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May 8, 2015FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Company Name: | KONAMI CORPORATION |
Representative: | Takuya Kozuki, President and Representative Director |
Code Number: | 9766 First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange |
Contact:
| Shusuke Sasaki, General Manager, General Affairs Department (TEL: +81-3-5770-0573) |
Notice on Change of the Company's Trade Name and
Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
KONAMI CORPORATION (the "Company") hereby announces that the Board of Directors, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on the date hereof, resolved a change in the Company's trade name, which is subject to approval of partial amendments to the Company's Articles of Incorporation at the 43rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 26, 2015.
1. Change of the Company's Trade Name
(1) Reason for the change
Ever since the Company shifted to a pure holding company structure on March 31, 2006, the Company has managed the operation of four primary businesses - Digital Entertainment, Health & Fitness, Gaming & Systems, and Pachislot & Pachinko Machines - at its group companies engaged in the aforementioned businesses.
As the Company enters the 10th year under the pure holding company structure in March next year, the Company aims to once again promote a clear understanding of its position among stakeholders by changing the trade name.
(2) The current and new company's trade name
Current: | Konami Kabushiki Kaisha (English Trade Name: KONAMI CORPORATION) |
New: | Konami Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha (English Trade Name: KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION) |
(3) Effective date
October 1, 2015
2. Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
(1) Reason for the amendments
The Company shall make amendments to Article 1 (Trade Name) in connection with the change of the Company's trade name as defined hereinbefore.
(2) Details of the amendments
The details of the amendments are as follows:
(Proposed amendments are underlined.)
Current Articles of Incorporation | Proposed Amendments |
Article 1 (Trade Name) The name of the Company is Konami Kabushiki Kaisha, being expressed as "KONAMI CORPORATION" in English.
（Newly Established） | Article 1 (Trade Name) The name of the Company is Konami Holdings Kabushiki Kaisha, being expressed as "KONAMI HOLDINGS CORPORATION" in English.
Supplementary Provision The amendments to Article 1 (Trade Name) shall come into effect as of October 1, 2015, and this Supplementary Provision shall be deleted on the date of the entry into force of the amendments.
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(3) Schedule
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to approve amendments to the Articles of Incorporation:
June 26, 2015
Effective date of the amended Articles of Incorporation:
October 1, 2015