The Kuraray Group strives to promote constructive dialogue with shareholders and investors and disclose information in a timely and appropriate manner in order to achieve sustainable growth and increase corporate value over the medium to long term.
FY2024 Results
Dialogue with Stockholders and Investors | Frequency | Status of Activities | |
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Financial results briefing | 4 |
Held financial results briefings attended by the President and directors and executive officers in charge of business divisions, Accounting and Finance Division, and Corporate Management Planning Office (1st Half/ Year-end). | |
Held financial results briefings attended by directors and executive officers in charge of business divisions, Accounting and Finance Division, and Corporate Management Planning Office (1Q/ 3Q) | |||
Management breifing | 2 |
Held manegement briefings attended by the President and directors and executive officers in charge of business divisions, Accounting and Finance Division, and Corporate Management Planning Office (June and December 2024). | |
Small meeting | 1 |
Held a small meeting with securities analysts who follow Kuraray. President and director in charge of Accounting and Finance Division and Corporate Management Planning Office attended the meeting. | |
Securities company conference | 5 |
The Director in charge of Accounting and Finance Division and Corporate Management Planning Office and Corporate Communication division partticipated in conferences for investors outside Japan | |
Individual dialogue with institutional investors' voting right exercisers | 4 |
The President and the director in charge of Accounting and Finance Division and Corporate Management Planning Office held dialogues with institutional investors' voting right exercisers. | |
Individual meeting | Securities analysts | 44 |
The Director in charge of Accounting and Finance Division and Corporate Management Planning Office and Corporate Communications Department take the lead in individual dialogues. |
Institutional investors in Japan | 93 |
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Institutional investors outside Japan | 146 |
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Total | 283 |
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IR event for individual investors | 2 |
Held online briefings attended by the President and senior manager of Corporate Communications Department. |
Main themes and interests, etc. | |
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Medieum-term Management Plan |
・Progress of business portfolio sophistication and future plans (timing, scale) ・Progress of innovation creation activities and digital transormation ・Shareholder returns, capital policy. Decision-making process for share buybacks and future plans. ・Review of plans, including numerical targets ・Measures to improve ROIC and ROE |
Environment |
・Measures to reduce GHG emissions including Scope 3 ・SBT certification ・Status of use of PSA (Portfolio Sustainability Assessment) and ICP (Internal Carbon Pricing) |
Social |
・Engagement survey ・Human rights policy, human rights due diligence ・Enhancement of human capital disclosure |
Governance |
・Composition of the Board of Directors, policy for determining Director remuneration ・Method of evaluating the effectiveness of the Board of Directors ・Measures to prevent recurrence of the fire incident at U.S. subsidiary |
Others |
・Response to PBR below 1.0x ・Future growth driver, measures to improve the Isoprene business performance |
Feedback to management | Frequency | Details |
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Report on financial results briefing | 4 |
Report on the proceedings and Q&As of the financial results briefing session, etc |
Report on the status of dialogue with investors | 3 |
Report on the contents of dialogue with investors, opinions, requests, etc. |
Others | As necessary | Report as needed, such as shareholder composition |