(Translation)
Securities code: 2579
March 2, 2015

NOTICE OF THE 57th ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

Dear Shareholder,
You are cordially invited to attend the 57th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of
Coca-Cola West Company, Limited (the “Company”), which will be held as describedhereunder.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you may exercise your voting rights either by writing or
via the Internet. Please review the attached Reference Materials for General Meeting of
Shareholders and exercise your voting rights by 5:30 p.m., March 23 (Monday), 2015.
Sincerely yours,
Tamio Yoshimatsu
Representative Director & President

7-9-66 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, JapanMEETING AGENDA
1. Date and Time:
2. Venue:
3. Agenda:
Items to be reported:

10:00 a.m., March 24 (Tuesday), 2015
The Grand Ballroom (3F), Grand Hyatt Fukuoka
1-2-82 Sumiyoshi, Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, Japan1.

2.
Items to be proposed:
Proposal No. 1
Proposal No. 2
Proposal No. 3

Business report and consolidated financial statements for the 57th
fiscal term (January 1 to December 31, 2014); and audit reports ofconsolidated financial statements by Accounting Auditors and the
Audit & Supervisory Board
Non-consolidated financial statements for the 57th fiscal term
(January 1 to December 31, 2014)

Appropriation of surplus
Election of eleven (11) Directors
Election of one (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member-1-4. Matters Related to the Exercise of Voting Rights(1) Exercise of voting rights by writing
Please indicate whether you approve or disapprove of each proposal on the proxy voting
form enclosed herewith and return it to us by 5:30 p.m., March 23 (Monday), 2015.
(2) Exercise of voting rights via the Internet
If you prefer to exercise your voting rights via the Internet, please review the“Procedures for the Exercise of Voting Rights via the Internet” on page 3 and exercise
your voting rights by 5:30 p.m., March 23 (Monday), 2015.
(3) Handling of duplicated voting(i) If you exercise your voting rights twice, both by writing and via the Internet, thevoting via the Internet shall prevail.
(ii) In case of multiple voting via the Internet or both by personal computer and mobile
phone, the last voting shall prevail.

Notes:
1. Attendees are requested to submit the proxy voting form enclosed herewith to the reception desk
when attending this General Meeting of Shareholders.
2. If we need to make any revision to the business report, consolidated financial statements,
non-consolidated financial statements or Reference Materials for General Meeting of Shareholders,we will notify you through the Company’s website (http://www.ccwest.co.jp).
[This is a partial English translation prepared for the convenience of non-resident shareholders. Should
there be any inconsistency between the translation and the official Japanese text, the latter shall prevail.]-2-

Procedures for the Exercise of Voting Rights via the Internet
If you prefer to exercise your voting rights via the Internet, please accept the following conditions before
exercising your rights.
1. Shareholders exercising their voting rights via the Internet can only do so via the website designated by
the Company (shown below). They can also exercise their voting rights online by mobile phone.
(Website URL for the exercise of voting rights) http://www.web54.net
2. If you are exercising your voting rights via the Internet, please enter the code and the password for the
exercise of voting rights indicated on the proxy voting form enclosed herewith and follow the
instructions on the screen to register whether you approve or disapprove of each proposal.
3. Connection fees payable to the providers and communication expenses payable to telecommunication
carriers (including telephone charges) when accessing the website for the exercise of voting rights will
be borne by the shareholders.
End

System Environment for the Exercise of Voting Rights via the Internet
The following system environment is required for the use of the website to exercise voting rights.
1) Access to the Internet
2) If you are to exercise voting rights using your personal computer, Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6.0(or above) must be installed as your browser. Any personal computer hardware capable ofsupporting these browsers will be adequate.
3) If you are to exercise voting rights via mobile phone, the device must be capable of 128bit SSL
telecommunications (encrypted communication). (For security reasons, the Company’s designatedwebsite is only configured to support 128bit SSL telecommunications (encrypted communication).
Consequently, certain devices cannot be used. You may also exercise voting rights using thefull-browser function of your mobile phone (including smartphones), although it may not be
possible to access the website depending on the model of your mobile phone).
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Inquiries about the Exercise of Voting Rights via the Internet
If you have any questions about the exercise of voting rights via the Internet, please call the following
numbers.
Administrator of Shareholders’ Register:
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Stock Transfer Agency Business Planning Department
Direct Line:(Toll free) 0120-652-031(accessible from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.; within Japan only)(Inquiries on matters other than the exercise of voting rights): (Toll free) 0120-782-031(accessible from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. excluding Saturdays, Sundays
and Japanese national holidays; within Japan only)

Electronic Voting Platform for Institutional Investors
Management and trust banks or other nominee shareholders (including standing proxies) have the choiceof an alternative method for exercising voting rights for the Company’s General Meeting of Shareholders.
This is the Electronic Voting Platform for Institutional Investors that is operated by Investor
Communications Japan, Inc. (ICJ, Inc.), a joint venture instituted by Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc., etc. In
order to use this method, however, application to ICJ, Inc. to use this Electronic Voting Platform must be
made in advance.

-3-Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2014

Millions of yen
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and deposits
Trade notes and accounts receivable
Marketable securities
Merchandise and finished goods
Work in progress
Raw materials and supplies
Deferred tax assets
Other current assets
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Total Current Assets

41,996
27,797100
25,659
547
2,166
3,299
14,798(316)
116,050

Fixed Assets:
Property, plant and equipment:
Buildings and structures
Machinery, equipment and vehicles
Sales equipment
Land
Construction in progress
Other property, plant and equipment
Total property, plant and equipment

33,132
23,252
27,11359,155
11
1,457
144,124

Intangible assets:
Goodwill
Other intangible assets
Total intangible assets

39,5398,160
47,699Investments and other assets:
Investment securities
Deferred tax assets
Other assets
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Total investments and other assets
Total Fixed Assets

19,162
1,708
8,914
(398)
29,386221,210

Total Assets

337,260

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

-4-Consolidated Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2014

Millions of yen
LIABILITIESCurrent Liabilities:
Trade notes and accounts payable
Current portion of long-term loans payable
Accrued income taxes
Other accounts payable
Provision for sales promotion expenses
Other current liabilities
Total Current Liabilities

17,7502,517
2,024
20,649260
8,173
51,375Long-term Liabilities:
Bonds payable
Long-term loans payable
Deferred tax liabilities
Net defined benefit liability
Allowance for directors’ retirement benefits
Other long-term liabilities
Total Long-term Liabilities

20,000
2,719
1,270
3,871
149
3,722
31,734

Total Liabilities

83,109NET ASSETS
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings
Treasury stock (at cost)
Total shareholders’ equity
Accumulated other comprehensive income:Net unrealized gains on other marketable securities
Deferred gains (loss) on hedges
Foreign currency translation adjustment
Remeasurements of defined benefit plans
Total accumulated other comprehensive income
Minority interests

15,231109,072
131,355(4,580)251,079
3,389
317
16
(1,026)
2,696
374

Total Net Assets

254,150

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

337,260

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

-5-Consolidated Statement of Income

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
Millions of yen
Net sales
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Operating income

424,406
211,525
212,881
201,873
11,008Non-operating income:Interest and dividend received
Equity in earnings of affiliates
Other non-operating income
Total non-operating income

419
87
757
1,264

Non-operating expenses:
Interest expenses
Other expenses
Total non-operating expenses
Recurring profit

550
1,112
1,663
10,609Extraordinary income:
Gains on sale of investment securities
Gains on sale of fixed assets
Total extraordinary income

421
189
611

Extraordinary losses:
Structural reform expenses
Business restructuring expenses
Losses on disposal of inventories
Loss on liquidation of subsidiaries and affiliates
Product labeling expenses
Loss on disaster
Losses on valuation of investment securities

981
760
421
417
190
24
16

Total extraordinary losses
Income before income taxes and minority interests
Income taxes
Income taxes deferred
Income before minority interests
Minority interests
Net income

2,810
8,409
2,531
1,363
4,515
32
4,482

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

-6-Consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
(Millions of yen)
Shareholders’ equity
Commonstock

Additional
paid-in
capitalRetainedearnings

Treasury
stock

Total
shareholders’equity15,231109,072

135,619(4,577)

255,346--(4,271)-(4,271)

15,231109,072

131,348(4,577)251,074

Dividends of surplus--(4,474)-(4,474)

Net income

-

-

4,482

-

4,482

Acquisition of treasury
stock

-

-

-

(3)

(3)

Disposal of treasury stock

-

-

(0)

0

0

(Net) Changes in items
other than shareholders’equity during this term

-

-

-

-

-

Balance as of Jan. 1, 2014
Cumulative effects ofchanges in accounting
policies
Balance as of the beginningof this term reflectedchanges in accounting
policies
Changes during this term

Total changes during thisterm
Balance as of Dec. 31, 2014

-

-

7

(2)

4

15,231109,072

131,355(4,580)251,079

Accumulated other comprehensive incomeNet
unrealized
gains onothermarketablesecurities

Deferred
gains (loss)
on hedges

Foreigncurrencytranslation
adjustment

Remeasurements ofdefinedbenefit plans

2,214

(1)

-

-

-

-

-

2,214

(1)

Dividends of surplus-

Net income-

Acquisition of treasury
stock
Disposal of treasury stock

Balance as of Jan. 1, 2014
Cumulative effects ofchanges in accounting
policies
Balance as of the beginningof this term reflectedchanges in accounting
policies

Total
accumulated
othercomprehensive
incomeMinority
interests

Total net
assets2,212

377

257,936(1,932)(1,932)-(6,204)-(1,932)279

377

251,731

-

-

-

-

-

(4,474)

-

-

-

-

-

4,482

-

-

-

-

-

-

(3)

Changes during this term

-

-

-

-

-

-

0

(Net) Changes in items
other than shareholders’equity during this term

1,174

318

16

906

2,416

(2)

2,413

Total changes during this
term

1,174

318

16

906

2,416

(2)

2,418

Balance as of Dec. 31, 2014

3,389

317

16

(1,026)

2,696

374

254,150

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

-7-Non-consolidated Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2014

Millions of yen
ASSETS
Current Assets:
Cash and deposits
Trade notes receivable
Trade accounts receivable
Marketable securities
Merchandise and finished goods
Work in progress
Raw materials and supplies
Prepaid expenses
Deferred tax assets
Short-term loans
Short-term loans to subsidiaries and affiliates
Accrued income
Other current assets
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Total Current Assets

35,84925
26,293100
23,470
10
894
4,654
2,324
9
3,158
7,728
671
(78)
105,111

Fixed Assets:
Property, plant and equipment:
Buildings
Structures
Machinery and equipment
VehiclesTools, instruments and fixtures
Sales equipment
Land
Lease assets
Total property, plant and equipment

27,2052,369
20,4411,600
1,085
26,36353,5210
132,588

Intangible assets:
Leasehold right
Software
Software in progress
Other intangible assets
Total intangible assets

29
6,748
927
33
7,739

Investments and other assets:
Investment securities
Stocks of subsidiaries and affiliates
Long-term loans
Long-term loans to subsidiaries and affiliates
Claims provable in bankruptcy, claims provable in rehabilitation and other
Long-term prepaid expenses
Prepaid annuity expense
Other assets
Allowance for doubtful accounts
Total investments and other assets
Total Fixed Assets

14,18452,283
38
4,821
68
3,774
1,238
1,656
(305)
77,761
218,090

Total Assets

323,201

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

-8-Non-consolidated Balance Sheet
As of December 31, 2014

Millions of yen
LIABILITIESCurrent Liabilities:
Trade accounts payable
Other accounts payable
Accrued expenses
Accrued income taxes
Money entrusted
Other current liabilities
Total Current Liabilities

15,72922,305
1,018
132
17,311
114
56,611Long-term Liabilities:
Bonds payable
Deferred tax liabilities
Allowance for employees’ retirement benefits
Assets retirement obligation
Other long-term liabilities
Total Long-term Liabilities

20,000
1,914
358
864
1,223
24,360Total Liabilities

80,971

NET ASSETS
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock
Additional paid-in capital:
Capital reserve
Total additional paid-in capital
Retained earnings:
Legal reserve
Other retained earnings:
Reserve for special depreciation
Reserve for advanced depreciation
Reserve for community contributions
Reserve for regional environmental preservation
General reserve
Retained earnings to be carried forward
Total other retained earnings
Total retained earnings
Treasury stock (at cost)
Total shareholders’ equity
Valuation and translation adjustments:
Net unrealized gains on other marketable securities
Total valuation and translation adjustments

15,231
108,166
108,166
3,316
4
606
208
581
112,6882,619
116,708
120,025(4,580)238,843
3,386
3,386

Total Net Assets

242,229

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

323,201

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

-9-Non-consolidated Statement of Income

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014
Millions of yen
Net sales
Cost of sales
Gross profit
Selling, general and administrative expenses
Operating income

370,287
205,345
164,941
162,953
1,988

Non-operating income:Interest and dividend received
Other non-operating income
Total non-operating income

913
742
1,656

Non-operating expenses:
Interest expenses
Other expenses
Total non-operating expenses
Recurring profit

513
1,107
1,620
2,024

Extraordinary income:
Gains on extinguishment of tie-in shares
Gains on sale of investment securities
Gains on sale of fixed assets
Total extraordinary income

13,644389
99
14,133Extraordinary losses:
Structural reform expenses
Losses on disposal of inventories
Loss on liquidation of subsidiaries
Loss on disaster
Losses on valuation of investment securities
Total extraordinary losses
Income before income taxes
Income taxes
Income taxes deferred
Net income

845
421
262
24
16
1,570
14,587130562
13,894

Note: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

- 10 -

Non-consolidated Statement of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014

(Millions of yen)
Shareholders’ equity

Commonstock

Balance as of Jan. 1, 2014

Valuation andtranslation
adjustments

Additional
paid-in
capitalRetained earnings

CapitalreserveOtherretainedearnings(Note 1)

Total
retainedearnings

Legalreserve

Treasury
stock

Total
shareholders’equityNet unrealized
gains
on othermarketablesecurities

Total net
assets

15,231

108,166

3,316

110,326

113,643(4,577)

232,463

2,161

234,625---(3,037)(3,037)-(3,037)-(3,037)

15,231

108,166

3,316

107,289

110,605(4,577)229,426

2,161

231,587

Dividends of surplus

-

-

-

(4,474)(4,474)-(4,474)-(4,474)

Net income

-

-

-

13,894

13,894-

13,894-

13,894

Reversal of reserves

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Savings of provisions

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Reversal of provisions

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Acquisition of treasury
stock

-

-

-

-

-

(3)

(3)

-

(3)

Disposal of treasury stock

-

-

-

(0)

(0)

0

0

-

0

(Net) Changes in items
other than shareholders’equity during this term

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1,224

1,224

Cumulative effects ofchanges in accounting
policies
Balance as of the beginningof this term reflectedchanges in accounting
policies
Changes during this term

Total changes during thisterm
Balance as of Dec. 31, 2014

-

-

-

9,419

9,419

(2)

9,416

1,224

10,641

15,231

108,166

3,316

116,708

120,025(4,580)238,8433,386

242,229

Note 1: Breakdown of other retained earnings(Millions of yen)
Other retained earnings
Reserve forregional
environmental
preservation

Generalreserve

Retainedearnings to
be carriedforward

Total otherretainedearnings

503

112,688(3,874)

110,326---(3,037)(3,037)

784

218

503

112,688(6,912)

107,289

-

-

-

-

-

(4,474)(4,474)

-

-

-

-

-

13,894

13,894

Reserve for
specialdepreciation

Reserve foradvanceddepreciation

Reserve forcommunity
contributions

Balance as of Jan. 1, 2014

6

784

218

Cumulative effects ofchanges in accounting
policies--

Balance as of the beginningof this term reflectedchanges in accounting
policies

6

Dividends of surplus
Net income
Reversal of reserves

(1)

-

-

-

-

1

-

Savings of provisions

-

-

200

100

-

(300)

-

Reversal of provisions

-

(178)

(209)

(21)

-

409

-

Acquisition of treasury
stock

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Disposal of treasury stock

-

-

-

-

-

(0)

(0)

(Net) Changes in items
other than shareholders’equity during this term

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Total changes during this
term

(1)

(178)

(9)

78

-

9,531

9,419

Balance as of Dec. 31, 2014

4

606

208

581

112,6882,619

116,708

Changes during this term

Note 2: Amounts less than one million yen are omitted.

- 11 -

Reference Materials for General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of surplus
Generally taking into account our business results for the fiscal year under review and our futurebusiness environment, we propose the appropriation of surplus as described below.
1. Year-end dividends(1) Type of assets to be distributedCash(2) Allotment of assets to be distributed and the total amount
We propose to pay 21 yen per share of the Company’s common stock.
In this case, the dividends will total 2,291,973,411 yen.
As a result, annual dividends will be 41 yen per share, including interim dividends.
(3) Effective date of the dividends of surplus
We propose March 25, 2015 as the effective date of the dividends of surplus.
2. Other matters relating to the appropriation of surplus(1) Items of surplus to decrease and the amountReserve for community contributions(*1):

208,876,811 yen(*2)

Reserve for regional environmental preservation
General reserve::581,939,398 yen
4,300,000,000 yen(2) Items of surplus to increase and the amountReserve for community contributions(*3):

890,816,209 yen

Retained earnings to be carried forward:

4,200,000,000 yen(Note) Up to now, we reserved funds in “Reserve for community contributions”(*1) and “Reserve for regional
environmental preservation”(*2) as separate items, having obtained the approval of shareholders for this. From
now, however, in order to carry out activities to contribute to regional communities and activities to promotepreservation of regional environments proactively and flexibly with the aim of further enhancing ourcorporate value, we seek approval to reverse the respective amounts of “Reserve for community
contributions”(*1) and “Reserve for regional environmental preservation”(*2), and reserve the relevant funds in“Reserve for community contributions”(*3) as a new item.

- 12 -

Proposal No. 2: Election of eleven (11) Directors
The terms of office of all eleven (11) Directors will expire at the conclusion of this General
Meeting of Shareholders.
Accordingly, we propose that eleven (11) Directors be elected.
The candidates for Directors are as follows:
No.

1

Name
(Date of Birth)

Norio Sueyoshi(February 18,
1945)

Brief Personal Profile, Position and Responsibility in the Company,
and Significant Concurrent Positions
April
March
March
August
March
March

1967
1991
1995
1997
1999
2001

October

2001

March

2002

March

2005

July
June

2006
2007

January 2009
January 2010
November 2011

2

March
March
March
March

1969
2000
2004
2006

Tamio Yoshimatsu July
(February 10,
March
1947)

2006

January
March

2007
2009
2009

January 2010
September 2014

Joined Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Managing Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Senior Managing Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Executive Vice President, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Vice President, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Ichimura Kyushu School of Nature (incumbent)
Representative Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
President & CEO, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, Royal Co., Ltd. (present Royal
Holdings Co., Ltd.) (incumbent)CEO, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Outside Director, Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
President & CEO, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Chairman, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Chairman, Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce and Industry(incumbent)
Joined Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Director, Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Managing Director, Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Senior Managing Director, Kinki Coca-Cola BottlingCo., Ltd.
Executive Corporate Officer, Kinki Coca-Cola BottlingCo., Ltd.
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Executive Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,Ltd.
President, Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Executive Vice President, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
President, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Commercial Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)- 13 -

No. ofCompany
Shares Owned

20,405

8,914

No.

3

4

5

Name
(Date of Birth)

Brief Personal Profile, Position and Responsibility in the Company,
and Significant Concurrent Positions
April
March
March
April
January

1969
1995
1999
2004
2005

January

2009

March
June

2009
2012

January

2015

April
March
March

1978
2003
2007

January

2008

January
Hideharu
March
Takemori(August 16, 1954)

2012
2012

January
January

2014
2015

April
January
January

1980
2006
2007

March
July

2009
2010

March

2012

March
January

2013
2014

Nobuo Shibata(November 12,
1946)

Toshio Fukami(March 16,
1956)

Joined Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Executive Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Coca-Cola West Japan Products
Co., Ltd. (present Coca-Cola West Products Co., Ltd.)
President, Coca-Cola West Japan Products Co., Ltd.
(present Coca-Cola West Products Co., Ltd.)
Executive Vice President, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Outside Director, Kyushu Leasing Service Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
In charge of Administrative Division and SCM Division,
Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Joined Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Director, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Managing Director, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola BottlingCo., Ltd.
Director, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Senior Corporate Officer, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., Ltd.
President, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola
Bottling Co., Ltd.
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Executive Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Group Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co.,
Ltd. (incumbent)
Representative Director, Coca-Cola West Equipment
Service Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
President, Coca-Cola West Equipment Service Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
Joined Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Group Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Nishinihon Beverage Co., Ltd.
President, Nishinihon Beverage Co., Ltd.
Director, Shikoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Managing Director, Shikoku Coca-Cola Bottling Co.,Ltd.
Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Senior General Manager of CSR Division, Coca-Cola
West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)- 14 -

No. ofCompany
Shares Owned

12,267

3,546

4,013

No.

Name
(Date of Birth)

Brief Personal Profile, Position and Responsibility in the Company,
and Significant Concurrent Positions
March
April
January

6

7

8

9

10

1979 Joined Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
2008 Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
2010 Group Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co.,
Ltd.
Representative Director, Coca-Cola West Equipment
Shigeki Okamoto
Service Co., Ltd.
(November 13,
President, Coca-Cola West Equipment Service Co., Ltd.
1956)
January 2012 Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
March2013 Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
September 2014 General Manager of Commercial Headquarters,
Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
March1985 Joined Kinki Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
January 2010 Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
January 2012 Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Yoshiki Fujiwara(incumbent)(October 5,
March
2013
Director,
Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
1962)
September 2014 General Manager of Kyushu Sales Div. No. 1,
Commercial Headquarters, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
April1985 Joined Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
January 2010 Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
January 2012 Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
Yasunori Koga
(incumbent)(April 26, 1962)
March
2014 Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
September 2014 Senior General Manager of Management Division,
Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
April
1992 Joined Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
March
2007 Director, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
January 2008 Executive Officer, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola BottlingCo., Ltd.
March
2011 Director, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Ltd.
Shunichiro
January 2012 Senior Corporate Officer, Minami Kyushu Coca-Cola
Hombo
Bottling Co., Ltd.
(June 9, 1964) January 2014 Senior Corporate Officer, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
March2014 Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
September 2014 General Manager of Kyushu Sales Div. No. 2,
Commercial Headquarters, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
April
1973 Joined Ricoh Co., Ltd.
June
2000 Senior Vice President, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
June
2002 Executive Vice President, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
June
2003 Managing Director, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
Shiro Kondo
June
2005 Director, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
(October 7,
Corporate Executive Vice President, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
1949)
April
2007 Representative Director, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
President, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
CEO, Ricoh Co., Ltd.
March2013 Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
April2013 Chairman, Ricoh Co., Ltd. (incumbent)

No. ofCompany
Shares Owned- 15 -

3,247

2,536

2,026

231

-

Name
(Date of Birth)No.

Brief Personal Profile, Position and Responsibility in the Company,
and Significant Concurrent Positions
May
1988
December 1996
January 1998
August2000
January 2005

Vikas Tiku
(July 26, 1965)

11

July

2005

June
May

2006
2009

June

2009

March

2010

March
2011
February 2015

No. ofCompany
Shares Owned

Joined Diageo plc (The Pillsbury Company, USA)
CFO, Diageo plc (The Pillsbury Company, Australia)
CFO, Diageo plc (The Pillsbury Company, Asia-Pacific)
Senior Vice President and COO, Source MDx (USA)Managing Director in charge of Asia Pacific, The
Hershey Company (USA)Group Manager, Mergers and Acquisitions,
The Coca-Cola Company (USA)
CFO, Coca-Cola Africa Group, The Coca-Cola Company
Executive Vice President and CFO, Coca-Cola (Japan)
Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and
CFO, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
Outside Director, Coca-Cola Business Service Co., Ltd.
(incumbent)
Director, Coca-Cola West Co., Ltd. (incumbent)
CFO, Coca-Cola Asia Pacific Group, The Coca-Cola
Company (incumbent)-

Notes:
1.

Special interest relationships between the Company and candidates for Directors are as follows:(1) Norio Sueyoshi concurrently serves as representative director of Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce andIndustry and Specified Nonprofit Corporation Ichimura Kyushu School of Nature. The Company disburses
membership fees and personnel costs for loaned employees, etc. to Fukuoka Chamber of Commerce andIndustry, and disburses operating expenses, etc. to Specified Nonprofit Corporation Ichimura Kyushu
School of Nature as expenses for contribution to regional communities.
(2) Shiro Kondo is Representative Director and Chairman of Ricoh Co., Ltd., which is an “associatedcompany” of the Company. However, there are no special interest relationships between the Company andthe candidate.
(3) Vikas Tiku is CFO of Coca-Cola Asia Pacific Group, The Coca-Cola Company and Representative Director,
Executive Vice President and CFO of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. Both firms have signed contracts with
the Company for the production and sales of Coca-Cola, etc., the use of trademark, and other matters. In
addition, Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. has business relations with the Company regarding the sales oforiginal syrup of Coca-Cola, etc. and receipt, etc. of sales promotion rebates.
(4) There are no special interest relationships between the Company and the other candidates for Directors.

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2.

Both Shiro Kondo and Vikas Tiku are candidates for Outside Directors.
(1) The reasons why the Company designated them as candidates for Outside Directors are as follows:(i)

Shiro Kondo is Representative Director and Chairman of Ricoh Co., Ltd. The Company requests anelection of Shiro Kondo as Outside Director in order for him to utilize his wealth of experience ascorporate executive at Ricoh Co., Ltd. for the management of the Company.

(ii) Vikas Tiku is CFO of Coca-Cola Asia Pacific Group, The Coca-Cola Company and Representative
Director, Executive Vice President and CFO of Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. The Company requests anelection of Vikas Tiku as Outside Director to further enhance strategic partnership with these firms.
(2) The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola (Japan) Co., Ltd. have signed contracts with the Company for the
production and sales of Coca-Cola, etc., the use of trademark, and other matters. In addition, Coca-Cola(Japan) Co., Ltd. has business relations with the Company regarding the sales of original syrup of
Coca-Cola, etc. and receipt, etc. of sales promotion rebates. Consequently, these firms are a major
associating party of the Company, and they are deemed as business concerns with specific relations with theCompany. The position and responsibility of Vikas Tiku in those firms for present and the past five years
are as described in “Brief Personal Profile, Position and Responsibility in the Company, and Significant
Concurrent Positions.”(3) Shiro Kondo and Vikas Tiku are incumbent Outside Directors of the Company. At the conclusion of this
General Meeting of Shareholders, Shiro Kondo has assumed the office as Outside Director for two years
and Vikas Tiku has assumed the office as Outside Director for four years.
(4) The Company has submitted notices to Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Fukuoka Stock Exchange, on
which the Company is listed, that Shiro Kondo is an “independent director.” The qualification for“independent director” is determined by rules, etc. set by each securities exchange.
(5) The Company has concluded an agreement for limitation of liability with Shiro Kondo and Vikas Tiku.
When the re-election of Shiro Kondo and Vikas Tiku is approved and adopted, said agreement shall remain
valid. The agreement will outline that in cases where the Outside Directors have caused damages to theCompany due to non-performance of their duties and yet they are bona fide and there is no gross negligencefrom them in performing their duties, they shall be liable for the damages to the limit of minimum liability
set forth in Article 425, Paragraph 1 of the Corporation Law of Japan.

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Proposal No. 3: Election of one (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Audit & Supervisory Board Member Kazushige Higuchi will resign at the conclusion of this
General Meeting of Shareholders.
Accordingly, we propose that one (1) Audit & Supervisory Board Member be elected.
We have obtained the consent of the Audit & Supervisory Board in connection with this
proposal.
The candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board Member is as follows:
Name(Date of Birth)

Brief Personal Profile, Position in the Company,
and Significant Concurrent Positions
April
June
June
May

* Seiji Isoyama(June 22, 1951)

June
June
June
June
June

No. ofCompany
Shares Owned

1975 Joined Nishi-Nippon Sogo Bank, Ltd. (present The
Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.)
2003 Trustee, The Nishi-Nippon Bank, Ltd. (present The
Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.)
2004 Director, The Nishi-Nippon Bank, Ltd. (present The
Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.)
2007 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Plenus
Company Limited (incumbent)
2007 Managing Director, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.
2009 Senior Managing Director, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank,
Ltd.
2010 Representative Director, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank,
Ltd. (incumbent)
2011 Senior Managing Executive Officer, The Nishi-Nippon
City Bank, Ltd.
2013 Deputy President, The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd.
(incumbent)-

Notes:
1.

The person marked with an asterisk is a candidate for a new Audit & Supervisory Board Member.

2.

Special interest relationship between the Company and the candidate for Audit & Supervisory Board Member is
as follows:
Seiji Isoyama concurrently serves as Representative Director and Deputy President of The Nishi-Nippon City
Bank, Ltd., which has business relations with the Company regarding deposit of funds, etc.

3.

Seiji Isoyama is a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member.
(1) The reason why the Company designated him as a candidate for Outside Audit & Supervisory Board
Member is as follows:
Seiji Isoyama has many years of experiences in The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd., a financial institution.
The Company requests an election of Seiji Isoyama as Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member so that
he will utilize such experiences in auditing the Company.
(2) During Seiji Isoyama’s term of office as Director of The Nishi-Nippon City Bank, Ltd., scandals came tolight at the bank, including the embezzlement by employees of customers’ funds. The management of thebank, including Seiji Isoyama, notified and reported to the relevant authorities regarding the incidents, andcarried out punitive dismissals of the employees involved. They also strengthened the risk management
structure and implemented measures to prevent reoccurrences.

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(3) The Company will conclude an agreement for limitation of liability with Seiji Isoyama when the election of
Seiji Isoyama is approved and adopted.
The agreement will outline that in cases where the Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members havecaused damages to the Company due to non-performance of their duties and yet they are bona fide andthere is no gross negligence from them in performing their duties, they shall be liable for the damages to thelimit of minimum liability set forth in Article 425, Paragraph 1 of the Corporation Law of Japan.

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