TOKYO (Reuters) - Two outside directors of Japan's Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ) have resigned, the convenience store operator said on Wednesday.

Jennifer Rogers and Elizabath Meyerdirk resigned effective Tuesday, the company said in a statement.

The company has been fending off a $47 billion takeover bid from Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ( ANCTF ).

On Monday another director, Joseph Depinto, resigned from the board of the holding company but will remain chief executive officer of North American operations, Seven & i ( SVNDF ) said.