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The Board of Directors of °®¶¹´«Ã½. (Chair: Kiyochika Ota) passed a resolution for the continuation of the “Policy for Protection of the Company's Corporate Value and Common Interests of Shareholders” (“the Policy”), which was proposed by the Independent Committee of Outside Directors (Chair: Osamu Suzuki, “ICOD”) at its meeting held today.

The Policy was initially adopted after being proposed by the ICOD at an Eisai Board of Directors meeting held on February 28, 2006. Afterwards, at an Eisai Board of Directors meeting held on August 2, 2011, it was determined that the Policy is to remain in effect and the Policy was renewed.
Each year, the ICOD, which is composed from only independent and neutral outside directors who compose a majority of the Eisai Board of Directors, deliberates the continuation, amendment, or abandonment of the Policy. By indicating the approval or disapproval for the Policy by each candidate for directorship in the reference documents included in the Notice of Convocation of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, a system has been established to sufficiently reflect shareholders' opinions concerning the Policy.

In view of the fact that the Policy had been scheduled to expire on June 30, 2016, deliberation for the continuation, amendment, or abandonment of the Policy was conducted at a meeting of the ICOD held in FY2015. During deliberation by the ICOD, the latest information related to the Policy (for example, cases at other domestic/foreign companies, opinions of institutional investors, and the status for exercising of voting rights) was gathered and shared. Based on this information, thorough deliberation was held regarding the background and meaning for the Policy existing at the Company, as well as regarding the role of the ICOD.
As a result, at the meeting of the ICOD held on March 31, 2016, the ICOD decided to propose the continuation of the Policy to the Eisai Board of Directors for the reasons stated below.