Dialogue with Stakeholders

Policy and approach

Based on its corporate philosophy Jun-Ri-Soku-Yu (adhering to reason leads to prosperity), the TOYOBO Group Charter of Corporate Behavior states “Communication with stakeholders: We will carry out fair and appropriate information disclosure and enhance corporate value through communication with our stakeholders.” In accordance with this basic approach, Toyobo Group actively disseminates information and engages in communication activities. The content of activities are also regularly reported to the management team. The Group strives to disseminate information in a timely, appropriate, and accurate manner to society as a whole, including our stakeholders such as customers, suppliers, shareholders and investors, employees, and local communities.

In our communication activities, we aim to promote an accurate understanding of Toyobo Group and continuously enhance the Toyobo brand and corporate value while building relationships of trust by striving for two-way communication with stakeholders and the wider society as a whole.

Basic approach to information disclosure

Toyobo Group endeavors to provide timely and appropriate information disclosure with consideration given to fairness and impartiality in order to continue to be a trusted company. The Group also communicates actively with stakeholders, including shareholders and investors, to enhance its corporate value. These activities are based on the following approaches.

1. Information disclosure as a social responsibility (accountability)
2. Communication to enhance corporate value
3. Communication to prevent damage to corporate value

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As a member of society, Toyobo Group will meet the expectations of stakeholders and contribute to the sustainable development of communities through collaboration with partners and cooperation in the regions where the Group operates with the aim of solving social issues.

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Dialogue with stakeholders and investors

Financial results

Holding a financial results briefing

Every fiscal year, Toyobo holds online financial results briefings for financial institutions, including for institutional investors and analysts. The President provides briefings for full-year and second-quarter results, covering both the financial performance and the future management policy. For first and third quarters, the Controlling Supervisor of the Management and Administration Division presents the financial results.

IR information

Toyobo is enhancing and expediting information disclosure in Japanese and English on the investor relations section of the Company's website.
The site provides a wide range of materials, including the medium-term management plan, financial results summaries, business results presentation, annual securities reports, integrated reports, and fact books, along with an archive of past publications. Timely disclosure materials, such as financial results summaries, are posted on the investor relations website at the same time as public announcements are made. For financial results briefings and medium-term plan briefings, the website also provides videos of the presentations, summaries of Q&A sessions, and presentation scripts, in an effort to promote fair disclosure.

Going forward, Toyobo will endeavor to enhance the materials and functions it provides to facilitate ease-of-use for all shareholders and investors.

Annual general meetings of shareholders

The Annual General Meeting of Shareholders is held each year in late June at Toyobo's Head Office in Osaka.

Number of shares and shareholders (As of March 31, 2025)

Composition of shareholders (Based on number of shares held) (As of March 31, 2025)

Employees

Toyobo Group communicates with employees by introducing the company's management policies and activities through various media such as the Group newsletter in booklet form, the intranet, and the company-wide bulletin board.

The Group started an “organizational culture and job satisfaction survey” for all employees in 2021. Most recently, the third survey was conducted in July 2024.

• Human Resource Management＞Employee engagement

● Dialogue between management and labor

We are promoting open discussions between labor and management towards achieving the “TOYOBO PVVs” and fostering the foundation for each employee to find fulfillment and satisfaction in their work.

Meetings of the Central Management Council, attended by representatives of the labor union headquarters and of company management, are held once a year, and meetings of the Branch Management Councils are held once a year at each of the nine branches in Japan.

The labor union is represented at meetings of the Central Management Council by staff from the union headquarters, and is represented at Branch Management Council meetings by staff from the relevant union branch, while the company is represented by the President at meetings of the Central Management Council, and by the business site manager or plant manager at Branch Management Council meetings.

In labor-management discussions, we discuss themes such as business conditions, wage increase adjustments, and the status of the work environment.

● Enhancing communication between executives and employees

Since April 2018, Toyobo has been promoting Company-wide organizational culture reform. To foster alignment with the Company’s philosophy, we have conducted dialogue and exchange workshops to deepen communication between executives and employees. We are also actively advancing organizational development initiatives to encourage more open dialogue in the workplace.

• Dialogue and exchange workshops: FY2025: Conducted 143 times with 1,255 participants (total number of times conducted since FY2019: 550, with 5,142 participants)
  * Out of the above, there were 41 dialogues and exchange workshops between executives and employees, with 125 participants (cumulatively held 135 sessions since FY2019, involving a total of 602 participants).
• Organizational development workshops: FY2025: Conducted 46 times, with 95 participants (total number of times conducted since FY2019: 260, with 1,730 participants)
• Briefings on organizational culture reform, etc.: FY2025: Conducted twice, with 519 participants (total number of times conducted since FY2019: 27, with 1,989 participants)

● Toyobo Group Learning

● Personalizing sustainability

Overseas business sites

Information exchange previously focused primarily on financial data, but in recent years, Toyobo has been actively sharing sustainability-related information, including governance, risk management, and compliance. In particular, risk management has been a key focus, with risk assessments conducted at all Group companies in both Japan and overseas over the past two years. Information on significant risks was shared with the responsible departments.

While face-to-face communication is ideal, since the COVID-19 pandemic, Toyobo has been actively utilizing online meetings to enhance the frequency and quality of everyday communication.

As part of efforts to educate and develop the next generation of overseas talent, Toyobo conducts training programs for local staff twice a year. These programs provide opportunities to learn about the Company's management policies and business operations, while also fostering interaction among local staff and Japanese employees through plant tours and workshops.

Additionally, there is an overseas business training program for domestic employees. Selected young employees participate in a one-year training program, spending six months at an overseas office where they engage with local staff to learn language skills, culture, and the fundamentals of overseas operations. The program will be reviewed and enhanced to include more practical content going forward.

Local communities

Please see the Social Contribution page for more details.

• Social Contribution

Other

Communication activities since FY2023 are as follows (position at that time):

• In June 2022, “Business and human rights” - Human rights initiatives in the Corporate Sector -
  Ms. Akiko Sato, Business and Human Rights Liaison Officer, United Nations Development Programme
• In September 2022,”BASF initiatives to accelerate sustainability management”
  Mr. Hiroki Ishida, Representative Director and President, BASF Japan Ltd.
• In February 2023, “Practice of sustainability and information disclosure - Initiatives based on the ISSB disclosure draft-”
  Mr. Katsuya Kikuchi, Head of Responsible Investment Department, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.
• In April 2024, “The outline of sustainability disclosure standards”
  Mr. Katsuya Kikuchi, ESG specialist, Tokio Marine Asset Management Co., Ltd.
• In February 2025, “Promoting DEI So Everyone Can Take Ownership — Toward an Enriched Society”
  Mariko Mori, Senior Manager, DEI Promotion Section, Diversity Promotion Division, Corporate General Affairs Human Resources Group, Kyocera Corporation

Please see below for our past communication.

• Communication in the past（400KB）