June 9, 2021
Notice Concerning the Establishment of a Special Investigation Committee
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Company, Ltd.
We are making this announcement because the Company passed a resolution to establish a special
investigation committee, as described below, at a meeting of the Board of Directors held today.
The Company will fully cooperate with the investigation by the Special Investigation Committee.
Once again, we sincerely apologize for the great inconvenience and concern this has caused to ourshareholders, investors, customers, and other stakeholders.
1. Purpose of the establishment of the Special Investigation Committee
As we announced in the “Notice Concerning the Revocation of JIS Certification of Aluminum Sheet
Products at Nippon Light Metal Nagoya Plant” dated May 17, 2021, we established a JIS Certification
Violation Investigation Committee (internal investigation committee) to begin an investigation into theinappropriate behavior that caused the revocation of the JIS certification at the Nagoya Plant of Nippon
Light Metal Company, Ltd. (hereinafter the “Matter”), and have proceeded with a general inspection ofJIS-marked products at all JIS-certified business sites in the Company Group. However, we came torecognize the need for more objectivity and a broader and deeper investigation to accurately understandthe facts in order to fully grasp and resolve the situation, and we thus decided to establish a Special
Investigation Committee comprising three outside experts and two outside officers (a total of fivemembers). With the establishment of the Special Investigation Committee, the JIS Certification Violation
Investigation Committee will be disbanded, and the investigation materials will be handed over.
2. Composition of the Special Investigation Committee (titles omitted)
Chairman:Member:Member:Member:Member:Atsushi Nishitani (Partner, Attorney-at-law, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
Hiroki Wakabayashi (Partner, Attorney-at-law, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
Kazuhiro Kikawa (Partner, Attorney-at-law, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune)
Ryoichi Hayashi (Outside Director of the Company)
Jinseki Kim (Outside Corporate Auditor of the Company, Certified Public Accountant)

3. Matters Delegated to the Special Investigation Committee• Confirmation of the facts related to the Matter at the Nagoya Plant of Nippon Light Metal
Company, Ltd.
• Confirmation of the existence of similar quality-related events other than the Matter at theNagoya Plant of Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd. and the facts related thereto• Confirmation of whether there have been any events similar to the Matter at JIS-certified
business sites within the Company Group and the facts related thereto• Investigation of the causes of the Matter and similar events (if any) and recommendations ofmeasures to prevent recurrence• Other matters deemed necessary by the Special Investigation Committee
4. JIS-certified business sites in our group(1) JIS-certified business sites (5 sites)• Nikkei Niigata Co., Ltd., 1572-19 Tarodai, Kita-ku, Niigata-shi, Niigata• Nikkei Kambara Co., Ltd., 5617 Kambara, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka• Nikkei Sangyo Co., Ltd. Kambara Plant, 5407-1 Kambara, Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka-shi, Shizuoka
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Riken Light Metal Industry Company Ltd., 3-2-1, Magarikane, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka-shi,Shizuoka
Nikkei Extrusions Company, Ltd. Okayama Plant, 2100 Abe, Ochiai-cho, Takahashi-shi,Okayama(2) Business site with JIS certification revoked (1 site)• Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd. Nagoya Plant, 1-11-1, Koike, Inazawa-shi, Aichi, Japan
5. Public Announcements Relating to the Investigation
The Company will first announce the details of the investigation (including measures to preventrecurrence) at the Nagoya Plant of Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd., and then the details of theinvestigation (including measures to prevent recurrence) at the Company Group’s JIS-certified businesssites.
The duration and content of the investigation will be determined by the Special Investigation
Committee.
6. Future actions
The Company will fully cooperate with the Special Investigation Committee to ensure that its
investigation is conducted promptly and effectively.
The Company will promptly disclose and take other necessary actions regarding matters revealed
through the Special Investigation Committee’s investigation.
EndInquiries about the release:
Public Relations and Investor Relations
Planning Administration Dept.
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Company, Ltd.
Tel: +81-3-6810-7160

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For reference (Abbreviated background of the members of the Special Investigation Committee)
Name

Month and Year

Atsushi Nishitani

October 2002
May 2013
September 2014
January 2017

Admitted to the bar
University of California, Berkeley, USA (LL.M.)
Admitted to the New York State Bar
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Hiroki Wakabayashi

April 1989
June 1993
December 1996
April 2002
May 2003
October 2011

Admitted to the bar
University of Chicago, USA (LL.M.)
Judge (Tokyo District Court, etc.)
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Re-admitted to the New York State Bar
Special Member, the Dispute Reconciliation
Committee for Nuclear Damage Compensation,
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science andTechnology
Audit Committee Member of Deloitte Touche
Tohmatsu LLC
Visiting Professor, University of Tokyo School ofLaw

December 2015
April 2016
Kazuhiro Kikawa

Prosecutor, Tokyo, Takamatsu, Naha, Yokohama, andOkayama District Public Prosecutor’s Offices andCriminal Affairs Bureau and Immigration Bureau ofthe Ministry of Justice
Admitted to the bar
University of California, Berkeley, USA (LL.M.)
Partner, Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

April 2000

April 2012
July 2014
January 2018
Ryoichi Hayashi

Joined Mitsubishi Corporation
General Manager, Power Fuels Dept., Mitsubishi
Corporation
General Manager of International Petroleum
Unit, Mitsubishi Corporation
General Manager, Overseas Business Planning Dept.
Senior Vice President and Division COO ofCarbon & LPG Business Div., Mitsubishi
Corporation
Senior Corporate Counsellor, Mitsubishi Corporation

April 1974
February 1992April 2002

April 2007

July 2012
to June 2014
June 2013
Jinseki Kim

Career summary

Outside Director of the Company (current position)
Joined Tomono Tax Accounting Office
Joined Century Audit Corporation
Joined KPMG AZSA & Co.
Established Jinseki Kim CPA Office, Representative

December 1992
October 1994
June 2003
July 2015
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(current position)
CEO of Accounting Workshop Co., Ltd. (currentposition)
Substitute Outside Auditor of the Company
Representative of Nozomy Audit Corporation(current position)
Outside Auditor of the Company (current position)

December 2015
June 2018
December 2018
June 20204