Sansan, Inc. (“the Company”) announces today that, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 236, 238 and 240 of the Companies Act, a resolution has been passed to issue Stock Acquisition Rights to the employees of the company. Details of the resolution, which was passed at a Board of Directors’ meeting held on November 19, 2024, are as set out below.
In aiming to improve its shareholder value and corporate value over the medium to long term, the Company is seeking to introduce tax-qualified stock options (“the Stock Acquisition Rights”) with stock price condition for the purpose of both giving added incentives to the employees of the company and providing further value sharing with its shareholders.
If all of the Stock Acquisition Rights are exercised, the total number of issued shares as of the end of October 2024 will be diluted by up to 0.01%. We do recognize, however, that the achievement of the exercise conditions set for the Stock Acquisition Rights will contribute to the improvement of the Company’s shareholder value and corporate value as well as contribute to the interests of existing shareholders, and thus we believe the scale of the issuance to be reasonable. Due to the issuance of the Stock Acquisition Rights, stock-based compensation expenses will be recorded annually for accounting purposes from the granting of the exercise of rights. If the conditions for exercising the rights are achieved, as mentioned above, improved shareholder value and corporate value can be shared with existing shareholders. In the event that the conditions for exercising the rights are not achieved, the shares will lapse without being issued and recorded stock-based compensation expenses will conversely be added back. We thus believe that existing shareholders are unlikely to suffer any serious disadvantage.
(1) Name of Stock Acquisition Rights
Sansan Inc. Series 16 Stock Acquisition Rights
(2) Persons to Whom Stock Acquisition Rights Are to Be Allotted, Number of Those Persons, and Number of Stock Acquisition Rights to Be Allotted
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(3) Class and Number of Shares to Be Acquired upon Exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights
The class of shares to be issued upon exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights shall be common stock of the Company, and the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of each of the Stock Acquisition Rights (“the Number of Granted Shares”) shall be one hundred (100). The Number of Granted Shares shall be adjusted according to the following formula in the event that, after the allotment date of the Stock Acquisition Rights, the Company conducts a stock split (including the gratis allotment of common stock of the Company; the same shall apply hereinafter) or a stock consolidation.
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In addition, the Number of Granted Shares shall be appropriately adjusted to the extent reasonable in the event that, after the allotment date of the Stock Acquisition Rights, the Company conducts a merger, company split or share exchange, or share transfer (“merger, etc.”) that require adjustment of the Number of Granted Shares. Provided, however, that such adjustment shall be made only with respect to the number of shares underlying the Stock Acquisition Rights that have not been exercised at the time of such adjustment, and any fraction less than one share arising from the adjustment shall be rounded down.
(4) Total Number of Stock Acquisition Rights
159 rights
The total number of shares that are to be issued upon exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights shall be 15,900 shares of common stock of the Company, and in the event the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights is adjusted pursuant to Paragraph (3) above, the number shall be obtained by multiplying the number of shares to be issued upon exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights after adjustment by the number of the Stock Acquisition Rights.
(5) Amount to Be Paid in Exchange for Stock Acquisition Rights
The payment of money in exchange for the Stock Acquisition Rights is not needed. Since as stock options the Stock Acquisition Rights are issued in consideration for the execution of duties, they do not fall under the category of “Favorable Issue.”
(6) Value or Calculation Method of Assets to Be Contributed upon Exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights
The value of the assets to be contributed upon the exercise of the Stock Acquisition Rights shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the amount to be paid per share to be issued of JPY1,986 (“the Exercise Price”) by the Number of Granted Shares.
In the event that the Company conducts a stock split, or a stock consolidation, after the allotment date of the Stock Acquisition Rights, the Exercise Price shall be adjusted according to the following formula, and any fraction less than one JPY arising from the adjustment shall be rounded up.
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In the event that, after the allotment date of the Stock Acquisition Rights, the Company issues new shares or disposes of treasury shares of the Company’s common stock at a price below the market price (except in the case of a conversion or exercise of securities [including those attached to bonds with stock acquisition rights] that can be converted into the Company’s common stock or convertible securities or which enable the holders thereof to make requests for the delivery of the Company’s common stock), the above Exercise Price shall be adjusted according to the following formula, and any fraction less than one JPY arising from the adjustment shall be rounded up.
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In the above formula, the “Number of Outstanding Shares” is the total number of issued common shares of the Company minus the number of treasury shares of common shares held by the Company. When disposing of treasury stock related to the Company’s common stock, the “Number of New Shares to Be Issued” shall be replaced by “Number of Treasury Stock to Be Disposed Of.” In addition, in the event that, after the allotment date of the Stock Acquisition Rights, the Company conducts merger etc., or otherwise requires adjustment of the above exercise price, or should adjustment to the abovementioned exercise price become necessary, the Exercise Price shall be deemed adjustable within an appropriately reasonable range in consideration of the conditions of merger, etc. and the conditions for a gratis allocation of shares.
(7) Exercise Period of Stock Acquisition Rights
The period during which Stock Acquisition Rights are exercisable (“the Exercise Period”) is from November 20, 2026, to November 19, 2034 (provided, however, that if the last day is not a Bank Business Day, it shall be the Previous Bank Business Day).
(8) Conditions of Exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights
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(9) Amount of Stated Capital and Capital Reserve to Be Increased Due to Issuance of Shares upon Exercise of Stock Acquisition Rights
(10) Matters Relating to Acquisition of Stock Acquisition Rights
(11) Restrictions on Assignment of Stock Acquisition Rights
Any acquisition of the Stock Acquisition Rights through transfer shall require approval by resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors.
(12) Handling of Stock Acquisition Rights upon Reorganization
If the Company is to engage in a merger (limited to cases where the Company is to be dissolved as a result of the merger), separated and absorbed, separated and newly incorporated, or subject to a share exchange or share transfer (all of which are collectively referred to as “the Act of Structural Reorganization”), the New Stock Acquisition Rights in the entity specified under Article 236, Paragraph 1, Items 8 (a) through (e) of the Companies Act (such entity hereafter referred to as the “Reorganized Company”) are, in accordance with applicable items below, to be issued to Holders of the Stock Acquisition Rights that remain in effect as of the time of the Act of Structural Reorganization (hereinafter “the remaining New Stock Acquisition Rights”). In such a case, the remaining New Stock Acquisition Rights will be extinguished. Provided, however, that this shall be limited to the cases where it is stipulated in the absorption-type merger agreement, consolidation-type merger agreement, absorption-type company split agreement, incorporation-type company split plan, share exchange agreement, or share transfer plan that the Stock Acquisition Rights of the Reorganized Company shall be delivered in accordance with the following conditions:
(13) Allotment Date of Stock Acquisition Rights
December 6, 2024
(14) Due Date for Application
November 29, 2024
(15) Matters Related to Stock Acquisition Right Certificates
The Company shall not issue certificates for the Stock Acquisition Rights.