Shareholders/Investors
Basic Views
We strive to promote communication with shareholders and investors by fulfilling our accountability for our corporate activities through General Meeting of Shareholders and IR activities. Through these activities, we will maintain and improve the trust of the market and strive to realize appropriate stock prices and increase corporate value through facilitation of proper knowledge about our company. Furthermore, we strive to ensure timely and fair disclosure of information in accordance with policies on constructive dialogue with shareholders.
General Meeting of Shareholders
We consider General Meeting of Shareholders to be a valuable opportunity for communication with shareholders, and we are making efforts to revitalize General Meeting of Shareholders and facilitate the exercise of voting rights.
- Early dispatch of the Notice of Convocation (at least three weeks prior to General Meeting of Shareholders)
- Publication of the Notice of Convocation on our website and the Tokyo Stock Exchange website prior to dispatch
- Simultaneous publication of the English version of the Notice of Convocation (excluding the audit report) alongside the Japanese version
- Availability of online voting via the Internet and other methods
- Participation in the Electronic Voting Platform for institutional investors
IR Activities
Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors
In addition to regular events such as financial results briefings, we hold business briefings and company presentation meetings for private investors as needed to communicate with domestic and overseas shareholders and investors. Furthermore, valuable feedback and requests received through IR activities are shared with the Executive Management Committee and the Board of Directors to be utilized for improving corporate value.
| Target audience | Implementation status | FY2025 results | |
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| Financial results briefings | Institutional investors Analysts Mass media |
Quarterly (four times a year) | Financial results briefings: 4 times |
| Business briefings | Same as above | Irregular | Yokosuka Works |
| Company information sessions for private investors | Private investors | Irregular | 1 time |
Publication and Release of IR Tools
We publish the Integrated Report in printed and PDF formats as a tool for disclosing financial and non-financial information.
Production of the previously published Environmental Activity Report has been discontinued as of 2024 in line with a switch to HTML formatting.
For the latest environmental information, please refer to the Environment page. See the back issues for past years’ Environmental Activity Reports in the Sustainability Library.
We also publish GUIDE BOOK containing IR information such as business overviews, financial results, and stock information.
- Integrated Reports
- Environmental Activity Reports (Latest: Environment page, Back Number)
IR Timeline
Ensuring Appropriate Information Disclosure and Transparency
Based on our basic policy on information disclosure, we strive to ensure management transparency by disclosing SHI Group information in a fair, timely, and appropriate manner. In addition to disclosures required by laws and regulations, we provide information in both Japanese and English regarding management status, quantitative financial information, and non-financial information such as governance and medium- to long-term management strategies.
Basic policy on information disclosure
- To maintain and develop relationships of trust with all stakeholders, SHI shall disclose important information concerning the SHI Group timely and appropriately, focusing on transparency, fairness, and continuity.
- 1SHI shall establish a Timely Disclosure Judgement Committee with the officer in charge of investor relations and public relations taking charge, and shall disclose information promptly pursuant to relevant laws and regulations, such as the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and the rules decided by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, among others.
- 2SHI shall not only disclose information based on relevant laws and regulations and the rules decided by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, among others, but also actively and fairly disclose information that SHI has considered useful to deepen stakeholders' understanding about the SHI Group's management policy and business.
- 3SHI shall disclose and provide necessary information in its disclosure documents in English.
Status of Dialogue with Shareholders/Investors
| Contact Point for Handling |
The board member in charge of IR is tasked with supervision, and the Corporate Communications Department coordinates with the relevant internal divisions to realize constructive dialogue with investors, including shareholders. To this point, the CEO, the board member in charge of IR, the General Manager of the Corporate Communications Department, the General Manager of the Sustainability Department, and the General Manager of the Corporate Legal Department have handled this task. |
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| Dialogue Situation with Investors and Shareholders | The company semiannually holds financial results briefings aimed at analysts and institutional investors. The details of questions and answers from these briefings are published on our website. The number of individual meetings with other investors and shareholders is as listed below. |
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| Main Topics and Items of Interest in Dialogues |
- Business strategies and portfolio strategies - Management of return on invested capital - Status of Medium-Term Management Plan 2026 progress - Information disclosure - Capital policy |
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| Situation of Feedback to Management and Board of Directors Regarding Dialogue Content | Giving consideration to the opinions of shareholders and investors, management policies are continuously considered and promoted. Questions and answers with, and opinions from participants at financial results briefings and business briefings are shared with relevant parties within the company and reported to the Board of Directors. Feedback is provided to Directors, management, and relevant divisions by, for example, distributing reports concerning the dialogue when necessary. The Medium-Term Management Plan 2026 was disclosed on February 14, 2024, and the planned figures were revised in February 2025. We plan to disclose information with particular attention to the following three topics as appropriate while executing the plan. For the latest disclosed materials regarding full-year results, please refer to Financial Summary for FY2025 Performance Forecast for FY2026 and Progress of “Medium-Term Management Plan 2026” disclosed on February 10, 2026.
- Specific measures aimed at improving the performance of the management of return on invested capital
In order to establish earnings hurdles regarding investments, including M&A, return on invested capital hurdles will be established and managed for each segment.We disclose actual and target ROIC figures by segment, and explain the issues to be addressed and future response policies for each segment. (For details, please refer to page 37 of the latest disclosed materials mentioned above.)
- Promotion of business portfolio reformation
We classify our business groups along two axes: market growth potential and capital efficiency, and clarify the positioning of each business. Businesses in the four fields of Robotics/automation, Semiconductors, Advanced Medical Devices, and Environment/energy, which have high market growth potential, are positioned as targets for aggressive investment. For example, in the Semiconductors field, we have welcomed a European laser annealing equipment manufacturer into the Group and will work to expand sales channels and develop new products.For businesses where capital efficiency has decreased and earnings are stagnant, we are implementing measures to improve profitability. For businesses with low market growth potential and low capital efficiency, we will reconstruct our strategies and proceed with structural reorganization, including withdrawing from New shipbuilding, Steam turbines, and Process pumps. (For details, please refer to page 27 of the latest disclosed materials mentioned above.)
- Capital policy initiatives aimed at improving capital efficiency
Regarding shareholder returns, the company aims for a dividend on equity (DOE) ratio of at least 3.5% in the final year of the Medium-Term Management Plan, and its basic policy is to maintain a minimum dividend of 125 yen per share and a total return ratio of at least 40% during the period. In FY2025, we paid a dividend of 125 yen per share, resulting in a total return ratio of 48.6%. In addition, we conducted share buybacks of 10 billion yen from March to October 2024. We also plan to conduct share buybacks in FY2026. We will continue to conduct share buybacks flexibly based on our share prices and financial balance.(For details, please refer to page 24 of the latest disclosed materials mentioned above.) |
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Inquiry of Investor Relations
Please note that we may not be able to respond to your inquiries depending on their contents such as stock price fluctuations.
Phone
Corporate Communications Dept.
Inquiry via a form
Inquiry about Procedures Related to Shares
Stock Transfer Agency Business Planning Dept., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank
Business hours of the above bank
:9:00-17:00 except on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays