Corporate Governance

Basic Concept of Corporate Governance

　The FreeBit Group aims to be an attractive value creation company supported by the pillars of advanced technical strength and service development capabilities. We consider both the establishment of a highly-transparent management system that can promptly respond to environmental changes as well as the pursuit of compliance management essential for the maximization of our corporate value and fulfillment of our corporate social responsibilities, and are actively working on enhancing our corporate governance system as our most critical management task.

Current Corporate Governance Structure

　Our current corporate governance structure is displayed in the chart below.

Implementation of Measures for Shareholders and Other Stakeholders

1. Measures to Vitalize the General Shareholder Meetings and Smooth Exercise of Voting Rights

Early Notification of General Shareholder Meeting The Company makes efforts to announce the Notice of Convocation as soon as possible. To ensure a sufficient period for shareholders to consider the resolutions, Notice of Convocation is published (disclosure on Tokyo Stock Exchange and on the Company's website) before being sent out.
Scheduling General Shareholder Meeting Avoiding the Peak Day The 25th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders was held on July 24.The fiscal year ending in April, the Company has been making efforts to avoid the peak day in scheduling the meeting.
Allowing Electronic Exercise of Voting Rights To enable more shareholders to exercise their voting rights, the Company accepts voting using the Internet.
Participation in Electronic Voting Platform and Other Efforts to Improve the Voting Environment for Institutional Investors The Company participates in an electronic voting platform, to allow institutional investors ample time to consider the resolutions.
Providing Convocation Notice (Summary) in English Convocation notice (English) posted on its website.
Other The Company provides live streaming of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders via the Internet for shareholders who are unable to attend the meetings to view from their homes.

2. IR Activities

Preparation and Publication of Disclosure Policy The Company's Disclosure Policy is published on the Company's website, at the following URL:
https://freebit.com/en/ir/mgmt/disclosure.html
Regular Investor Briefings for Analysts and Institutional Investors As a general rule, briefings are held in person or via streaming by the CEO, or other excutives following the quarterly financial results.
Posting of IR Materials on Website Financial Results, timely disclosures, IR materials etc, along with quarterly financial briefings video can all be found on the Company's website, at the following URL:
https://freebit.com/en/ir/
Establishment of Department (Manager) in Charge of IR A person in charge of IR has been appointed by the Corporate Planning Headquarters.

3. Measures to Ensure Due Respect for Stakeholders

Implementation of Environmental Preservation Activities, CSR Activities etc. The details of our efforts are disclosed on our website, at the following URL:
https://freebit.com/sustainability/
Other As we recognize that building good relationships with shareholders and other stakeholders is essential to the survival of the company, we actively report our management activities, policies etc. through our website and other forms of media.