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Metrical Inc

METRICAL INC. is an independent leading Corporate Governance research firm in Japan where Corporate Governance is increasingly recognized as an important element on corporate management in these days. Thus, CG research and solutions would become an essential component of global capital markets and play important to contribute to transparency of the markets and maximize shareholders’ value in Japan. 

METRICAL INC. provides Corporate Governance research and analysis including rating services, and  also offers investment research and IR services with solutions and customized profound research on CG and IR issues.

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Executive Director, Metrical Inc

Aki Matsumoto

Executive Director

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<li>Rather than lowering the minimum investment amount, attention is focused on whether the essence of the issue is whether the long-standing unit share system can be abolished.</li>
<li>This system, which doesn't grant voting rights to shareholders who don't hold more than certain number shares, has led companies to turn inward-looking by making AGMs skeleton and accelerating cross-shareholdings.</li>
<li>With corporate racketeer, who triggered the introduction of this system, gone and the reduction of cross-shareholdings beginning, shareholder units that can exercise voting rights for open AGMs should be reexamined.</li>
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Rather than lowering the minimum investment amount, attention is focused on whether the essence of the issue is whether the long-standing unit share system can be abolished.
This system, which doesn't grant voting rights to shareholders who don't hold more than certain number shares, has led companies to turn inward-looking by making AGMs skeleton and accelerating cross-shareholdings.
With corporate racketeer, who triggered the introduction of this system, gone and the reduction of cross-shareholdings beginning, shareholder units that can exercise voting rights for open AGMs should be reexamined.


Share Trading Unit System, Which Made AGM Skeleton and Spurred Cross-Shareholdings, Has Done Its Job

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Share Trading Unit System, Which Made AGM Skeleton and Spurred Cross-Shareholdings, Has Done Its Job