Communicating with Shareholders and Investors
OKI Group Investor Relations Activities
The OKI Group appropriately discloses useful information to shareholders and investors in a timely manner, including corporate information, management strategies and operating results. Disclosure of this information improves management transparency and provides the market with an accurate understanding of the compan's financial condition. We proactively engage in IR activities to build trust and raise corporate value.
The OKI Group recognizes that appropriately utilizing the views of the market in management practices and business activities serves to further increase operating efficiency and raise corporate value. Based on this, the CEO and the rest of the management team conduct investor briefings, hold IR meetings and engage in various other communication activities. In addition, in April 2007 we integrated our IR unit into the Business Management and Promotion Division in order to more closely link investor relations to management.
Going forward, the OKI Group intends to appropriately disclose information at an even faster rate while complying with the Company Law, Financial Instruments and Exchange Law and amendment to disclosure rules of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Investor Briefings and IR Meetings
A results briefing (February 2007)
OKI has held quarterly results announcements since the first quarter of the year ended March 2004. At briefings for institutional investors, which are held in conjunction with results announcements, the CEO and other members of the management team discuss not only financial information but also the company's vision and management strategies.
Apart from results announcements, we also proactively hold individual IR meetings with institutional investors in Japan and overseas, where we go over a broad range of topics, including management and business strategies and individual products and technologies. Tours of our business facilities are also conducted. These are some of the examples of the ways we are working to ensure institutional investors in Japan and overseas gain an accurate understanding of the OKI Group.
Communicating Via Our IR Website and email Newsletters
Our relaunched website for investors
OKI has an IR website where a range of investor information, including financial data, is posted simultaneously in English and Japanese in order to maintain fairness in information disclosure. We also send out email newsletters as needed to over 2,700 people, including institutional investors and people that have signed up for it on our website. The newsletters are sent out via email and includes the latest financial results, information on filings to securities exchanges, press releases on new products, new services and other topics, and information on updates to our IR website. We have also sent out an English version of the newsletters since the year ended March 2007. In addition, on our site for individual investors, we provide easy-to-understand content using video and voice that conveys information on the company.
These efforts have resulted in our IR site receiving awards for excellence in Internet IR from Daiwa Investor Relations for six consecutive years.
Thoroughly Preventing Insider Trading
In addition to appropriate and timely disclosure to shareholders and investors, the OKI Group has also taken steps to prevent insider trading in order to protect shareholders and investors and help ensure the integrity of securities markets. We have appointed insider information officers who judge whether information should be classified as insider information and manage the process of designating insider information and removing that designation. We also conduct training for employees to ensure full group compliance with insider trading prevention regulations as a part of our risk management activities.
Evaluations by SRI Assessment Organizations
Socially responsible investing involves making the decision to invest in a company not only due to financial considerations but also based on its stance toward society, the environment and other social responsibilities.
As of May 2007, OKI has been included in the following SRI indices.
FTSE4Good Global Index(U.K.)
MS-SRI (Morning star SRI Index)
(Japan)
Employee Perspective
Keiko Miyaji
Investor Relations,
Business Management and Promotion Division
OKI holds around 200 IR meetings every year, which include management briefings conducted by upper management, individual meetings conducted by the IR unit, and tours of business facilities. We use various media and tools, including our IR website, email newsletters and annual report, to convey useful information on the OKI Group to as many shareholders and investors as possible. We intend to continue to quickly and appropriately disclose information while taking care to ensure that the information we provide is fair and up to date.
