Communication with Shareholders and Investors
We will help realize a sustainable society through our business activities while building trust-based relationships with society by communicating with all stakeholders, not just customers, suppliers, and employees.
We’ve put in place structures to promote dialogue with shareholders, and we are dedicated to providing a continued stable return for shareholders and investors.
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1.We have an IR Committee, which reports directly to the president, as an entity charged with formulating the policies and strategies that guide our IR activities, studying how information should be disclosed, and implementing associated measures.
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2.We’ve appointed a director in charge of public relations to oversee issues related to constructive dialog with shareholders and investors.
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We hold financial results briefings twice a year in spring and fall following full-year and interim result announcements, to provide a forum for communication between top management and institutional investors. During individual interviews with institutional investors, the director in charge of public relations engages in lively discussions on growth strategies for each of our businesses, shareholder returns, and other topics, either face-to-face or online.
As we announced our medium-term business plan Vision 2030 State II and a structural reform of our inorganic chemicals business on May 10, 2024, we have answered many questions about them from institutional investors.- Trends in institutional investor IR coverage
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(Number of coverages)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024
As of December 31Domestic investors 39 71 51 61 53 Overseas investors 9 19 21 39 31 Total 48 90 72 100 84 - No. of participants in financial results briefings
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(Number of participants)
FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 May call off 35 35 39 54 November 22 38 34 41 42 Total 22 73 69 80 96
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In response to the system for electronic provision of materials for the General Meetings of Shareholders introduced under the amended Companies Act, ISK provides such materials electronically and in print earlier than legally required. In addition, shareholders’ meeting convocations are translated into English in their entirety, including business reports, for the convenience of non-Japanese shareholders and investors.
- 101st Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (held in June 2024)
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5.We host an annual roundtable with major shareholders with voting rights on topics including our business performance and corporate governance initiatives. In addition to reporting views and information from those events to the Board of Directors and sharing them with board members, we use them to improve our governance.