SHELF REGISTRATION FOR ISSUANCE OF STOCK OPTIONS

Listed Company Name: Eisai Co., Ltd.
Representative: Haruo Naito
Representative Corporate
Officer and CEO
Securities Code: 4523
Listed Locations: First Section of the Tokyo
Stock Exchange
Inquiries: Sayoko Sasaki 
Vice President, Chief IR Officer &
Stakeholder Communications 
Phone: +81-3-3817-5120

  

Eisai Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) today filed a shelf registration statement with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau for issuance of stock options in accordance with the Company’s “Policy for Protection of the Company’s Corporate Value and Common Interests of Shareholders” (the “Policy”). This submission corresponds to the expiration of the previous shelf registration (period from July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020) filed on June 21, 2019.

   

Details

  

1. Securities Type:

Stock options

2. Issue Period: One year from the effective date of the shelf registration of stock options (period from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021)
3. Offering Method: Rights offering to shareholders
4. Issue Amount: 800 million yen
(This is the total amount to be paid upon the exercise of all stock options to be issued to subscribers free of charge.)
At meeting of the Company’s Board of Directors held on June 19, 2020, the Board of Directors resolved to continue the Policy as proposed by the Company’s Independent Committee of Outside Directors.
This newly filed shelf registration will provide the Company with the flexibility to issue stock options by offering rights to existing shareholders in accordance with the Policy.


For further information on the Policy, please visit Eisai Global website listed below.

(https://www.eisai.com/news/2020/pdf/enews202028pdf.pdf)
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