We strive for high transparency in the information we disclose so that our shareholders and investors can deepen their understanding of our business and growth strategies.
We also value constructive dialogue with shareholders and investors. We take in their insights gained through the dialogue and feed them back internally, including management. In this way, we link the input of our shareholders and investors to the sustainable growth of the Company and the enhancement of corporate value.

• Disclosure Policy

After the announcement of quarterly financial results, the Company holds conference calls and financial results meetings, etc., for domestic and overseas institutional investors, in which its management team explains management strategies and financial conditions. To respond to the interests of institutional investors, the Company also conducts dialogues through individual interviews. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, the Company held a meeting on its sustainability initiatives, and for the first time, Outside Directors gave presentations at an IR event for investors.
The Company held a total of four company information sessions for individual investors in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, and received opinions from many individual investors through queries and responses to questionnaires. To ensure fairness in its information disclosure, the Company has established a page for shareholders and investors (IR website), where it posts corporate information for investors, such as timely disclosure information, in a both Japanese and English.
The Company also implements an IR Mailing Service to communicate information related to investor relations.
The Company will continue to conduct IR and SR(Note)activities so that it can engage in active dialogue with its shareholders and investors.

Note: An acronym for "Shareholder Relations," which is carried out for the purpose of building good relationships with existing shareholders.

Every year, the Company holds the General Meeting of Shareholders, giving top priority to enhancing communication with shareholders and improving their convenience.
Regarding the provision of materials for the General Meeting of Shareholders prior to the holding of the 19th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, as in the past, the Company endeavored to disclose and send the materials as early as possible so that shareholders would have enough time to carefully review the proposals and the Company accepted questions in advance through its website. In addition, the Company has taken advantage of a system for electronic provision of materials to enhance content related to sustainability and other topics. The English versions were also disclosed at the same time as the Japanese versions. In addition, the securities report is disclosed prior to the General Meeting of Shareholders.
As for the exercising of voting rights, the Company participates in the virtual platform recommended by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which allows institutional investors to exercise voting rights electronically, and it has adopted a system that allows shareholders to easily exercise voting rights by scanning a QR code with a smartphone, etc.
On the day of the General Meeting of Shareholders, the proceedings are streamed live on the Internet so that shareholders can watch the meeting from their homes or elsewhere. In the Company's business reports, the Company uses video materials to provide easy-to understand explanations, striving to ensure that shareholders can understand its management and businesses. The Company also mutual understanding by answering questions received in advance and by holding a question-and-answer session with shareholders.
After the meeting, the Company swiftly discloses the results of the exercised voting rights, the video of the report presented on the day of the meeting, and other relevant information on the Company's website as part of its efforts to improve the way the Company provides corporate information to shareholders.

• General Meeting of Shareholders