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Investor Relations (IR)
Communication with Shareholders and Investors
Results Briefings for Investors
Creating numerous opportunities for our stakeholders to deepen their understanding of our business activities, including quarterly results briefings
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. Furthermore, the financial results and presentation materials used in the briefings are posted on the same day both in Japanese and English in the IR section of the company's website. In this way, the company is striving to ensure that all investors can get the same information at the same time, regardless of their locations.
Konica Minolta also holds meetings on its key businesses and technologies, to further promote the understanding and interest of investors about the Group. In fiscal 2008, we held a technology briefing on optical pickup lenses and a new product briefing on production printing.
| Results briefings | Four in Tokyo (every quarter) |
|---|---|
| Business and technology briefings | Two in Tokyo |
| Investor conference participation | Five conferences (four in Tokyo and one in Europe) |
| Institutional investor visits | Four visits (two in Tokyo, one in Europe, one in North America) |
| Individual meetings | A total of over 500 companies or more |
Promoting Global IR Activities
Composition of shareholders
Considering that about 70% of Konica Minolta's sales are currently generated outside Japan, and non-Japanese corporations hold over 45% of the company's shares, we carry out IR activities from a global perspective, and strive to release information in a fair manner that minimizes time and distance obstacles faced by overseas investors.
For example, we hold telephone or video conferences for investors in London, New York, and other locations outside Japan. 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, the U.S., and Asia.
In fiscal 2008, the CEO of Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. also made weeklong trips to the U.S. as well as to Europe, including the U.K., Switzerland and Germany, in order to promote good investor relations.
IR Activities by Top Management
Top Management is Taking the Lead in Investor Communication
Top management members are taking the initiative for visiting investors whenever necessary.
They also actively participate in individual meetings with major institutional investors and analysts in and outside Japan. In fiscal 2008, Konica Minolta held about 500 such meetings around the world, with about 80 of these meetings being handled by the CEO or an executive officer.
Investor opinion is obtained through these meetings, phone calls and comments submitted on the company'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.
Using IR Tools to Promote Information Disclosure
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 (formerly, business reports), investor guides, 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 Konica Minolta website. We provide management strategies, results information, and financial data in Japanese and English. In addition to various IR publications, Konica Minolta continues to strive for information disclosure that is more open and fair by providing on its website audio recordings of the results briefings and summaries of the subsequent Q&A sessions.
As a result of these efforts, Konica Minolta received the Fiscal 2008 Disclosure Award for Listed Companies from the Tokyo Stock Exchange in March 2008. Encouraged by this achievement, the company plans to further strengthen quality information disclosure.
Investor Guide
Annual Report
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.
Since the start of fiscal 2009, the Group began to offer the agenda, resolution report, and voting results of the General Meeting of Shareholders on its Web site, which is available in both English and Japanese. Konica Minolta will continue in its efforts to enhance the information availability for its shareholders and investors around the world.
