Timely and appropriate disclosure of corporate information and establishment of two-way communication

General Meeting of Shareholders

We view the annual General Meeting of Shareholders as a valuable opportunity to have a direct dialogue with shareholders. We do not only send out the notice of convocation of the General Meeting of Shareholders three weeks prior to the date of the meeting so as to enable all shareholders to check and review the reports and resolutions at the General Meeting of Shareholders, but also make disclosure thereof including an English version four weeks prior to the date of the meeting on the website of the stock exchanges and the company website from fiscal 2017. In addition, we are increasing the size of printed matters into B5 size (182 x 257 mm) to improve readability and ease of understanding.
Furthermore, we hold the General Meeting of Shareholders prior to the day on which many companies hold theirs so that all shareholders may attend. In order to facilitate understanding of the reports, we use video and narration at the meeting, and an exhibition stand is provided at the meeting venue to allow participants to familiarize with our business and products
In addition, we are striving to improve the environment for the exercise of voting rights by shareholders, not only by introducing the system to allow shareholders to exercise their voting rights through internet using a personal computer or a smartphone in addition to writing, but also by participating in the Voting Rights Electronic Exercise Platform operated by the stock exchanges for institutional investors.

Dialogue with institutional investors

In order to bring understanding on management strategies, management plans, and corporate governance to institutional investors, our company has implemented a wide range of initiatives, including plant tours, dialogues with outside directors and so on, in addition to dialogues with management and departments in charge.