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: 5852
May 26, 2017
To our shareholders:
Arata Takahashi, President, CEO
Ahresty Corporation[Head Office and Headquarters]
1-2 Nakabara, Mitsuya-cho, Toyohashi-shi, Aichi[Tokyo Head Office]2-46-1 Honcho, Nakano-ku, TokyoNOTICE OF THE 96th GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
You are cordially invited to attend the 96th General Meeting of Shareholders of Ahresty Corporation (the“Company”) on June 15, 2017 (Japan Standard Time), which will be held as described hereunder.
Please note that if you are unable to attend the meeting on the specified date, you can still exercise your voting
rights online or by post. Please cast your vote upon reviewing the “Reference Documents for the General Meetingof Shareholders,” provided towards the end of this document.
1. Date and Time: Thursday, June 15, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. (Japan Standard Time)
2. Venue:
NAKANO SUNPLAZA, 13th floor, Cosmo Room
4-1-1 Nakano, Nakano-ku, Tokyo
3. Purpose of the Meeting
Matters to be reported:
1. Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements for the 96th fiscal year (from April 1, 2016 to
March 31, 2017) and Reports of Audit on the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting
Auditor and the Audit and Supervisory Committee
2. Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 96th fiscal year (from April 1, 2016 to March 31, 2017)
Matters to be resolved:
Proposal No. 1
Election of Six (6) Directors (excluding Directors Serving as the Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members)
Proposal No. 2
Election of Five (5) Directors Serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee
Members
4. Guidelines for exercising your voting rights
Please refer to the [Guidelines for exercising your voting rights] on the Page 2 (in Japanese only).
5. Issues related to Internet disclosure
Of the documents that need to be submitted for the shareholders’ meeting, the Company has posted thefollowing items from the attached documents on its website, in compliance with laws and regulations andArticle 14 of Articles of Incorporation. The said items are not provided with this notice.
(i) Business Report “Status of subscription rights to shares”(ii) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements(iii) Notes to the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements
The documents attached to this meeting notification are part of the Business Report, Consolidated Financial
Statements and Non-Consolidated Financial Statements audited by the accounting auditor and the Audit andSupervisory Committee) when creating an audit report.
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All the attendees are kindly requested to submit the enclosed voting form to our reception desk at the venue on the day of meeting.
If there are any changes to the Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders, the Business Report, theConsolidated Financial Statements, or the Non-Consolidated Financial Statements, they will be posted on the Company’s website.
Official Website (http://www.ahresty.co.jp)- 1 -Reference Documents for the General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposal No. 1

Election of Six (6) Directors (excluding Directors Serving as the Audit and Supervisory
Committee Members)

The term of office of all five (5) Directors (excluding Directors Serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee
Members) will expire at the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, we request theelection of six (6) Directors (excluding Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members).
Moreover, this proposal has been considered by the Audit and Supervisory Committee, but they have expressed no
opinion.
The candidates for election as Directors (excluding Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee
Members) are as follows:
Candidate
Name
No.
1
Arata Takahashi
2

Shinichi Gamou

3

Naoyuki Kaneta

4Junji Ito5

Shinichi Takahashi

6

Kenichi Nonaka

Current position/areas of responsibility in the Company
President, CEO
Director, Managing Executive Officer
President, Ahresty Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
Chairman, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Director, Managing Executive Officer, Chief of Sales CommandManaging Executive Officer, General Manager of Advance
Production Engineering Dept.
Executive Officer, General Manager of IT System Dept.
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief of
Manufacturing Command- 2 -Reelection
Reelection

Reelection
New election
New election
Reelection

Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Arata Takahashi(November 2, 1955)
1

2

Reelection

Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility(significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Apr. 1979
Oct. 1986
June 1987
May 1994
June 1995
June 1997
Oct. 1997

Joined Ahresty Corporation
Director, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Director, Ahresty Corporation
Chairman, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Senior Executive Director, Ahresty Corporation
Vice President, Ahresty Corporation
President, Ahresty Corporation (current
position)
Director, Kyoto Die Casting Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
Senior Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
CEO, Ahresty Corporation (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
held

915,021

June 2001
July 2001
June 2003
June 2005(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Arata Takahashi has long-standing achievements in leading the entire Group as Group’s management and abundant
knowledge in the overall business. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for Director.
Oct. 1982
Joined Sugahara Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
(current Ahresty Yamagata Corporation)
May 2002
Director, General Manager of Plant, Sugahara
Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2008
President, Ahresty Yamagata Corporation
Oct. 2011
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
Director and President, Guangzhou Ahresty
Shinichi Gamou(August 18, 1955)
Casting Co., Ltd.
1,100
Apr. 2013
Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Reelection
Corporation (current position)
June 2013
Director, Ahresty Corporation (current
position)
July 2015
President, Ahresty Mexicana, S.A. de C.V.
(current position)
Chairman, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation(current position)(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Shinichi Gamou has stationed overseas and accumulated achievements and knowledge in controlling the overseas
subsidiaries in addition to his management experience in Japan. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he isappropriate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility(significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Apr. 1983
June 2006
Mar. 2007

Naoyuki Kaneta(April 26, 1964)
3

Reelection

May 2008
Apr. 2011
June 2015

4

5

Joined Ahresty Corporation
General Manager, Western Japan Die Casting
Sales Dept., Ahresty Corporation
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
Deputy Chief, Sales Command; General
Manager, Die Casting Sales Dept., Ahresty
Corporation
Chief, Sales Command, Ahresty Corporation(current position)
Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation (current position)
Director, Ahresty Corporation (current
position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
held

10,500(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Naoyuki Kaneta has proven achievements in controlling the sales division of the Group as Chief of Sales Commandof the Company as well as abundant experience in sales in the past. In consideration of the above, it was judged that heis appropriate for Director.
Apr. 1978
Joined Ahresty Corporation
Apr. 2010
General Manager, Toyohashi Plant, Ahresty
Corporation
Junji ItoOct. 2013
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation(June 3, 1955)
General Manager, Advance Production
3,379
Engineering Dept., Ahresty Corporation
New election(current position)
June 2016
Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation (current position)(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Junji Ito has proven achievements in controlling the advance production engineering division of the Group as
General Manager of Advance Production Engineering Dept. of the Company as well as past experience and knowledge
as General Manager of a plant and Executive Officer. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate
for Director.
Apr. 2009
Joined Ahresty Corporation
Jan.
2011
Director, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Shinichi Takahashi
Apr. 2014
General Manager, IT System Dept., Ahresty(October 21, 1980)
2,343
Corporation (current position)
New election
June 2016
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation(current position)(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Shinichi Takahashi has proven achievements in controlling the IT system division of the Group as General
Manager of IT System Dept. of the Company as well as past experience and knowledge as Director of an overseas
subsidiary and Executive Officer. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility(significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Apr. 1967
June 1991
July 1994

Jan. 1999
May 1999

Kenichi Nonaka(January 28, 1949)
6

Mar. 2001
July 2001
Jan. 2005

Reelection
June 2005
Oct. 2008
Jan. 2011
Apr. 2011
June 2011

Number of theCompany’s shares
held

Joined Ahresty Corporation
Director and General Manager, Administration
Dept., Ahresty Kumamoto Corporation
General Manager, Quality Management Dept.
and TQM Promotion Office, Ahresty
Corporation
General Manager, General Affairs Dept.,
Ahresty Corporation
General Manager, General Affairs Dept. andManagement Planning Office, Ahresty
Corporation
President, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
Senior Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
General Manager, Toyohashi Plant, Ahresty
Corporation
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
President, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
Chief, Manufacturing Command, Ahresty
Corporation (current position)
Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation
Director, Ahresty Corporation (current
position)
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation (current position)

8,500(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Kenichi Nonaka has proven achievements in controlling the manufacturing division of the Group as Chief of
Manufacturing Command of the Company as well as past experience and knowledge in overseas management. In
consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for Director.
(Notes)1. There are no conflicts of interest between each candidate and the Company.
2. The number of the Company’s shares held by the candidates as listed here is true as of the end of the fiscal year (March
31, 2017). It includes the number of shares held by the candidate through Ahresty Employee Shareholding Association.

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Election of Five (5) Directors Serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members

The term of office of all four (4) Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members will expire at
the conclusion of this General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, we request the election of five (5) Directors
serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members.
In addition, the consent of the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members has been obtained for this proposal.
[Ahresty Corporation Independent Director Election Standards]
In addition to the standards stipulated in the Companies Act and by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the election will beheld in accordance with the “Independent Director Election Standards” (established in October 2015) related toindependence from the Company for electing outside Directors, and efforts will be made to eliminate the risk of
conflict of interest with general shareholders.
[Broad Overview of Independent Director Election Standards]
1. The candidate should not be currently serving or in the past ten years served as an Executive Director of the
Ahresty group
2. The candidate should not be currently serving or in the past five years served as a Director, Audit &Supervisory Board Member, Executive Officer or any other position in a major shareholder, etc. of theCompany
3. The candidate should not be an business executive or an employee serving any other role at any major trade
partner of the Ahresty Group (major trade partner refers to a buyer whose trade amount accounts for 2% ormore of consolidated net sales of the Ahresty Group or a supplier whose trade amount with the Ahresty Groupaccounts for 2% or more of consolidated net sales of the trade partner in the past three fiscal years), etc.
The candidates for election as Directors serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Members are as follows:
Candidate
No.
1

Name
Hiroshi Ishimaru

Current position/areas of responsibility in the Company

Tadao Saotome

Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Chief of General
Administrative Command
Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Akihiko Shido

Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

Shozo Hamamura

Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member

2

3

4

5

Shuhei Shiozawa- 6 -New election
Reelection
Outside Director
Independent
Officer
Reelection
Outside Director
Independent
Officer
Reelection
Outside Director
Independent
Officer
New election
Outside Director
Independent
OfficerCandidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility(significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Apr. 1981
Aug. 1997
Mar. 2001
July 2001
May 2003
Sept. 2003

Hiroshi Ishimaru(December 28, 1956)

Mar. 2007
Apr. 2010

New election
1

June 2010
Apr. 2011
June 2011
Apr. 2013

2

Joined Ahresty Corporation
President, Ahresty Wilmington Corporation
General Manager, International Business Officeand Engineering Dept., Ahresty Corporation
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
General Manager, China Project, Ahresty
Corporation
Director and President, Guangzhou Ahresty
Casting Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer, Ahresty Corporation
Chief, Quality Assurance Command, Ahresty
Corporation
Director, Ahresty Corporation (current
position)Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation
Senior Managing Executive Officer, Ahresty
Corporation (current position)
Chief, General Administrative Command,
Ahresty Corporation (current position)

Number of theCompany’s shares
held

3,600

(Reason for nomination as candidate for Director)
Mr. Hiroshi Ishimaru has proven achievements in controlling the general administrative division of the Group as Chiefof General Administrative Command of the Company as well as past experience and knowledge in overseas
management. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for Director serving as the Audit andSupervisory Committee Member.
Apr. 1956
Joined Kuma Certified Public Accountant
OfficeTadao Saotome
Jan. 1978
Director of Saotome Tax & Accounting Office(January 15, 1933)(current position)
June 1994
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member,
Reelection–
Parker corporation, Inc.
Candidate for outside Director
June 2002
Statutory Auditor, Ahresty Corporation
Candidate for Independent
June 2015
Director [Audit and Supervisory Committee
OfficerMember], Ahresty Corporation (current
position)(Reason for nomination as candidate for outside Director)
Mr. Tadao Saotome has never in the past been involved in the management of a company except as an outside officer.
However, he is a certified tax accountant with extensive experience and insight in that field. In consideration of theabove, it was judged that he is appropriate for outside Director serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee
Member.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility(significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Apr. 1968

3

Number of theCompany’s shares
held

Joined Yorozu Automobile Works (Currently
Yorozu Corporation)
June 1983
Director, Yorozu Automobile Works
June 1992
Executive Senior Managing Director, Yorozu
Corporation
June 1996
Vice President, Yorozu Corporation
June 1998
President, Yorozu Corporation
June 2001
President & CEO/COO, Yorozu Corporation
Akihiko Shido
June 2007
Statutory Auditor, Ahresty Corporation(January 30, 1943)
June 2008
Chairman (current position), Chief Executive
Officer (current position), Yorozu Corporation
Reelection
29,200June 2015
Director [Audit and Supervisory Committee
Candidate for outside Director
Member], Ahresty Corporation (current
Candidate for Independent
position)
Officer
Director, Univance Corporation (outside
Director) (current position)(Important concurrent positions)
Chairman and CEO of Yorozu Corporation, Yorozu Tochigi
Corporation, Yorozu Oita Corporation, Yorozu Aichi
Corporation, Shonai Yorozu Corporation, Yorozu Engineering
Corporation, and Yorozu Service Corporation
Director, Univance Corporation (outside Director)(Reason for nomination as candidate for outside Director)
Mr. Akihiko Shido has extensive experience and insight as a manager of a globally expanding automobile parts
corporation. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for outside Director serving as the Audit
and Supervisory Committee Member.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions and areas of responsibility(significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Apr. 1981
Apr. 1986
Oct. 2001

Shozo Hamamura(August 4, 1954)

45(Notes)Reelection
Candidate for outside Director
Candidate for Independent
OfficerJoined Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
Seconded to Alcan Australia Ltd.
General Manager of Sales Dept., Metal Alloy &Industrial Parts Div., Nippon Light Metal Co.,Ltd.
Apr. 2007
Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales
Dept., Nikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd.
Sept. 2008
President, Nikkei MC Aluminum Thailand Co.,
Ltd.
Feb. 2010
General Manager of Environment, Health and
Safety Control Office, Nikkei MC Aluminium
Co., Ltd.
Apr. 2010
President, Nikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd.
(current position)
Apr. 2015
Officer, Nippon Light Metal Holdings
Company, Ltd.
Director and Executive Officer, Nippon Light
Metal Co., Ltd (current position)
June 2015
Director [Audit and Supervisory Committee
Member], Ahresty Corporation (current
position)
Director, Nippon Light Metal Holdings
Company, Ltd. (current position)(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Director, Nippon Light Metal Holdings Company, Ltd.
Director and Executive Officer, Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd.
President, Nikkei MC Aluminium Co., Ltd.

Number of theCompany’s shares
held–(Reason for nomination as candidate for outside Director)
Mr. Shozo Hamamura has extensive experience and insight both in Japan and overseas as a manager of nonferrous
metal corporation. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for outside Director serving as the
Audit and Supervisory Committee Member.
Nov. 1986
Holds a Ph.D. from the University of
Minnesota (Economics)
Apr. 1987
Associate Professor, Keio University Faculty of
Economics
Apr. 1994
Professor, Keio University Faculty of
Economics (current position)
Shuhei Shiozawa
Jan. 2001
International Economics Manager and(September 19, 1955)
Councilor, Cabinet Office (Japan)
Oct. 2005
Dean of Keio University Faculty of Economics
New election–
Apr. 2008
Certified Public Accountant, Examiner
Candidate for outside Director
Mar. 2012
Director, Kenedix, Inc. (outside Director)
Candidate for Independent(current position)
OfficerJune 2016
Director, KYB Corporation (outside Director)(current position)(Significant concurrent positions outside the Company)
Professor, Keio University Faculty of Economics
Director, Kenedix, Inc. (outside Director)
Director, KYB Corporation (outside Director)(Reason for nomination as candidate for outside Director)
Mr. Shuhei Shiozawa has never in the past been involved in the management of a company except as an outside officer.
However, he is a professor of economics specializing in theoretical economics and financial theory with extensive
experience and insight in that field. In consideration of the above, it was judged that he is appropriate for Director
serving as the Audit and Supervisory Committee Member.
1. There are no conflicts of interest between each candidate and the Company.
2. There are no trade relations between the Ahresty Group and the companies that Tadao Saotome, Akihiko Shido andShuhei Shiozawa serve as executives for.
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3. Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., one of the companies for which Shozo Hamamura serves as executive, owns 657,392
shares of Ahresty Corporation stock. Additionally, the Ahresty Group has trade relations with the companies
consolidated under Nippon Light Metal Holdings Company, Ltd. as a supplier of aluminum raw materials. However, thetotal amount of the transactions accounts for less than 0.5% of the consolidated sales of Nippon Light Metal Holdings
Company, Ltd. Both the number of shares owned and transaction amount have been judged to be insignificant in regards
to any special interest.
4. Tadao Saotome, Akihiko Shido, Shozo Hamamura and Shuhei Shiozawa are candidates for outside Director.
5. The Company has submitted notification to the Tokyo Stock Exchange that Tadao Saotome, Akihiko Shido, and Shozo
Hamamura have been designated as independent officers as provided for by the aforementioned exchange.
6. Shuhei Shiozawa satisfies the requirements for an independent officer as provided for by Tokyo Stock Exchange, andthe Company plans to submit notification to the aforementioned exchange concerning his appointment as anindependent officer.
7. Tadao Saotome, Akihiko Shido and Shozo Hamamura are currently outside Directors of Ahresty Corporation. At theconclusion of this meeting, Tadao Saotome’s tenure as outside Director will have been two years, and his total tenure
including service as outside Statutory Auditor will have been 15 years. At the conclusion of this meeting, Akihiko
Shido’s tenure as outside Director will have been two years, and his total tenure including service as outside Statutory
Auditor will have been ten years. At the conclusion of this meeting, Shozo Hamamura’s tenure as outside Director will
have been two years.
8. Pursuant to the provisions of Article 427, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, the Company has entered into agreementswith Tadao Saotome, Akihiko Shido, and Shozo Hamamura to limit their liability for damages under Article 423,
paragraph 1 of the same Act. The maximum amount of liability for damages under these agreements is ¥4 million or theminimum liability amount provided for under Article 425, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, whichever is higher. If
their reelection is approved, the Company plans to renew these agreements with them. If the election of Hiroshi
Ishimaru and Shuhei Shiozawa is approved, the Company plans to enter into the same limited liability agreement withthem.

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