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, theoriginal shall prevail.
(Stock Exchange Code 4246)
June 6, 2018
To Shareholders with Voting Rights:
Nariaki Uchida
Representative Director and President
DaikyoNishikawa Corporation
1-4-31 Kitashinchi, Saka-cho,
Aki-gun, Hiroshima, JapanNOTICE OF
THE 11TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
We would like to express our appreciation for your continued support and patronage.
You are cordially invited to attend the 11th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of DaikyoNishikawa
Corporation (the “Company”). The meeting will be held for the purposes as described below.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can exercise your voting rights in writing by submitting
the Voting Card. If exercising your voting rights in writing, please review the attached Reference
Documents for Shareholders Meeting, indicate your vote for or against each proposal on the enclosed
Voting Card and return it so that it is received by 5:45 p.m. on Thursday, June 21, 2018, Japan
Standard Time.
1. Date and Time:

Friday, June 22, 2018 at 10:00 a.m., Japan Standard Time (Reception starts at
9:00 a.m.)

2. Place:

Banquet room (Yukyu no Ma) 4th floor of Hotel Granvia Hiroshima,
1-5 Matsubara-cho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan

3. Purpose of Meeting:
Matters to be reported: 1. The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements and Results of
Audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Financial Auditor
and the Board of Auditors for the 11th Fiscal Year (April 1, 2017 - March 31,
2018)
2. Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the 11th Fiscal Year (April 1,2017 - March 31, 2018)
Proposals to be resolved:
Proposal 1:
Appropriation of Surplus Funds
Proposal 2:
Election of Nine (9) Directors

 For those attending, please submit the enclosed Voting Card at the reception desk. You are also kindly
requested to bring this Notice as meeting materials when you attend.
 If any revisions are made to the Reference Documents for Shareholders Meeting, the Business Report, theNon-consolidated Financial Statements and the Consolidated Financial Statements, the revised versions
will be posted on the Company’s website (http://www.daikyonishikawa.co.jp/).

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THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Proposals and Reference Items
Proposal 1: Appropriation of Surplus Funds
The Company considers the return of profits to shareholders to be one of the most important
subjects in corporate management and makes it a basic policy to aim for stable and continuous
dividends by taking into comprehensive consideration its business performance, payout ratio, etc.
Based on the above policy, the Company proposes to pay year-end dividends as follows
considering its business performance during the current fiscal year:
Items related to year-end dividend
1. Type of dividend property:
Money
2. Allocation of dividend property to shareholders and the total amount thereof:
18 yen per share of the Company’s common stock
Total amount of dividend: 1,275,259,716 yen
3. Effective date of distribution of surplus funds:
June 25, 2018

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Proposal 2: Election of Nine (9) Directors
The terms of office of all nine (9) Directors will expire at the conclusion of this Annual General
Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, the Company proposes to elect nine (9) Directors.
The candidates for Director are as follows:

Candidate
No.

Name(Date of birth)

Reelection
Nariaki Uchida(Aug. 27, 1957)
1

2

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions
Apr. 1980 Joined Toyo Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently, Mazda Motor
Corporation)
Mar. 2001 General Manager, Powertrain Production Dept. No. 2,
Hofu Plant of Mazda Motor Corporation
Feb. 2004 Representative Director and Executive Vice Presidentof Auto Alliance International, Inc.
Apr. 2007 Representative Director and Executive Vice Presidentof Toyo Advanced Technologies Co., Ltd. and Deputy
Division Manager, Purchasing Div. of Mazda Motor
Corporation
Apr. 2010 Executive Officer and Plant Manager, Hofu Plant of
Mazda Motor Corporation
Apr. 2015 Executive Vice President of the Company
Jun. 2015 Representative Director and President of theCompany (to present)

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

None

<Areas of Responsibilities in the Company>
Overall corporate management
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Director:
As Representative Director and President, Mr. Nariaki Uchida has steadily promoted and realized theCompany’s management philosophy and strategies, as well as properly supervised the management.
Also, through such activities, he has contributed largely to the Company’s financial results for thecurrent fiscal year. Judging by these activities and achievements that he is an excellent executive interms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities, the Company has
nominated him as a candidate for Director.
Apr. 1982 Joined the Hiroshima Bank, Ltd.
Apr. 2005 General Manager of Credit Supervising Division II
and Senior Manager of the Hiroshima Bank, Ltd.
Apr. 2010 General Manager, Yokogawa Branch of the Hiroshima
Bank, Ltd.
Apr. 2013 Executive Officer and General Manager, Imabari
Branch of the Hiroshima Bank, Ltd.
New election
Apr. 2015 Managing Executive Officer and Chief Area Officer
None
Satoru Noguchiof the Hiroshima Bank, Ltd.
(April 22, 1959)
Apr. 2017 Senior Managing Executive Officer and Chief Area
Officer of the Hiroshima Bank, Ltd.
Apr. 2018 Executive Vice President of the Company (to present)<Areas of Responsibilities in the Company>
Assistant to President and Assistant to Internal Audit Office
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Director:
As Senior Managing Executive Officer of a financial institution, Mr. Satoru Noguchi has abundant
experience and extensive insights on corporate management. Moreover, as he was in charge of theCompany during his past service, he has detailed knowledge of the Company’s business. He has assisted
to steadily promote and realize the Company’s management philosophy and strategies as Executive Vice
President and properly assisted the Representative Director and President and the Representative
Director and Executive Vice President. Judging by these activities and achievements that he is an
excellent executive in terms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities, theCompany has nominated him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Reelection
Kenji Takeoka(Nov. 25, 1956)
3

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions
Jun. 1983 Joined Daikyo Co., Ltd. (currently, DaikyoNishikawa
Corporation)
Apr. 2007 General Manager, Design Dept. No. 2, Development
Div. of the Company
Apr. 2008 Executive Officer and Deputy Division Manager,
Development Div. of the Company
Apr. 2010 Executive Officer and Development Division
Manager of the Company
Oct. 2011 Member of the Board and General Manager of
Changchun Wanlong DaikyoNishikawa Auto Parts
Co., Ltd. and Executive Officer of the Company
Apr. 2012 Member of the Board and General Manager of
Changchun Wanlong DaikyoNishikawa Auto Parts
Co., Ltd. and Managing Executive Officer of theCompany
Jun. 2013 Managing Executive Officer and Purchasing Division
Manager of the Company
Jan. 2014 Managing Executive Officer and Development
Division Manager of the Company
Apr. 2014 Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
Sep. 2014 Senior Managing Executive Officer and Development
Division Manager of the Company
Jun. 2015 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer andDevelopment Division Manager of the Company
Apr. 2016 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of
the Company (to present)

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

12,000<Areas of Responsibilities in the Company>
Production Div. and Quality Div.
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Director:
Having held important posts in the Company’s development division, Mr. Kenji Takeoka is
well-acquainted with design technologies. He has abundant experience regarding the Company’s ideal
global business development through his experience as President of the Company’s subsidiary in China.
He is currently in charge of production division and quality division and has detailed knowledge of all
aspects of the Company’s business. In addition, through his career, he has contributed largely to theCompany’s financial results for the current fiscal year. Judging by these activities and achievements that
he is an excellent executive in terms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights andabilities, the Company has nominated him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Reelection
Toshio Hiyama(Apr. 27, 1959)
4

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions
Apr. 1980 Joined Daikyo Co., Ltd. (currently,
DaikyoNishikawa Corporation)
Apr. 2007 General Manager, Daiwa Production Dept.,
Production Div. of the Company
Apr. 2009 Executive Officer and Deputy Division Manager,
Production Div. of the Company
Apr. 2011 Director and President of DaikyoNishikawa(Thailand) Co., Ltd. and Executive Officer of theCompany
Apr. 2012 Director and President of DaikyoNishikawa(Thailand) Co., Ltd. and Managing Executive
Officer of the Company
Apr. 2014 Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
Jun. 2015 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of
the Company (to present)

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

4,000

<Areas of Responsibilities in the Company>
Development Div., Engineering Div., Research andDevelopment Div., and Preparation Office for the New
Headquarters and Factory
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Director:
Having held important posts in the Company’s production division, Mr. Toshio Hiyama is
well-acquainted with manufacturing technologies. He has abundant experience regarding theCompany’s ideal global business development through his experience as President of the Company’s
subsidiary in Thailand. He is currently in charge of development division, engineering division andresearch and development division, and has detailed knowledge of all aspects of the Company’sbusiness. In addition, through his career, he has contributed largely to the Company’s financial results
for the current fiscal year. Judging by these activities and achievements that he is an excellent
executive in terms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities, theCompany has nominated him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Reelection
Motoharu
Nishikimura(Jan. 30, 1960)
5

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions
Jul. 1984 Joined Daikyo Co., Ltd. (currently,
DaikyoNishikawa Corporation)
Apr. 2007 General Manager, Affiliates Managing Dept. of theCompany
Apr. 2009 Deputy Division Manager, Corporate Planning andManagement Div. of the Company
Apr. 2010 Executive Officer and Deputy Division Manager,
Corporate Planning and Management Div. of theCompany
Jan. 2011 Executive Officer and Deputy Division Manager,
Marketing and Sales Div. of the Company
Aug. 2011 Executive Officer, Deputy Division Manager,
Marketing and Sales Div. and General Manager,
Overseas Marketing and Sales Dept. of the Company
Apr. 2012 Director and President of DaikyoNishikawa
Mexicana, S. A. de C. V., Director and President of
DaikyoNishikawa Mexicana Operaciones, S. A. de
C. V., and Executive Officer and General Manager,
Preparation Office for Mexico of the Company
Apr. 2013 Director and President of DaikyoNishikawa
Mexicana, S. A. de C. V., Director and President of
DaikyoNishikawa Mexicana Operaciones, S. A. de
C. V., and Executive Officer of the Company
Apr. 2014 Director and President of DaikyoNishikawa
Mexicana, S. A. de C. V., Director and President of
DaikyoNishikawa Mexicana Operaciones, S. A. de
C. V., and Managing Executive Officer of theCompany
Apr. 2016 Director and President of DaikyoNishikawa
Mexicana, S. A. de C. V., Director and President of
DaikyoNishikawa Mexicana Operaciones, S. A. de
C. V., and Senior Managing Executive Officer of theCompany
Jun. 2016 Senior Managing Executive Officer of the Company
Jun. 2016 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of
the Company
Apr. 2017 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer andCorporate Planning and Management Division
Manager of the Company
Apr. 2018 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer andCorporate Planning and Management Division
Manager and General Manager, Preparation Officefor North America Industrial of the Company (topresent)

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

4,000

<Areas of Responsibilities in the Company>
Corporate Planning and Management Div. and Preparation
Office for North America Industrial
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Director:
Having held important posts in the Company’s corporate planning and management division, Mr.
Motoharu Nishikimura is well-acquainted with management strategies. Moreover, through his
experience as President of the Company’s subsidiaries in Mexico, he has abundant experience
regarding the Company’s ideal global business development, as well as detailed knowledge of all
aspects of the Company’s business. In addition, through his career, he has contributed largely to theCompany’s financial results for the current fiscal year. Judging by these activities and achievementsthat he is an excellent executive in terms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights
and abilities, the Company has nominated him as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions

Reelection

Feb. 1988 Joined Daikyo Co., Ltd. (currently, DaikyoNishikawa
Corporation)
Apr. 2007 General Manager, Production Div. of the Company
Apr. 2011 Deputy Division Manager, Production Div. of theCompany
Aug. 2011 Corporate Planning and Management Division
Manager of the Company
Apr. 2012 Executive Officer and Corporate Administration
Division Manager of the Company
Oct. 2012 Executive Officer and Corporate Planning andManagement Division Manager of the Company
Apr. 2014 Managing Executive Officer and Marketing andSales Division Manager of the Company
Apr. 2017 Senior Managing Executive Officer and Purchasing
Division Manager of the Company
Jun. 2017 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer andPurchasing Division Manager of the Company
Apr. 2018 Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer of
the Company (to present)

Fukami Waki
(Aug. 4, 1958)

6

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

6,880

<Areas of Responsibilities in the Company>
Marketing and Sales Div. and Purchasing Div.
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Director:
Having held important posts in the Company’s production division, Mr. Fukami Waki iswell-acquainted with manufacturing management. Moreover, through his experience of being thecentral figure in designing corporate planning, marketing and purchasing strategies as the Division
Manager of the Corporate Planning and Management Division, Marketing and Sales Division andPurchasing Division, he has abundant experience regarding the Company’s ideal global businessdevelopment, as well as detailed knowledge of all aspects of the Company’s business. In addition,
through his career, he has contributed largely to the Company’s financial results for the current fiscal
year. Judging by these activities and achievements that he is an excellent executive in terms ofknowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities, the Company has nominatedhim as a candidate for Director.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Reelection
OutsideIndependent
Masahiro Idehara(Feb. 15, 1954)
7

8

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions
Jun. 1998 Joined as Standing Adviser of JICHODO Co., Ltd.
Sep. 1998 Director of JICHODO Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2000 Representative Director and Senior Managing
Director of JICHODO Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2002 Representative Director and President of JICHODO
Co., Ltd.
Jul. 2010 Representative Director of JICHODO Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2010 Representative Director and Vice Chairman of
JICHODO Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2014 Director and Senior Advisor of JICHODO Co., Ltd.
(to present)
Jun. 2015 Outside Director of the Company (to present)

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

None

<Significant concurrent positions>
Director and Senior Advisor of JICHODO Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of Genkai Sewing Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of JID Co., Ltd.
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Outside Director:
Based on his abundant experience and extensive insights on corporate management, Mr. Masahiro
Idehara is giving advice and suggestions on business operations from an independent standpoint basedon his objective and professional insights, which contribute to the increase of corporate value. The
Company has judged from his advice and suggestions that he is an excellent individual in terms ofknowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities and thus has nominated him as a
candidate.
Apr. 1980 Joined Toyo-Kogyo Co., Ltd. (currently, Mazda
Motor Corporation)
Jun. 2005 Executive Vice President of AutoAlliance (Thailand)Co., Ltd.
Sep. 2008 Deputy Division Manager, Quality Div. of Mazda
Motor Corporation
May 2010 Division Manager, Quality Div. of Mazda Motor
Corporation
Apr. 2011 Executive Officer and Division Manager, Quality Div.
of Mazda Motor Corporation
Reelection
Jun. 2012 Executive Officer and Plant Manager, Hiroshima
Plant of Mazda Motor Corporation
OutsideApr. 2015 Managing Executive Officer, Assistant to the Officer
Nonein charge of Global Production and Plant Manager,
Masatoshi
Hiroshima Plant of Mazda Motor Corporation
Maruyama
Jun. 2015 Outside Director of the Company (to present)(Sep. 19, 1956)
Apr. 2016 Managing Executive Officer in charge of Global
Production and Global Business Logistics of Mazda
Motor Corporation (to present)<Significant concurrent positions>Managing Executive Officer of Mazda Motor Corporation
Director of Mazda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Director of Changan Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd.
Director of AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Outside Director:
Based on his abundant knowledge and experience as a member of a management team in theautomobile industry, Mr. Masatoshi Maruyama is giving advice and suggestions on business operations
from an independent standpoint based on his objective and professional insights, which contribute to theincrease of corporate value. The Company has judged from his advice and suggestions that he is an
excellent individual in terms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities
and thus has nominated him as a candidate.

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No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Reelection
OutsideIndependent
Shigeki Sasaki(Jul. 28, 1959)
9

Career summary, positions, areas of responsibilities
and significant concurrent positions
Apr. 1982 Joined Otafuku Sauce Co., Ltd.
Nov. 1996 Director, and General Manager of the Marketing andSales Division, Osaka Branch of Otafuku Sauce Co.,
Ltd.
Oct. 2002 Senior Managing Director, and Engineering and
Production Division Manager of Otafuku Sauce Co.,
Ltd.
Oct. 2003 Senior Managing Director, and Marketing and Sales
Division Manager of Otafuku Sauce Co., Ltd., andRepresentative Director and President of Otafuku
Vinegar Brewery Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2005 Representative Director and President of Otafuku
Sauce Co., Ltd., and Representative Director andChairman of Union Sauce Co., Ltd.
Oct. 2015 Representative Director and President of Otafuku
Holdings Co., Ltd. (to present)
Jun. 2017 Outside Director of the Company (to present)

Number ofshares of theCompany’scommonstock held

None

<Significant concurrent positions>Representative Director and President of Otafuku Holdings Co.,
Ltd.
Chairman of the Board of Otafuku Foods (Qing Dao) Co., Ltd
Outside Director of Hiroshima Airport Building Co., Ltd.
Reasons for nomination as a candidate for Outside Director:
Based on his abundant knowledge and experience as a member of a management team in the foodindustry, Mr. Shigeki Sasaki is giving advice and suggestions on business operations from an
independent standpoint based on his objective and professional insights, which contribute to theincrease of corporate value. The Company has judged from the activities in his career that he is an
excellent individual in terms of knowledge on overall management, personality, insights and abilities
and thus has nominated him as a candidate.

(Notes) 1. Mr. Masahiro Idehara, Mr. Masatoshi Maruyama and Mr. Shigeki Sasaki are candidates for
Outside Director as prescribed in Article 2, Paragraph 3, Item 7 of the Ordinance for
Enforcement of the Companies Act.
2. Mr. Masatoshi Maruyama is a Managing Executive Officer of Mazda Motor Corporation, oneof the Company’s major customers, which falls under the specified related business operatorof the Company. There are no special interests between the other candidates and the Company.
3. The Company has designated Outside Director Mr. Masahiro Idehara and Mr. Shigeki Sasaki
as independent directors in accordance with the regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.
and registered them as such with the Exchange. The Company will register Mr. Masahiro
Idehara and Mr. Shigeki Sasaki as independent directors with the Exchange if this proposal isapproved as proposed.
4. There is no special relationship to be disclosed between the Company and any of JICHODO
Co., Ltd., Genkai Sewing Co., Ltd., JID Co., Ltd., Mazda Malaysia Sdn. Bhd., Changan
Mazda Automobile Co., Ltd., AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co., Ltd., Otafuku Holdings Co., Ltd.,
Otafuku Foods (Qing Dao) Co., Ltd, and Hiroshima Airport Building Co., Ltd.
5. The Company has entered into agreements with Mr. Masahiro Idehara, Mr. Masatoshi
Maruyama and Mr. Shigeki Sasaki pursuant to Article 427, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act
to limit the liability for damages stipulated in Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act
to the minimum liability amounts provided for by laws and regulations. If their election isapproved as proposed, the Company will continue the same liability limitation agreementswith them.
6. Mr. Masahiro Idehara shall have served as the Company’s Outside Director for three (3) years
at the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
7. Mr. Masatoshi Maruyama shall have served as the Company’s Outside Director for three (3)years at the conclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
8. Mr. Shigeki Sasaki shall have served as the Company’s Outside Director for one (1) year at theconclusion of this Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.

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