Note: This document has been translated from a part of the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any
discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

Securities code: 8363
May 29, 2020
To our shareholders:
Tateki Ataka
President (Representative Director)
The Hokkoku Bank, Ltd.
2-12-6 Hirooka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, 920-0031 JapanNOTICE OF THE 112TH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
You are cordially invited to attend the 112th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of The Hokkoku Bank, Ltd.
(the “Bank”), which will be held as described below.
You may exercise your voting rights either by post or via internet. After reviewing the attached reference
documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, please exercise your voting rights no later than 5:30 p.m.,
Thursday, June 18, 2020 (Japan Standard Time).
1. Date and Time: Friday, June 19, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. (Japan Standard Time)
2. Venue:
The Bank’s Head Office, 3F, Main Hall,
2-12-6 Hirooka, Kanazawa, Ishikawa
3. Purposes:
Items to be reported:
1. Business Report and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 112th Term (from April 1, 2019 toMarch 31, 2020)
2. Consolidated Financial Statements for the 112th Term (from April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020), as well as
the results of audit of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting Auditor and the Audit andSupervisory Committee
Items to be resolved:
Proposal 1:
Appropriation of Surplus
Proposal 2:
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Proposal 1:

Appropriation of Surplus

The Bank maintains a basic policy to pay dividends of surplus to its shareholders on a stable and continual basis
while striving to improve owned capital by enhancing internal reserves.
Considering the business performance for the current fiscal year and future business development, the Bank
proposes the payment of year-end dividends as follows:
Matters related to year-end dividends:(1) Type of dividend property
To be paid in cash.
(2) Allocation of dividend property and total amount thereof:¥35 per common share of the Bank
Total amount of dividends: ¥983,843,420
As the Bank has already paid an interim dividend of ¥35 per share, the annual dividend for the fiscal year willbe ¥70 per share.
(3) Effective date of distribution of dividends of surplus is June 22, 2020-2-

Proposal 2:

Election of Nine (9) Directors who are not Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

As the terms of office of all Eleven (11) Directors (excluding Directors who are Audit and Supervisory Committee
Members; the same applies hereinafter in this proposal) will expire at the conclusion of this Ordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders. Among them, Mr. Tateki Ataka and Mr. Junichi Maeda will be retiring.
Therefore, the Bank proposes the election of Nine (9) Directors.
Please note that when selecting the candidates for Directors, appropriate procedures, such as deliberation by the
optional Nomination and Compensation Committee (a majority of which is outside Directors) have been performed,
and the Audit and Supervisory Committee considers, by taking into account the status of execution of duties bythem in the fiscal year under review, that these candidates are suitable for the position of Director in the Bank.
The candidates for Directors are as follows:
No.
1
2

Name
Hideaki Hamasaki
Shuji Tsuemura

3

Kazuya Nakamura

4

Koichi Nakada

5Nobuhiro Torigoe

6

Yuji Kakuchi

7

Toshiyuki Konishi

8

Akira Nishita

9

Takayasu Tada

Current position and responsibilities at the Bank
Senior Managing Director
Senior Managing Director
Managing Director
General Manager of Head Office Sales Department
Managing Director
Business General Manager of Management Administration
Department and Legal OfficeDirector,
General Manager of General Planning Department
Director,
General Manager of Capital Market Department
Director,
General Manager of Branch Management Department andPublic Institution BusinessDirector,
General Manager of Credit Department
Director,
General Manager of Consulting Department-3-

For reelection
For reelection
For reelection
For reelection
For reelection
For reelection
For reelection
For reelection
For reelection

No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Bank
Apr. 1978
June 2007

1

2

Number of theBank’s shares
ownedJoined the Bank
Executive Officer, General Manager of Central
Kanazawa Area and Kanazawa Chuo BranchManager
Apr. 2009
Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales
Supervisory Department
June 2009
Director and Executive Officer, General
Hideaki Hamasaki
Manager of Sales Supervisory Department(Date of birth: June 25, 1954)
2,100
For reelection
June 2012Managing Director and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Sales Supervisory
Department
Apr. 2016
Senior Managing Director (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
Director (Outside) and Audit and Supervisory Committee
Member, DAIWA CO., LTD.
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Hideaki Hamasaki was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that include
Director and General Manager of Sales Supervisory Department, and Managing Director and General Manager of Sales
Supervisory Department, as well as his experience and track record working as Senior Managing Director since April
2016. The Bank expects that he will further strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making and auditing function of theBoard of Directors.
Apr. 1985
Joined the Bank
June 2008
Executive Officer, General Manager of General
Planning Department and System Department
June 2009
Director and Executive Officer, General
Manager of General Planning Department andOperations Department
June 2010
Managing Director and Executive Officer,
Shuji Tsuemura
General Manager of General Planning(Date of birth: July 6, 1961)
5,300
Department and Operations Department
For reelection
Apr. 2011
Managing Director and Executive Officer,
General Manager of General Planning
Department
Apr. 2013
Managing Director and Executive Officer
June 2013
Senior Managing Director (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
Company Auditor, TAKAMATSU MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Shuji Tsuemura was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance as Executive Officer andGeneral Manager of General Planning Department and System Department, Director and General Manager of General
Planning Department and Operations Department, and Managing Director, as well as his experience and track record
working as Senior Managing Director since June 2013. The Bank expects that he will further strengthen theeffectiveness of decision-making and auditing function of the Board of Directors.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Bank
Apr. 1983
Apr. 2011

3

4

Number of theBank’s shares
ownedJoined the Bank
Executive Officer, Tokyo Branch Manager andGeneral Manager of Tokyo Office, General
Planning Department
Apr. 2013
Executive Officer, General Manager of General
Planning Department and Human Resource
Development Office
June 2013
Director and Executive Officer, General
Manager of General Planning Department andHuman Resource Development Office
Apr. 2016
Director, General Manager of Sales Supervisory
Department
Kazuya Nakamura
Apr. 2017
Director, General Manager of Branch(Date of birth: July 6, 1959)
Management Department, Overseas Business
2,150
For reelection
Strategy Department, Retail Customer Support
Department, and Public Institution Business
June 2017Managing Director, General Manager of BranchManagement Department, Overseas Business
Strategy Department, Retail Customer Support
Department, and Public Institution Business
Apr. 2018
Managing Director, General Manager of BranchManagement Department and Public Institution
Business
Apr. 2019
Managing Director, General Manager of Head
Office Sales Department (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
Company Auditor, I-O DATA DEVICE, INC.
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Kazuya Nakamura has been reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able toexecute management of the Bank accurately, fairly, and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that
include Director and General Manager of General Planning Department and Human Resource Development Office, as
well as his experience and track record working as Managing Director and General Manager of Head Office Sales
Department since April 2019. The Bank expects that he will further strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making andauditing function of the Board of Directors.
Apr. 1983
Joined the Bank
Apr. 2011
Executive Officer, General Manager ofKomatsu Area and Komatsu Branch Manager
June 2013
Director and Executive Officer, General
Manager of Komatsu Area and Komatsu
Branch Manager
Koichi Nakada
Apr. 2015
Director and Executive Officer, Tokyo Branch(Date of birth: September 11,
Manager
2,400
1960)
Apr. 2017
Director, General Manager of Management
For reelection
Administration Department and Legal Office
June 2017Managing Director, General Manager ofManagement Administration Department andLegal Office (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
None
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Koichi Nakada was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that include
Director and Executive Officer, Tokyo Branch Manager as well as his experience and track record working as
Managing Director and General Manager of Management Administration Department and Legal Office since June
2017. The Bank expects that he will further strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making and auditing function of theBoard of Directors.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Bank
Apr. 1982
Apr. 2014

5

6

Number of theBank’s shares
ownedJoined the Bank
Executive Officer, General Manager ofOperations Department
Apr. 2015
Executive Officer, General Manager ofOperations Department and System Department
Nobuhiro Torigoe(Date of birth: January 2, 1960) Apr. 2016
Executive Officer, General Manager of General
2,100
For reelection
Planning Department
June 2016
Director, General Manager of General Planning
Department (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
None
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Nobuhiro Torigoe was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that include
Executive Officer and General Manager of Operations Department and System Department, as well as his experienceand track record working as Director and General Manager of General Planning Department since June 2016. The Bank
expects that he will further strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making and auditing function of the Board of
Directors.
Apr. 1983
Joined the Bank
Apr. 2014
Executive Officer, General Manager of CapitalMarket Department and International
Department
Yuji Kakuchi
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer, General Manager of Capital(Date of birth: July 15, 1960)
2,400
Market Department
For reelection
June 2017
Director, General Manager of Capital Market
Department (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
None
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Yuji Kakuchi was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that include
Executive Officer and General Manager of Capital Market Department and International Department, as well as his
experience and track record working as Director and General Manager of Capital Market Department since June 2017.
The Bank expects that he will further strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making and auditing function of theBoard of Directors.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Bank
Apr. 1984
Apr. 2013

7

8

Number of theBank’s shares
ownedJoined the Bank
Executive Officer, General Manager of Central
Komatsu Area and Komatsu Chuo BranchManager
Apr. 2014
Executive Officer, General Manager of Toyama
Area and Toyama Branch Manager
June 2017
Director, General Manager of Toyama Area andToshiyuki KonishiToyama Branch Manager(Date of birth: October 28,
1,900
1961)
Apr. 2018
Director, General Manager of Overseas
For reelection
Business Strategy Department and RetailCustomer Support Department
Apr. 2019
Director, General Manager of BranchManagement Department and Public Institution
Business (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
None
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Toshiyuki Konishi has been reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able toexecute management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that
include Executive Officer, General Manager of Central Komatsu Area and Komatsu Chuo Branch Manager, as well as
his experience and track record working as Director and General Manager of Branch Management Department andPublic Institution Business since April 2019. The Bank expects that he will further strengthen the effectiveness ofdecision-making and auditing function of the Board of Directors.
Apr. 1985
Joined the Bank
Apr. 2013
Executive Officer, General Manager of Takaoka
Area and Takaoka Branch Manager
Apr. 2015
Executive Officer, General Manager of
Akira Nishita
Komatsu Area and Komatsu Branch Manager(Date of birth: September 14,
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer, General Manager of Credit
1,830
1962)
Department
For reelection
June 2017
Director, General Manager of Credit
Department (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
None
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Akira Nishita was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that include
Executive Officer, General Manager of Takaoka Area and Takaoka Branch Manager, as well as his experience and trackrecord working as Director and General Manager of Credit Department since June 2017. The Bank expects that he willfurther strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making and auditing function of the Board of Directors.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and responsibilities at the Bank
Apr. 1986
Apr. 2015

Number of theBank’s shares
ownedJoined the Bank
Executive Officer, General Manager of Takaoka
Area and Takaoka Branch Manager
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer, General Manager ofKomatsu Area and Komatsu Branch Manager
Apr. 2019
Executive Officer, General Manager ofConsulting Department and Overseas BusinessTakayasu Tada
Strategy Department(Date of birth: July 16, 1963)
1,300
For reelection
June 2019
Director, General Manager of Consulting
Department and Overseas Business Strategy
9Department
Apr. 2020
Director, General Manager of Consulting
Department (present position)
Significant concurrent positions outside the Bank
None
Reasons for nomination as candidate for Director
Mr. Takayasu Tada was reelected as a candidate for Director because the Bank judges that he will be able to execute
management of the Bank accurately, fairly and efficiently based on his past performance in positions that include
Executive Officer and General Manager of Takaoka Area and Takaoka Branch Manager, as well as his experience andtrack record working as Director and General Manager of Consulting Department since April 2020. The Bank expects
that he will further strengthen the effectiveness of decision-making and auditing of the Board of Directors.
Note: There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Bank.

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