Nintendo 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders: vote results, approval rates

On Wednesday, the 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders of Nintendo Co. Ltd was held. As mentioned in this post, all the propositions were approved, which includes the election and re-election of the various Directors. This vote is a great way to see the approval rate of each one of them, especially the one at the very top.

Today, Nintendo revealed the results of the votes for the election and re-election of the Directors, which are as follows:

• Tatsumi Kimishima: 87.14% (as opposed to 92.60% at the same meeting last year, and 83.45% for Iwata at the same meeting, last year)
• Genyo Takeda: 95.26% (as opposed to 92.07% at the same meeting, last year)
• Shigeru Miyamoto: 95.26% (as opposed to 92.08% at the same meeting, last year)
• Shinya Takahashi: 95.87% (as opposed to 94.46% at the same meeting, last year)
• Shuntaro Furukawa: 96.38%
• Naoki Noguchi: 94.78%
• Naoki Mizutani: 95.15% (as opposed to 94.52% at the same meeting, last year)
• Yoshimi Mitamura: 96.81%
• Katsuhiro Umeyama: 97.49%

For those of you who are interested, here’s the results of the votes for the other proposals:

• Proposal No. 1: Distribution of Surplus (how the company will use the money earned during the past Fiscal Year) [96.83%]
• Proposal No. 2: Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation [97.12%]
• Proposal No. 5: Determination of Compensation Payable to Directors (Excluding Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members) [97.58%]
• Proposal No. 6: Determination of Compensation Payable to Directors Who Are Audit and Supervisory Committee Members [97.77%]

Source: Nintendo