Engagement in Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors

FY2025 (from April 2025 to March 2026)

Results of Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors (April 2025 to March 2026)

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Activities Person in charge Number of implementation/company (total) Supplementary information
President Executive(note) IR department
Briefing for institutional investors and analysts Briefing of Financial Results and Medium-term Management Plan 5 times
Other IR events Briefing by theme Once 4 business fields
Small meeting 9 companies
1on1 dialogue Dialogue by theme 4 companies ESG management
IR interviews (including overseas) and conferences 1,363 companies 858 overseas and 505 domestic companies
Shareholders’ meeting Once
Briefing for individual investors Once
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    General Manager of Strategy Div., Finance and Accounting Div., Risk Management Div., and each business Div.

Main theme of dialogue (April 2025 to March 2026)

1. Recent business results

  • Progress of the annual plan and future outlook
  • Changes in the business environment
  • Policies and progress in initiatives to improve profitability

2. Medium-term Management Plan 2022-2025 (25 Mid-term Plan) and its progress

  • Details of the 25 Mid-term Plan (basic concept, rationale of target, value creation process toward 2030, etc.)
  • Approach to and progress in reviewing the business portfolio with an awareness of capital efficiency
  • Concept of cash allocation

3. ESG management and sustainability Indicators

  • Reducing CO2, including Scope3
  • Human capital and employee engagement
  • Approach to strategic stockholdings and listed subsidiaries

4. Stock price and shareholder return policy

  • Actions to achieve management conscious of cost of capital and stock price (Initiatives aimed at PBR more than1)
  • Approach to dividend policy

[Reference] Summaries of question and answer from past briefings can be found on the following website

Status of feedback to management regarding dialogue with shareholders and investors (April 2025 to March 2026)

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Means Person in charge Frequency Contents
Regular reports at meetings of the Board of Directors Executive for IR Every quarter
  • Evaluations, expectations, and concerns of institutional investors and analysts based on dialogue after the announcement of financial results
  • Policies for future external explanations and IR activities reflecting the above
  • Analyst earnings forecast
  • Stock price information, including comparison with competitors
Regular reports at management committee Executive for IR Every quarter
E-mail to internal officers and related divisions IR department Any time
  • Details of question-and-answer at briefings
  • Update information of analyst reports