contribute to strengthening corporate governance.\n\n### Regarding Director Changes and Resignation\nOn the same date, Mr. Kiyokazu Furuta is scheduled to assume the position of outside director without Audit and Supervisory Committee membership, moving from his current role as outside director and Audit and Supervisory Committee member. Additionally, Mr. Hajime Sasaki is scheduled to resign as director and take on an advisory role. Consequently, the board of directors will be composed of Representative Director and President Executive Officer Riichi Fuke, multiple Senior Executive Officers, and outside directors.","jir_financial_highlights":"Name of New Outside Director Candidate: Yoshiko Kito (Scheduled to be newly appointed (June 19, 2026))\nDate of Director Change: June 19, 2026 (Scheduled date)\nName of Director Scheduled to Resign: Hajime Sasaki (Scheduled to resign as director and assume advisory role (June 19, 2026))","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#NidenCorporation, #ExecutivePersonnelChanges, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"New Outside Director Candidate: Ms. Yoshiko Kito (scheduled to assume office June 19, 2026)\nDate of Director Change: June 19, 2026\nDirector Scheduled to Resign: Mr. Hajime Sasaki (scheduled to resign as director and assume advisory role)","jir_meta_title":"Niden Corporation Announces Appointment of New Outside Director Candidate and Director Changes","jir_meta_description":"Niden Corporation plans to appoint Ms. Yoshiko Kito as a new outside director (Audit and Supervisory Committee member) effective June 19, 2026. 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