Communication with Shareholders and Investors
Status of dialogue between management and shareholders in FY2025, etc.
Main personnel carrying out dialogue with shareholders
CEO: 4 results briefings, 21 individual meetings (FY2024 results: 4 times, 23 times)
CFO: 72 individual meetings (64 times)
Public Relations / Shareholder Relations Dept.: 70 individual interviews (71 times)
Securities firm-sponsored tours: Held 7 times (5 times)
Overview of shareholders with whom dialogue was held
| FY2025 results | FY2024 results | ||
| Domestic / Foreign (people) |
Domestic | 293 | 247 |
| Foreign | 156 | 76 | |
| Total | 449 | 323 | |
| Areas of responsibility of counterparties (people) |
Fund manager | 215 | 119 |
| Analyst | 206 | 138 | |
| Responsible for ESG | 7 | 6 | |
| Voting officer | 15 | 12 | |
| Other | 6 | 48 | |
| Total | 449 | 323 | |
Main topics of dialogue and items of interest to shareholders
Business- Business expansion through Physical AI, Open platform
- Economic trends, business environment
- Medium- and long-term targets
- Targeted profit margin level
- Production capacity expansion plans
- Carbon neutrality initiatives
- Employee engagement, Diversity initiatives, Progress on organizational culture reform
- Board diversity
- Holding level of cash and cash equivalents, Cash allocation
- Cost of capital and ROE
Feedback of shareholders' views and concerns to management and the board of directors
Report on the content of the dialogue to management as required, and report on the opinions and concerns raised by shareholders during 2025 at the Board of Directors' meeting in May 2026.
Actions taken based on the dialogue and feedback
- Following the AGM in June 2025, the proportion of female directors rose from 27% to 30%.
- From July 2025, all chairs and committee chairs of the Board of Directors, the Audit and Supervisory Committee, and the Nomination and Compensation Committee being held by outside directors.