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Investor Relations (IR)
Communication with Shareholders and Investors
- Results Briefings for Investors
- Conducting IR Activities With a Global Perspective
- IR Activities by Top Management
Promotion of IR Activities
Creating numerous opportunities for stakeholders to deepen their understanding of Konica Minolta's business, including quarterly results briefings
| Results briefings | Four in Tokyo (every quarter) |
|---|---|
| Business and technology briefings | Two times (one in Tokyo, one in Yokohama) |
| Investor conference participation | Six times (five in Tokyo, one in Hong Kong) |
| Institutional investor visits by top management | Six visits (four in Tokyo, one in Europe, one in North America) |
| Individual meetings | A total of 400 companies |
Results Briefings for Investors
Every quarter Konica Minolta holds results briefings for analysts and investors. Individual meetings are also held after these briefings, as necessary, to provide follow-up information. The financial results and presentation materials used in the results briefings are posted on the same day both in Japanese and English in the IR section of the Group's website. Moreover, audio or movie recordings of presentations made by executive members at results briefings are available online for Japanese analysts and investors.
Konica Minolta also holds meetings on its key businesses and technologies, to further promote the understanding and interest of investors about the Group. In March 2010, the Group held a technology briefing entitled New Business Outlook Based on Core Technologies. Nearly 120 people were in attendance and participated in the lively question and answer session that followed the presentation.
Conducting IR Activities With a Global Perspective
Considering that about 70% of Konica Minolta's sales are currently generated outside Japan, and non-Japanese corporations hold over 40% of the company's shares, the Group carries out IR activities from a global perspective, and strives to release information in a fair manner that minimizes time and distance obstacles faced by overseas investors.
For example, after the results briefings are held, the Group holds telephone or video conferences for investors in London, New York, and other locations outside Japan as needed. Konica Minolta also actively participates in major investor conferences held by securities companies in and outside Japan. This enables Konica Minolta to maintain close communication with influential institutional investors in Europe, North America, and Asia.
Furthermore, In fiscal 2009, the CEO of Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. made a weeklong trip to Europe and the U.S., in order to promote good investor relations.
Composition of shareholders (As of March 31, 2011)
IR Activities by Top Management
At Konica Minolta, top management members actively participate in individual meetings with analysts and major institutional investors in and outside Japan. In fiscal 2009, Konica Minolta held about 400 such meetings around the world, with about 60 of these meetings being conducted by the CEO or other executive officers.
Investor opinion is obtained through these meetings, phone calls and comments submitted on the Group's website and questionnaires conducted at briefings. This investor input is provided as feedback to top management members, including outside directors, in the form of an IR activities report. In this way and many others, Konica Minolta strives to create opportunities for dialogue with its investors.
Information Disclosure Using Various IR Tools
Striving for fair and timely information disclosure to a wider range of stakeholders
Konica Minolta issues various IR publications for shareholders and investors in and outside Japan, including a shareholder magazine and annual reports.
In order to distribute IR information in a fair and timely manner to large numbers of people, an investor relations website has been established on the Group's website, providing management strategies, results information, and financial data in Japanese and English. In addition to various IR publications, the website also offers summaries of the Q&A sessions at the results briefings and other information to help achieve a more open and fair information disclosure.
Electronic Voting for the General Meetings of Shareholders
Measures implemented to facilitate the exercise of voting rights by shareholders
Konica Minolta has been implementing measures to facilitate the exercise of voting rights by its shareholders, including participation in an electronic voting system, which has contributed to a speedier voting process.
The Group also offers the agenda, resolution report, and voting results of the General Meeting of Shareholders on its website, which is available in both English and Japanese.
