This “global legal management system,” which is designed for the prompt identification and treatment of critical disputes and litigations occurring globally across the AGC Group, aims to reduce comprehensive legal risks and to improve the internal controls of the whole AGC Group, by the effective collection of the dispute and litigation related information by, and its concentration within, the Group General Counsel, who then reports to management as appropriate; as well as by close cooperation with Regional General Counsels and related business and functional departments.