Maruwa Regulatory News (MAW)

11 May 2007 07:43

Maruwa Co Ld11 May 2007 11 May 2007 MARUWA CO., LTD.3-83 Minamihonjigahara-cho, Owariasahi-city, Aichi-pref., 488-0044 JAPAN (Translation) Notice regarding the appointment of an independent auditor MARUWA CO., LTD. ("MARUWA") announced that it is resolved at the board meetingon 11 May 2007 to submit a proposal for the appointment of an independentauditor to the 34th annual shareholders' meeting to be held on 27 June 2007 asfollows. The audit committee's consent is granted for this agenda. 1. Reason for appointment MISUZU Audit Corporation (renamed from ChuoAoyama PricewaterhouseCoopers as of 1September 2006), who is the temporary independent auditor of MARUWA, will resignupon the expiration of their term as of the end of the 34th annual shareholders'meeting to be held on 27 June 2007. Therefore, MARUWA decided to submit aproposal for the appointment of KPMG AZSA & Co. as a new independent auditor. 2. New independent auditor candidate KPMG AZSA & Co.1-2 Tsukudo-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan 3.Temporary independent auditor to resign MISUZU Audit Corporation3-2-5 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan 4. Date of appointment 27 June 2007 END This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange