Note: This Convocation Notice is a translation of Japanese language original for
convenience purpose only, and In the event of any discrepancy, the Japanese
language original shall prevail.

Securities Code: 6961
May 30, 2019
To Our Shareholders:
2-30-1 Namiki, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama

Enplas Corporation
Daisuke Yokota, President

Notice of the 58th Annual Meeting for Shareholders
Enplas Corporation (“Company”) hereby notifies and asks shareholders to attend the Company’s
58th Annual Meeting of Shareholders as described below.
If you are unable to attend the meeting on the date, you may also exercise your voting rights inwriting or through the Internet. We kindly request you to read the following Reference Document
for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and exercise your voting rights in accordance with theguidance on pages 2 and 3 hereof by 5:00 p.m., June 20, 2019 (Thursday).
Sincerely yours,
1.
2.

Date:
Venue:

10:00 a.m., June 21 (Friday), 20192-5-1, Naka-machi, Urawa-ku, Saitama City, Saitama
Royalpines Hotel Urawa
4th Floor, Royal Crown(The venue is different from the one in the last year. Please
make sure to attend at the right venue. The map is attached at
the last page of this notice (omitted from this translation).)No souvenirs will be provided to shareholders attending the meeting.

3.

Purposes:
Items to be reported:

1.

The business report, the consolidated financial statements,
and the results of consolidated financial statement auditedby the Accounting Auditor and the Audit Committee for the
58th business period (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)2.

The non-consolidated financial statements for the 58th
business period (April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019)

Items to be resolved:
Agenda Item No. 1: Election of Four (4) Directors (excluding Audit Committee
members)
Agenda Item No. 2: Election of Three (3) Directors who are Audit Committee
members
Agenda Item No. 3: Election of One (1) Director who is a Substituting Audit
Committee member

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Information on Exercise of Voting Rights.
(1) If your voting rights are exercised through a voting rights exercise form, and you
submit a voting rights exercise form without indicating your vote for or against eachof the proposals, your vote will be counted as “in favor” for all proposals.
(2) If your voting rights are exercised both by a voting rights exercise form and throughthe Internet, voting through the Internet shall prevail.
(3) If your voting rights are exercised more than once through the Internet, your final voteshall prevail.
(4) Please complete and send back your voting rights exercise form to make sure it isreceived by the Company by 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June 20, 2019.
(5) Please exercise your voting rights through the Internet by 5:00 p.m., Thursday, June20, 2019.
(6) If you do not attend the Annual Meeting of Shareholders, you may attend throughanother shareholder holding voting rights of the Company as your proxy; provided,
however, that a document verifying the proxy must be submitted.

5.

Information on Exercise of Voting Rights through the Internet(1) The exercise of voting rights through the Internet (personal computers, mobile
phones, and smart phones) may be made only by utilizing the following votingrights-exercise website designated by the Company.
The voting-right-exercise website https://www.tosyodai54.net(2) When using personal computers or mobile phones
Please access the website above, and exercise the voting rights following theguidance of the screen by using “voting rights exercise code” and “password”
provided in the voting rights exercise form.
If you use a mobile phone with the bar code reading function, you can access thevoting-rights-exercise website by reading “QR code for mobile phone” provided in
the enclosed voting rights exercise form.
(3) When using smart phones
Please read with your phone “Log in QR code for the voting-rights-exercise website
for smart phones” provided in the enclosed voting rights exercise form, and exercise
the voting rights following the guidance of the screen. In this case, “voting rights
exercise code” or “password” is not required.
If you want to change the content of the exercise of the voting rights after the voting
rights were once exercised, the QR code needs to be read again and then “voting
rights exercise code” and “password” provided in the voting rights exercise form
need to be entered.
(QR code is a registered trade mark of Denso Wave Inc.)(4) The exercise of voting rights through the Internet may not be made depending on yourpersonal terminal and your Internet environment.
Please note that for the access to the “Website for Voting Rights Exercise,”communication charges for telephone, etc. and access charges for providers will beborne by each shareholder.
For Inquiries about exercise of voting rights through the Internet
Administrator of Shareholder Registry: Tokyo Securities Transfer Agent Co., Ltd.
Phone: 0120-88-0768（Toll free）
Business Hours: 9:00 – 21:00

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6.

Information on Disclosure on the Internet(1) Among the documents that should be attached to the Notice of the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, the following matters are provided on the Company’s website pursuant
to applicable laws and regulations, and the Articles of Incorporation of the Company;
therefore, they are not attached to this Notice of the Annual Meeting of the
Shareholders:(a) System to Ensure Appropriateness of Operations of the Company, andOverview of Implementation of System to Ensure Appropriateness of
Operations of the Company(b) Basic Policy for Controlling the Company(c) Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements(d) Notes to Specific Items of the Non-consolidated Financial Statements
Of the documents above, “System to Ensure Appropriateness of Operations of theCompany,” “Overview of Implementation of System to Ensure Appropriateness of
Operations of the Company” and “Basic Policy for Controlling the Company” havebeen audited as part of the business report when the Audit Committee prepared theaudit report.
Of the documents above, “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” and“Notes to Specific Items of the Non-consolidated Financial Statements” have been
audited as part of the consolidated and the non-consolidated financial statements whenthe Audit Committee and the Accounting Auditor prepared the audit report.
(2) If there are any revisions to the Reference Document for the Annual Meeting of
Shareholders, the business report, and/or the consolidated and the non-consolidated
financial statements, such revisions will be listed on the Company’s website.
(3) The voting results will be posted on the Company’s website in lieu of sending written
notice of voting results to shareholders.
The Company’s website: https://www.enplas.co.jp
When attending the meeting, we kindly request that you
submit the enclosed voting rights exercise form to thereceptionist at the venue.

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Reference Document for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Meeting Agenda and Reference Matters
Agenda Item No. 1:
Election of Four (4) Directors (excluding Audit Committee members)
Mr. Takashi Sakai, a Director (excluding Audit Committee members), resigned as of May
30, 2019, and the term of office for all the other two (2) Directors (excluding Audit
Committee members) will expire at the conclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
Accordingly, the Company requests the election of four (4) Directors (excluding Audit
Committee members), which is an increase by one (1) Director to strengthen the
management structure.
This item was discussed by the Audit Committee and no objection was raised.
The candidates for Directors (excluding Audit Committee members) are as follows.

Candidate
No.

Name(Date of birth)

Daisuke Yokota(November 4, 1967)

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Aug. 1993
Apr. 2000
Jun. 2003
Apr. 2004
Apr. 2006＜Reappointment＞
Apr. 2007
1
Apr. 2008

Joined the Company
President, ENPLAS (U.S.A.), INC.
Director, the Company
Director, General Manger, Engineering Plastic
Business Department
Managing Director, Chief General Manager,
Operations,
General Manager, Plastic Optics Department
Managing Director, Chief General Manager,
Operations
President, the Company (incumbent)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

1,422,417 shares

Number of years in service: 16 at the conclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Attendance of the Board of Directors meetings: 11 out of the 11 meetings (100%)
Reason for the nomination:
Mr. Daisuke Yokota has managed the Company group by demonstrating strong leadership since his appointment as President
and Representative Director. The Company nominated him as a candidate for a Director because it appreciates his global businessperformance and vast knowledge and experience of general corporate management and thus expects he will continue tocontribute to the Company’s sustainable growth and enhancement of corporate value.

4Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Apr. 1971
Oct. 2001
Apr. 2003
Apr. 2005

Masanori Kazamaki(March 8, 1949)

Jun. 2005
Apr. 2008＜New Candidate＞
Apr. 2010<Candidate for
Outside Director>
Apr. 20112

Apr. 2012
Mar. 2013

Jun. 2015

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedJoined Nissei Sangyo (current Hitachi HighTechnologies Corporation)
General Manager, Electronic Device Department,
Hitachi High-Technologies
Vice General Manager, Sales Department ofIndustrial Materials
Chief General Manager, Sales Department ofIndustrial Materials
Board Member, Chief General Manager, Sales
Department of Industrial Materials
Managing Officer, Chief General Manager, Sales
Department of Industrial Materials
Managing Officer,
President, West Japan Branch,
Branch Manager, Kansai BranchManaging Officer,
Vice General Manager, Sales Headquarters,
Branch Manager, Kansai BranchSpecial Assignment Advisor
Retired from Special Assignment Advisor
Outside Director who is an Audit Committee
member of the Company (incumbent) (the termof office as Director who is an Audit Committee
member will expire at the conclusion of thisAnnual Meeting of Shareholders)

0 shares

Number of years in service (number of years in service of Outside Director who is an Audit Committee member):
4 at the conclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Attendance of the Board of Directors meetings: 11 out of the 11 meetings (100%)
Attendance of the Audit Committee meetings: 13 out of the 13 meetings (100%)
Reason for the nomination:
The Company nominated Mr. Masanori Kazamaki as a candidate for an Outside Director because he has assumed important
positions at Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation and has wide knowledge and experience in the resin material industry. The
Company believes that he will continue to leverage such knowledge and experience to supervise the management of theGroup.

Candidate
No.

Name(Date of birth)

Shigeya Fujita(December 24, 1972)＜New Candidate＞
3

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Mar. 2003
Apr. 2009
Apr. 2013

Joined the Company
Vice President, Enplas (U.S.A.), Inc.

Apr. 2014

Executive Officer, Manager of Corporate Center, Corporate& Administration Division

Apr. 2015

Executive Officer, Manager of Group Financial Office,Corporate & Administration Division

Apr. 2017

Executive Officer, Manager of Corporate Center, Corporate& Administration Division

Apr. 2019

Executive Officer, General Manager of MSD Division(incumbent)

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedManager of Corporate Center, Corporate & Administration
Division

2,200 shares

Reason for the nomination:
The Company nominated Mr. Shigeya Fujita as a candidate for a Director because he has assumed important positions such as Vice
President of ENPLAS(U.S.A.), INC., a subsidiary of the Company, Manager of Corporate Center, Corporate & Administration Division
and General Manager of MSD Division, and the Company believes that he will continue to leverage such knowledge and experience tosupervise the management of the Group.

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Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Yuji Horikawa(February 22, 1977)＜New Candidate＞
4

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Nov. 2008
July. 2013
Oct. 2014
Apr. 2016
Apr. 2017
June. 2017

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedJoined the Company
Deputy General Manager of Engineering Plastics Division
General Manager of Engineering Plastics Division
Manager of Business Planning Division

1,700 shares

Adviser of DNA Chip Research Inc.
Director of DNA Chip Research Inc.

Reason for the nomination:
The Company nominated Mr. Yuji Horikawa as a candidate for a Director because he has assumed important positions such as General
Manager of Engineering Plastic Division of the Company and Director of DNA Chip Research Inc in which the Company makes
investment, and the Company believes that he will continue to leverage his ability to analyze management to supervise the managementof the Group.

Notes:

1. There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company.
2. Mr. Masanori Kazamaki is a candidate for a Director (excluding Audit Committee members) and for
an Outside Director.
3. Pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the provision of Article 427, paragraph
1 of the Companies Act, the Company has concluded an agreement with Mr. Masanori Kazamaki tolimit his liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The maximum
amount of liability for damages under this agreement is the amount provided for under laws andregulations. If Mr. Kazamaki takes office of the Director (excluding Audit Committee members), theCompany plans to continue the aforementioned agreement with him.
4. The Company registered Mr. Masanori Kazamaki with the Tokyo Stock Exchange as an Independent
Director pursuant to the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
5. Mr. Yuji Horikawa will resign from Director of DNA Chip Research Inc. as of June 19, 2019 upon
expiration of his term of office.

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Agenda Item No. 2:
Election of Three (3) Directors who are Audit Committee members
The term of office for all current three (3) Directors who are Audit Committee members
will expire at the conclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, theCompany requests the election of three (3) Directors who are Audit Committee members.
This agenda item has been approved by the Audit Committee.
The candidates for Directors who are Audit Committee members are as follows.
Candidate
No.

Name(Date of birth)

Masao Hisada(December 16, 1948)

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Apr. 1972
Feb. 1995

Joined Hitachi, Ltd.

Apr. 1999

General Manager of International Sales Division, Electric
Utility Sales Operations Group, Power & Industrial Systems
Group

Feb. 2001
Apr. 2003

General Manager of Hitachi (China), Ltd.

Feb. 2004
Feb. 2006

President and CEO of Hitachi America, Ltd.

Apr. 2006
Apr. 2007<New Candidate>1<Candidate for
Outside Director>

Oct. 2009

Apr. 2010
Jun. 2010
Apr. 2011
Apr. 2015
Jun. 2015
Jun. 2017
Jun. 2019

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

Senior Manager of International Sales Division, Power
Systems Division

General Manager of Global Business Division, Deputy
General Manager of Corporate Export Regulation Division,
Hitachi, Ltd.

0 shares

General Manager of Group Procurement Division, Hitachi,
Ltd.
General Manager of Corporate Procurement Division,
Hitachi Ltd.
Vice President and Executive Officer,
General Manager of Corporate Procurement Division,
Deputy General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group,
General Manager of Group-wide Strategic Sales Office andGlobal Business Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
Vice President and Executive Officer,
Deputy General Manager of Corporate Marketing Group,
General Manager of International Marketing Division andInternational Strategy Division, Hitachi, Ltd.
Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, Hitachi
High-Technologies Corporation
Representative Executive Officer,
Executive Vice President, Executive Officer and Director,
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
Representative Executive Officer, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director, Hitachi High-technologies
Corporation
Director and Executive Officer, Hitachi High-Technologies
Corporation
Chairman of the Board, Hitachi High-Technologies
Corporation
Senior Adviser, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation(incumbent)
Outside Director, ALCONIX Corporation (expected)

Reason why the Company nominated him as a candidate for an Outside Director:
Mr. Masao Hisada has assumed important positions including the representative executive officer of domestic listed companies and has
extensive experience and knowledge of business management as well as abundant international experience. Accordingly, the Company
nominated him as a candidate for an Outside Director who is an Audit Committee member because the Company believes that he will
provide valuable opinion and advice regarding the management of the Group.

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Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Apr. 1989
Jun. 1996
Jun. 2000
Jun. 2002

Jun. 2005

2

Toshimasa Iue(December 3, 1962)

Jun. 2007
Feb. 2010＜New Candidate＞

Apr. 2011<Candidate for
Outside Director>

Apr. 2014

Apr. 2015

Jun. 2016
Jun. 2017
Jul. 2017
Jun. 2018

Number of theCompany’s shares
ownedJoined SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Director, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
President of Company, Soft Energy Co., Ltd.
Senior Managing Director, SANYO Electric Co..
Ltd.
Director, Vice President and CMO(Representative Director), SANYO Electric Co.,Ltd.
Director and President (Representative Director),
SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Special Advisor, SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.
Vice President and Operating Officer, LIXILGroup Corporation
Director, Vice President and Operating Officer,
President of International Company, LIXIL
Corporation
Director, Vice President and Operating Officer,
Chief Marketing and Sales Officer, LIXIL
Corporation
Director, Vice President and Operating Officer,
LIXIL Housing Technology CEO, LIXIL
Corporation
Director and Operating Officer, LIXIL Group
Corporation
Retired from Director and Operating Officer,
LIXIL Group Corporation
Executive Adviser of the Company

0 shares

Outside Director (excluding Audit Committee members) of
the Company (incumbent) (the term of office as Director(excluding Audit Committee members) will expire at theconclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders)Number of years in service (number of years in service of Outside Director (excluding Audit Committee members))
1 at the conclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Attendance of the Board of Directors meetings: 9 out of the 9 meetings (100%)

Reason for the nomination:
The Company nominated Mr. Toshimasa Iue as a candidate for an Outside Director because he has held important positions
including the representative director at domestically listed companies and has wide experience and knowledge of business
management as an executive officer. The Company believes that he will provide valuable opinion and advice regarding themanagement of the Group.

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Candidate
No.

Name
(Date of birth)

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Jul. 2003
Apr. 2006

Ichiro Hasegawa(December 24, 1955)

3＜Reappointment＞

Jun. 2006
Jun. 2012
Apr. 2013

Apr. 2015
Jun. 2015

Joined the Company
Chief General Manager, Semiconductor
Peripherals Business Department
Director and Officer, Chief General Manager,
Semiconductor Peripherals Business Department
Director and Officer in charge of General Affairs
Department
Director and Officer
Head, Business Planning Control Headquarters
Local Service Center
Director and Officer in charge of Internal Audit
OfficeDirector who is an Audit Committee member of
the Company (incumbent)

Number of theCompany’s shares
owned

5,300 shares

Number of years in service of Director:
7 at the conclusion of this Annual Meeting of Shareholders
Attendance of the Board of Directors meetings: 11 out of the 11 meetings (100%)
Attendance of the Audit Committee meetings: 13 out of the 13 meetings (100%)
Reason for the nomination:
The Company nominated Mr. Ichiro Hasegawa as a candidate for a Director who is an Audit Committee member
because he has engaged in management operations of the Company and the Group companies, possesses
abundant management experience and insight in a wide range of areas such as compliance, and has been actively
working to improve governance of the Company as a Director who is an Audit Committee member of theCompany. The Company believes that he will contribute to secure the proper supervision and the soundness ofthe management of the Company.
Notes:

1. There is no special interest between any of the candidates and the Company.
2. Mr. Masao Hisada and Mr. Toshimasa Iue are candidates for Directors who are Audit Committee
members and for Outside Directors.
3.

If Mr. Masao Hisada takes office of the Director who is an Audit Committee member, the Company
plans to conclude an agreement with him to limit his liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph
1 of the Companies Act pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the provisionof Article 427, paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The maximum amount of liability for damages
under this agreement will be the amount provided for under laws and regulations.

4. Pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the provision of Article 427, paragraph
1 of the Companies Act, the Company has concluded an agreement with each of Mr. Toshimasa Iue
and Mr. Ichiro Hasegawa to limit their liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph 1 of theCompanies Act. The maximum amount of liability for damages under this agreement is the amountprovided for under laws and regulations. If Mr. Toshimasa Iue and Mr. Ichiro Hasegawa take office of
the Directors who are Audit Committee members, the Company plans to continue the aforementioned
agreement with each of them.
5.

If Mr. Masao Hisada takes office of the Director who is an Audit Committee member, the Company
plans to register him with the Tokyo Stock Exchange as an Independent Director pursuant to the rulesof the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

6.

The Company registered Mr. Toshimasa Iue with the Tokyo Stock Exchange as an Independent
Director pursuant to the rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

9Agenda Item No. 3:
Election of One (1) Director who is a Substituting Audit Committee member
To prepare for a case in which the number of Directors who are Audit Committee members falls
short of the number stipulated by applicable laws and regulations, the Company requests theelection of one (1) Director who is a substituting Audit Committee member.
This agenda item has been approved by the Audit Committee.
The candidate for Director who is a substituting Audit Committee member is as follows.
Name(Date of birth)
Sakae Ochiai(November 23, 1955)<Reappointment><Candidate for Outside
Director>

Brief profile, position, and responsibility at the Company(Significant concurrent positions)Apr. 1980
Jul. 1999
Jul. 2001
Jul. 2002
Jul. 2004
Sep. 2006
Jun. 2007
Jun. 2015

Joined Kantoshinetsu Regional Taxation Bureau
Coordination Officer, First Division, Urawa Tax Office
Chief Officer, Third Division, MitoTax Office
Chief Officer, Fifth Division, Nagano Tax Office
Chief Officer, Second Division, Omiya Tax Office
Registered as Certified Tax Accountant (incumbent)
Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company
Retired from Outside Corporate Auditor, the Company

Number of theCompany’s
shares owned

100 shares

Reason why the Company nominated him as a candidate for an Outside Director and believes that he will be able to properly
perform his duties:
The Company nominated Mr. Sakae Ochiai as a candidate for an Outside Director who is a substituting Audit Committee
member because he is a Certified Tax Accountant, he will be able to contribute to enhancing the Company’s audit function byleveraging his wide expertise and experience of finance and accounting, and he is independent from the management of theCompany, though he has not been involved in the company management in any way other than becoming an outside officer
in the past.
(Notes) 1. There are no special conflicts of interest between the candidate and the Company.
2. Mr. Sakae Ochiai is a candidate for an Outside Director who is a substituting Audit Committee member.
3. If Mr. Sakae Ochiai takes office of the Director who is an Audit Committee member, the Company plans toconclude an agreement with him to limit his liability for damages under Article 423, paragraph 1 of theCompanies Act pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation of the Company and the provision of Article 427,
paragraph 1 of the Companies Act. The maximum amount of liability for damages under this agreement will be
the amount provided for under laws and regulations.
4. If Mr. Sakae Ochiai takes office of the Director who is an Audit Committee member, the Company plans toregister him with the Tokyo Stock Exchange as an Independent Director pursuant to the rules of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange.

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