Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors

Aisin works to gain understanding of its management policies and medium-to-long-term business strategies through timely and appropriate disclosure of enhanced information.
We also pursue corporate value enhancement by reflecting in our management policies opinions and requests received through dialogue with shareholders and investors.

FY2025

Dialogue results

Main opportunities for dialogue Number of events Total number of participants Main respondents Agenda
Financial results briefings 4 1,843 CAO, officers in charge of IR Held quarterly for analysts and institutional investors to explain financial results
Business briefings 1 President, CAO, CTSO, officers in charge of IR Held a “Technology and Test Drive Experience Event: Electrification and Intelligence” event for analysts at the Toyokoro Test Site in August 2024
Individual meetings 334 CAO, officers in charge of IR, Corporate Planning Department Arranged face-to-face and online sessions for analysts and institutional investors (including proxy voting agents) as needed
Public offering roadshows 44 CAO, officers in charge of IR Maintained IR-related dialogue with domestic and international institutional investors (including via online meetings) following the public offering in June 2024
Overseas roadshows 14 Officers in charge of IR Directly visited overseas institutional investors and held meetings
Briefings for individual investors 7 3,711 Officers in charge of IR Held briefings at securities brokerage branches and online company briefings for individual investors

Key themes for dialogue, shareholder and investor concerns

We maintain dialogue on a wide range of topics, including automotive market trends, the regional demand outlook for our products, progress with transforming our business portfolio, and ESG initiatives.

Key themes, shareholder and investor concerns

Performance-related themes
  • Automotive market trends and demand outlook
  • Assumptions and rationale for earnings forecasts (e.g., tariff impact projections)
  • Detailed disclosure of product-specific sales revenue
Management Strategy & Business Strategy
  • Long-term market environment and technology trends
  • Progress on medium-to-long-term business strategy and medium-term management plan
    • Progress with business portfolio transformation
    • Powertrain business strategy response to changes in the automotive market
ESG and sustainability
  • Climate change countermeasures
  • Initiatives related to human capital, diversity, and human rights
  • Corporate governance
    (Board composition, skills matrix, executive compensation system, etc.)
Financial strategy
  • Capital allocation policy (including status of growth investments)
  • Shareholder return policy (including approach to share buybacks)
  • Progress with balance sheet reform (including unwinding of strategic shareholdings)

Agenda items incorporated based on feedback to management and dialogue with shareholders and investors

Opinions and requests received from shareholders and investors are reported at Board of Directors and Management Committee meetings and widely shared with relevant internal departments to improve management and IR/SR activities.

Agenda items taken up based on dialogue

Performance-related themes
  • Disclosed FY2026 earnings forecasts discounting tariff impact amid uncertain external outlook
    (Featured in the Tokyo Stock Exchange's June 2025 Examples of Disclosure Regarding the Impact of U.S. Tariff Measures”)
  • Driving internal initiatives directed at detailed disclosure of product-specific sales
Management Strategy & Business Strategy
  • Held an event titled Technology and Test Drive Experience Event: Electrification and Intelligence to spread understanding of the current state of R&D pertaining to electrification and intelligent technologies.
  • In response to requests regarding risks and opportunities arising from recent changes in the automotive market environment, strengthened disclosure of progress on medium-to-long-term business strategies and business opportunities that manifested themselves (automatic transmissions, HEVs).
ESG and sustainability
  • Implemented the following initiatives to further advance sustainability management:
    • Comprehensive review of ESG and other materiality issues
    • Revision of skills matrix and changes to the composition of independent outside directors’ membership
    • Increase in the proportion of directors’ stock-based compensation relative to total remuneration
  • Disclosed the magnitude of financial impact due to climate change (large, medium, small)
Financial strategy
  • Disclosed direction regarding further investment and additional shareholder returns
  • Implemented share buybacks as part of our policy to reduce cost of capital