ANA Holdings Inc Notice of Change of Independent Auditor (8329Y)

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RNS Number : 8329Y

ANA Holdings Inc

20 May 2016

May 20, 2016

Company Name: ANA HOLDINGS INC.

Representative: Shinya Katanozaka, President & CEO

(Code No: 9202 TSE 1st section)

Inquiries: Yuzo Hara, Vice President of

Corporate Communication Office

General Administration

(Tel. [phone])

Notice of Change of Independent Auditor

TOKYO May 20, 2016

ANA HOLDINGS INC. announces that the resolution passed at the Audit and Supervisory Board held on May 20, 2016 that the ANA HOLDINGS INC. will change its independent auditor responsible for audit certification in accordance with Article 193-2, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, as described below.

   1.   Schedule date of change 

June 28, 2016 (Schedule date of the 71th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders)

   2.   Overview of incoming and outgoing independent auditor 

(1) Overview of incoming independent auditor

Name: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC

Location: Shinagawa Intercity, 2-15-3 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

Name of Engagement Partners: Yoshiyuki Higuchi, Hirotsugu Mizuno, Kenji Akiyama

Registration status under the registration system of audit firms for listed companies of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants: Registered

(2) Overview of outgoing independent auditor

Name: Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC

Location: Hibiya Kokusai Building, 2-2-3 Uchisaiwai-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

Name of Engagement Partners: Kenzo Oka, Takao Maruyama, Takayuki Ando

   3.   Reason for nominating the independent auditor in 2-(1) 

The Audit and Supervisory Board of ANA HOLDINGS INC. has comprehensively considered whether Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC is qualified as an independent auditor in terms of its quality-control framework, independence, expertise, and understanding of the businesses of The ANA Group (ANA HOLDINGS INC. and its consolidated subsidiaries) and has decided that Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC is appropriate as an independent auditor of ANA HOLDINGS INC.

   4.   Most recent date of appointment of outgoing independent auditor 

June 29, 2015

5. Opinions on audit reports and other documents prepared by the outgoing independent auditor in the past three years

Not applicable

   6.   Reasons and processes for decision to make change 

The official term of Ernst & Young ShinNihon LLC, current independent auditor of ANA HOLDINGS INC., will expire at the close of the 71th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled for June 28, 2016. As a result, ANA HOLDINGS INC. plans to subsequently appoint Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC.

7. Opinions of the outgoing independent auditor concerning the statements in audit reports and other documents regarding the reasons and processes described in 6. above

ANA HOLDINGS INC. received a reply stating that there is no particular opinion.

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