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(Stock Exchange Code: 5992)
May 29, 2019
To shareholders with Voting Rights:
Satoshi Takae
President
Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
68 Aza-Kamishiota, Narumicho,Midori-ku, Nagoya Japan, 458-8505 JapanNOTICE OF THE 96th ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Dear Shareholders:
We would like to express our sincere appreciation for your continued support and patronage.
You are cordially invited to attend the 96th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Chuo SpringCo., Ltd. (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. Please review theattached Reference Documents for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders and exercise your voting right byno later than the close of business hours (5:00p.m.) on Wednesday, June 19, 2019, Japan time.
Sincerely,
1. Date and Time:
2. Place:
3. Meeting Agenda:
Matters to be reported:

4. Proposals to be resolved
Proposal 1:
Proposal 2:
Proposal 3:

Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 10:00am Japan Time
Head Office, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
Auditorium at 3rd Floor
1. The Business Report, Consolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s 96th
Fiscal Year (April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019) and results of audits by theAccounting Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board of the Consolidated
Financial Statements
2. Non-consolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s 96th Fiscal Year(April 1, 2018 – March 31, 2019)
Election of 6 (six) Board Members
Election of 1 (one) Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Presentation of the Bonuses to Board Members and Audit & Supervisory
Board Members

Reference Documents for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Proposals and References
Proposal 1.
Board Members

Election of six (6) Board Members due to the expiration of the term of office of all the current

The term of office of all the current board members expires at the conclusion of this 96th Ordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, we hereby propose that you elect six (6) board members.
The candidates for board members are as follows:
CandidateNo.
1
Reappoint-ment

NameSatoshiTakae[Date of birth]
November 16,
1958[Number ofshares of theCompany
held]
1,400

2
Reappoint-ment

Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities in Company and significant
concurrent positions
April 1981
Joined Toyota Motor Company
January 2003
Vice President and Board Member of Toyota Peugeot Citroën
Automobile Czech, s.r.o.
June 2005
President and Board Member of Toyota Peugeot Citroën
Automobile Czech, s.r.o.
June 2006
General Manager, Production Engineering Planning Div, Toyota
Motor Corporation
June 2010
Managing officer, Toyota Motor Corporation
April 2015
Advisor, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
June 2015
President, Member of Board, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd. (to present)[Significant concurrent positions]
Chairman, Chuhatsu Factory Co., Ltd.

Kenta
Koide

April 1983
January 2009

[Date of birth]
July 19, 1959

January 2011
January 2013

[Number ofshares of theCompany
held]
1,000

January 2017
June 2017
June 2018

Joined Toyota Motor Corporation
General Manager, Production Engineering Planning Div.,
Administration Dept., Toyota Motor Corporation
General Manager, Administration Div., Honsha Plant, Toyota
Motor Corporation
President and Board Member of Toyota Peugeot CitroënAutomobile Czech, s.r.o.
Advisor, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
Managing Officer, Member of Board, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
Senior Managing Officer, Member of Board, Chuo Spring Co.,
Ltd. (to present)[Positions and Responsibilities in Company]
Business Administration function
Secretarial Dept., Corporate Strategic Planning Div., System Planning Div.
[Significant concurrent positions]
Chairman, Xiaogan Chuhatsu Lioho Automotive Components Co., Ltd.

CandidateNo.
3
Reappoint-mentName
HaruhikoShiba[Date of birth]
September 3,
1959[Number ofshares of theCompany
held]
1,700

Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities in Company and significant
concurrent positions
April 1982
Joined Toyota Motor Company
January 2008
General Manager, Chassis Component Engineering Dept.,
Toyota Motor Corporation
April 2013
Project General Manager, Chassis Planning and Administration
Dept., Toyota Motor Corporation
January 2014
Executive Advisory Engineer, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
June 2014
Managing Officer, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
June 2016
Member of Board, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
June 2018
Management Officer, Member of Board, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
(to present)[Positions and Responsibilities in Company]
Design & Production Engineering, Quality Assurance function
Technical Administration Div., Development & Innovation Div., Engineering Div.,
Evaluation Engineering & Prototype Production Div., and Quality Div.
[Significant concurrent positions]
President, Chuhatsu Techno Co., Ltd.

4
Reappoint-ment
OutsideToshihiro
Miura[Date of birth]
October 8,
1947

Independent[Number ofshares of theCompany
held]
N/A

5

AkihiroInagakiNew
appointment[Date of birth]
March 11,1961
[Number ofshares of theCompanyheld]
600

April 1970
May 1997
June 2000
June 2004Joined Takaoka Industrial Co., Ltd.
Member of Board, Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd.
Managing Director, Member of Board, Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd.
Senior Managing Director, Member of Board, Aisin Takaoka
Co., Ltd.
Vice President, Member of Board, Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd.
Executive Advisor, Aisin Takaoka Co., Ltd.
President, Senshu Co., Ltd.
Member of Board, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd. (to present)
Chairman, Senshu Co., Ltd. (to present)

June 2006
June 2011
June 2013
June 2014
September2017[Significant concurrent positions]
Chairman, Senshu Co., Ltd.
April 1983
January 2008
January 2014
June 2015
June 2018

Joined Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
General Manager, Purchasing Div., Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
Associate Director, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
Officer, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
Managing Officer, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd. (to present)[Positions and Responsibilities in Company]
Sales & Marketing function and Purchasing function

Candidate
No.
6New
appointment
OutsideIndependent

Name[Date of birth]
April 10,1969

Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities in Company and significant
concurrent positions
NovemberJoined Century Audit Corporation (currently Ernst & Young
1993
ShinNihon LLC)
April 1997
Registered as Certified Public Accountant
March 2000
Established Yasuda Certified Public Accountant Office
President of Yasuda Certified Public Accountant Office(to present)[Number ofshares of theCompanyheld]
500[Significant concurrent positions]
President of Yasuda Certified Public Accountant OfficeOutside Auditor, SUGI Holdings Co., Ltd.
External Director, GEO Holdings Corporation
External Auditor, Shinpo Co., Ltd.

KanaYasuda(Notes) 1. There are no special interests between Company and candidates for Board Members.
2. Company has entered into an agreement with Mr. Toshihiro Miura to limit his liability under Article423, paragraph 1 of Company Law to two million four hundred thousand Japanese Yen (JPY2,400,000.-)or to maximum amount stipulated in law whichever higher. If the election of Mr. Toshihiro Miura and Ms.
Kana Miura is resolved, Company will enter into said agreement with each of them.
3. The following are notes as to candidates of outside Board Member(1) Mr. Toshihiro Miura is a candidate for outside Board Member. Company has registered him with theTokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange as Independent Board Member in accordance withthe rules of each Stock Exchange.
(2). Mr. Toshihiro Mira is nominated as outside Board Member as Company believes that he able toperform his role with his distinguished knowledge and experience as a company executive and to apply
his excellent insight to the management of the Company.
(3)At the conclusion of this Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, the term of his office as outside
Board Member will have been five (5) years.
(4) Ms. Kana Yasuda is a candidate for outside Board Member. Company will register her with the Tokyo
Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange as Independent Board Member in accordance with the rulesof each Stock Exchange.
(5). Ms. Kana Yasuda is nominated as outside Board Member as Company believes that she will be able
to perform her role with her distinguished knowledge and experience as Certified Public Accountant andtax accountant and to apply her excellent insight to the management of the Company.

Proposal 2.

Election of 1 (one) Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board Member

In order to be prepared in the event that Company lacks the number of Audit & Supervisory Board Members and it
becomes less than that required by laws, we hereby propose that 1(one) Substitute Audit & Supervisory Board
Member be elected. The candidate is as below.
This proposal at this General Meeting of Shareholders was approved by the Audit & Supervisory Board.
Candidate
NameToshiharu
Yamada[Date of birth]
November 1,
1955[Number ofshares of theCompany
held]
937

Brief personal history, positions and responsibilities in Company and significant concurrent
positions
April 1979
Joined Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
July 2007
Chairman, Tianjin Chuhatsu Huaguan Machinery Co., Ltd.
(with General Manager’s status)
June 2012
President, Togo Cable Co., Ltd. (to present)
June 2015
Officer, Chuo Spring Co., Ltd.
President, Gifu Chuhatsu Co., Ltd. (to present)[Significant concurrent positions]
President, Togo Cable Co., Ltd.
President, Gifu Chuhatsu Co., Ltd.

(Notes) 1. There are no special interests between Company and candidate.
2. Mr. Toshiharu Yamada will resign the President of Togo Cable Co., Ltd. and Gifu Chuhatsu Co., Ltd.
as of May 31, 2019.

Proposal 3:

Presentation of the Bonuses to Board Members and Audit & Supervisory Board Members

We hereby propose to pay bonuses to six (6) Board Members (including 1 outside Board Member) and four (4)Audit & Supervisory Board Members who were incumbent at end of 96th fiscal year in the total amount of forty
two million six hundred thirteen thousand Japanese Yen (JPY42,613,000.-). (for Board Members thirty-sevenmillion four hundred fifty-six thousand Japanese Yen (JPY37,456,000), which includes three hundred seventy-fivethousand Japanese Yen (JPY375,000.-) for outside Board Member) (for Audit & Supervisory Board Members, fivemillion one hundred fifty seven thousand Japanese Yen (JPY5,157,000.-))