Company: TAK
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001395064-25-000095
Chunk: 176

Company: TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
Filing Date: 2025-06-25
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 10
Chunk 176
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 such a meeting (provided that we are able to limit the number of such matters proposed by each shareholder to 10), with an individual shareholder notice (as described in “ - Register of Shareholders”).

The Companies Act enables a company to amend its articles of incorporation in order to loosen the requirements for the number of shares held and shareholding period, as well as the period required for dispatching a convocation notice or submission of requests, all of which are required for any shareholder or group of shareholders to request the convocation of a general meeting of shareholders or to propose a matter to be included in the agenda of a general meeting of shareholders. Our Articles of Incorporation do not provide for loosening such requirements.

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Voting Rights

A shareholder of record is entitled to one vote per unit (100 shares) of common stock, except that neither we nor any corporation, partnership or other similar entity in which we hold, directly or indirectly, 25% or more of the voting rights shall exercise any voting rights in respect of shares held by us or such an entity, as the case may be. Except as otherwise provided by law or by our Articles of Incorporation, a resolution can be adopted at a general meeting of shareholders by a majority of the voting rights represented at the meeting. Shareholders may also exercise their voting rights through proxies, provided that the proxy is granted to one of our shareholders having voting rights. The Companies Act and our Articles of Incorporation provide that the quorum for the election of directors is one-third of the total number of voting rights. Our Articles of Incorporation provide that the shares may not be voted cumulatively for the election of directors.

The Companies Act provides that a special resolution of the general meeting of shareholders is required for certain significant corporate transactions, including:

• any amendment to our Articles of Incorporation (except for amendments that may be made without the approval of shareholders under the Companies Act);

• a reduction of share capital, subject to certain exceptions under which a shareholders’ resolution is not required, such as a reduction of share capital for the purpose of replenishing capital deficiencies;

• transfer of the whole or a part of our equity interests in any of our subsidiaries, subject to certain exceptions under which a shareholders’ resolution is not required;

• a dissolution, merger or consolidation, subject to certain exceptions under which a shareholders’ resolution is not required;

• the transfer of the whole or a substantial part of our business, subject to certain exceptions under which a shareholders’ resolution is not required;

• the taking