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At the Board of Directors meeting, Mr. Akio Koike, an outside director, was resolved as the new independent committee member candidate. Mr. Koike is an outside director of the Company and has no special interest involved.\n\n### Future Response and Schedule\nMr. Akio Koike is scheduled to assume the position of independent committee member on May 26, 2026. The Company will continue to maintain the response policy on large-scale purchase actions and strive to preserve and enhance shareholder value. The change in the composition of the independent committee aims to ensure a highly transparent response.","jir_financial_highlights":"Change of Independent Committee Member Candidate: Scheduled appointment date of Akio Koike: May 26, 2026 (Replacement due to Shinichi Tanaka's declination)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#ARCSCompanyLtd, #TakeoverResponse, #IndependentCommittee","jir_key_figures":"Date of change of independent committee member candidate: April 20, 2026\nNew committee candidate: Mr. Akio Koike (born July 1946)\nScheduled date of new committee member appointment: May 26, 2026","jir_meta_title":"[ARCS Company, Ltd.] Change of Independent Committee Member Candidate to Akio Koike\uff5cApril 2026","jir_meta_description":"ARCS Company, Ltd. announced a change in the independent committee member candidate from Shinichi Tanaka to Akio Koike in line with the response policy on large-scale purchase actions, with Mr. Koike scheduled to assume office on May 26, 2026.","jir_og_title":"[ARCS Company, Ltd.] Announcement of Change in Independent Committee Member Candidate\uff5cApril 2026","jir_og_description":"ARCS Company, Ltd. has changed the independent committee member candidate responding to the large-scale purchase action to Akio Koike, who is scheduled to assume office on May 26.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":8984,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"tender_offer","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-41458","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n