Dialogue with Shareholders

Our Company informs its shareholders and investors of the current business situation and business strategies through the financial results briefings presented by the President & CEO at the end of the fiscal year and half-year, and the financial results for the first and third quarters are reported at a financial results briefing by the Executive Officer in charge of IR. In addition, our Company actively participates in conferences that are held in capital markets, responds to personal interviews, and conducts tours of the business sites and facilities of our Company. Also, in light of the composition of shareholders, our Company will actively engage in dialogue with our international investors mainly through the Executive Officer in charge of IR and the department in charge of IR. In disclosing information, our Company will not disclose any insider information in accordance with the restrictions on insider trading. At the same time, in order to ensure the impartial distribution of information to shareholders, our Company will set a silent period from the date of closing of the annual accounts to the date of publication of the said accounts, etc.

To contribute to sustainable growth and the increase of corporate value over the mid to long term, the Corporate Officers will sincerely listen to the views of shareholders and/or investors through the bi-lateral communication with the capital markets, clearly explain the business policies of our Company to shareholders in an understandable manner so as to gain their support, and promote constructive dialogue to maximize the common interests of shareholders.