Responsible Dialogue with Shareholders and Other Investors

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Exercise of Shareholder Rights at General Shareholder Meetings

In recognition of the General Meeting of Shareholders as the highest decision-making body, as well as the opportunity for constructive dialogue with shareholders, the Company provides sufficient time and setting for shareholders to appropriately exercise their rights, while at the same time determining the date and location and developing an environment to facilitate shareholder attendance. Specifically, the Company is engaged in the following initiatives.

Convocation notice、Ensure sufficient
time for considering proposals

・The Company strives to prepare a convocation notice that is easy to read by using graphs, images, and plain language in its explanations.

・Prior disclosure in Japanese and English on the Company‘s website, etc., approximately one month prior to the date of the Meeting, and sending the no later than three weeks before the date of the Meeting.

Ensuring convenience
in exercising voting rights

・Offers voting via the Internet and uses the Electronic Voting Platform.

Create an environment that
promotes attendance and viewing

・Reflection feedback from shareholders in the operation of the Meeting by means such as providing a special child-care room and assistance through a sign language interpreter at the Meeting venue.

・Conduct an online live stream so that shareholders who could not make it to the venue can watch the Meeting.

・Investors who hold shares of the Company in street names can attend the Meeting, although it does not permit the exercise of voting rights and proposal.

68th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (March 27, 2025)
  • Number of attendees:134　Voting rights exercised:64.01 %
  • Number of online viewer:117

Responsible Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors

The Policy for the Constructive Dialogue with Shareholders

In accordance with the Company’s Disclosure Policy, the Company strives to disclose fair, timely, and appropriate information to its shareholders and investors.

The Business Strategy Department has been established as the department in charge of IR, and the responsible person in charge is the Business Strategy Division Manager. The Company holds second quarter and annual results briefings as well as Medium-Term Business Plan briefings, which are attended by the President and CEO, and others. With a view toward increasing the transparency and reliability of operating information, domestic and overseas IR activities are considered and carried out with the attendance of the Director in charge of the IR Department, the President and CEO, other Internal Directors, and Outside Directors, based on meeting content and necessity.

Disclosure Policy

Status of dialogue with shareholders, etc

We actively engages in responsible dialogue with shareholders and other investors through IR meetings and financial results briefings, etc.
For details, please refer to the below

IR meetings with institutional investors Total number of correspondences: 310 (fiscal 2024)