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AI brief of an SEC Form 8-K · JAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC (JOF)

Japan Smaller Capitalization Fund reports special committee finds no better manager than current adviser

Neutral Impact 3 of 5 other Written later

The fund's special committee, formed under a charter adopted September 9, 2022, evaluated alternatives to the current investment manager and concluded none is as suitable as Nomura Asset Management U.S.A. Inc. and Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. The report was provided to the board on February 28, 2023, and publicly disclosed to shareholders. The outcome keeps the existing management arrangement in place, following a shareholder proposal to replace the manager that did not pass at the 2022 annual meeting.

Key points

  • Committee reviewed a list of 12 possible alternative managers and eliminated several for reasons including non-US domicile and lack of closed-end fund expertise
  • Committee concluded no alternative is as suitable and capable as NAM-USA and NAM-Tokyo
  • Report dated February 28, 2023, filed as Exhibit 99(i); shareholder proposal to replace the manager did not receive enough votes at the 2022 Annual Meeting

The filing

CompanyJAPAN SMALLER CAPITALIZATION FUND INC (JOF)
Form8-K, current report
Filed with the SECMar 8, 2023, 9:43 AM ET
Accession number0001140361-23-010611

Items reported: 8.01 Other Events

Read the filing on SEC.gov ↗

Written by AI on Nov 9, 2026, 8:28 AM ET, from this filing only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on March 08, 2023.

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