Global ESG Strategy to Disclose its Voting Policy for the AGM of With us

株式会社ウィザスの株主総会におけるGlobal ESG Strategyの議決権行使方針の事前開示

Press Release

Global ESG Strategy
June 12, 2024

Full press release

https://prtimes.jp/a/?f=d135781-25-664827e3433ad2cd24af074c71c6aa7c.pdf

Global ESG Strategy (GES), an investment fund managed by Swiss-Asia Financial Services Pte Ltd (SAFS), started investing in With us Corp. (“With us”, Securities Code: 9696), which is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange’s Standard Market, in 2023, and has continued to engage with the company ever since. GES has decided its voting policy for the 48th Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting of With us, to be held on June 27, 2024, as shown below.

Swiss-Asia Financial Services Pte Ltd（以下「SAFS」）の運営ファンドであるGlobal ESG Strategy（以下「GES」）は、2023年より、東証スタンダード上場の株式会社ウィザス（以下「ウィザス」）（証券コード：9696）に対する投資を開始し、同社へのエンゲージメントを継続してまいりました。GESは2024年6月27日に開催される予定であるウィザスの第48回定時株主総会において以下の通り議決権を行使する方針を決定しましたのでお知らせいたします。

Company proposals

<会社提案議案>

Shareholder proposals
We vote for each of GES’s shareholder proposals 3-12. We ask all shareholders to vote for all of these shareholder proposals.

<株主提案議案>
GESの株主提案議案3～12については全て賛成します。株主の皆様においても株主提案議案全てについて賛成頂くようお願いします。

GES has decided to exercise its voting rights as described above in order to fulfill its responsibilities as a major shareholder of With us and to fulfill its accountability to GES' investors. GES will continue aiming to maximize With us’s enterprise value and common interests of shareholders through constructive dialogue with the management and through shareholder proposals and the exercise of voting rights as necessary, as a responsible shareholder.

GESはウィザスの大株主としての責任を果たすため、またGESの出資者に対する説明責任を果たすため、上記の通り議決権を行使する方針を決定致しました。GESは引き続きウィザス経営陣との建設的な対話及び株主としての責任である必要に応じた株主提案、議決権行使を通じて同社の企業価値及び株式価値の最大化を目指して参ります。

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About Global ESG Strategy
Global ESG Strategy ("GES"), an investment fund that is managed by SAFS, makes medium- to long-term investments from an ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) perspective, and its policy is to promote improvements on enterprise value and shareholder value of investee companies through constructive dialogue with investee companies and other means.

About Swiss-Asia Financial Services
SAFS is founded in 2004, and is a Singapore based investment management company that holds a Capital Markets Services (CMS) License under the Singapore Securities and Futures Act (SFA).

Disclaimer

This document is for the purpose of providing information on shareholder proposal by Global ESG Strategy (“GES”) which is managed by Swiss-Asia Financial Services Pte Ltd (“SAFS”) to With us Corporation (“With us”) and should not be used for any other purpose.

The information contained in this document is based on SAFS’s independent research and analysis and publicly-available information. We, SAFS, Global ESG Strategy and other SAFS’s affiliates (“SAFS et al.”), do not guarantee its accuracy, appropriateness or completeness.

This document represents the unique views, expectations and opinions of SAFS et al. and is subject to change. You may not rely on this material for any purpose whatsoever, nor should it be interpreted as investment, financial, legal, tax or other advice.

The information and opinions included herein may include forward-looking statements. You should be aware that all forward-looking statements, estimates, and projections are inherently uncertain and subject to significant contingencies and have been included solely for illustrative purposes. Actual results may differ materially from the estimates, projections or assumptions contained herein due to reasons that may or may not be foreseeable. SAFS et al. accept no liability or responsibility whatsoever for any direct or consequential loss and/or damages arising out of or in relation to any use of opinions, forecast, materials and data contained herein or otherwise arising in connection therewith.
None of the information or content in this document is, in any way, an offer, a recommendation, a promotion of services or products; and shall not be construed as an advertisement, solicitation or representation or as advice or a recommendation regarding the purchase or sale of any investment product or any investment in any securities
This document does not, and should not be construed as, a request for SAFS et al. to grant SAFS et al. or any other third party the authority to exercise voting rights on behalf of the shareholders of With us with respect to the agenda at the General Meeting of Shareholders. In addition, it does not propose, encourage, solicit or aim to grant the shareholders of With us the right to exercise their voting rights on their behalf by designating SAFS et al. or any other third party as their proxy.