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CONTENTS
06 Message to Our Stakeholders
PERFORMANCE
11 Financial Highlights
12 Segment Highlights
STRATEGY
15 Basic Approach to Formulating MTP2008
17 Initiatives and Progress of MTP2008
30 Countermeasures to Rapid Changes in
Business Environment
MANAGEMENT
33 Board of Directors, Corporate Auditors,
and Corporate Ofcers
34 Corporate Governance, Compliance,
and Risk Management
36 Research and Development (R&D)
38 Motorsports Activities
39 Major Subsidiaries and Afliates
41 Shareholder Information
The Bridgestone Group consists of the parent company and 437 consolidated subsidiaries. In this publication, Bridgestone
Corporation denotes the parent company.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS: The descriptions of projections and plans that appear in this annual report are “forward-
looking statements.” They involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties in regard to such factors as product liability,
currency exchange rates, raw material costs, labor-management relations, and political stability. These and other variables
could cause the Group’s actual performance and results to differ from management’s projections and plans.