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Corporate Value Foundation
Creating More Open and Interactive
Shareholders’ Meetings
In an effort to make its shareholders’ meetings more
open and easier for shareholders to attend, Omron
schedules meetings to avoid days on which the share-
holders’ meetings of other companies are concentrated.
We use a conveniently located hotel at the JR Kyoto
Station as the venue for these meetings. Also, we have
adopted systems that allow shareholders to exercise
their voting rights by post as well as an electronic voting
system that enables shareholders to exercise their voting
rights via personal computer or mobile device. Since
2006, Omron has offered access to the Electronic Voting
Platform, creating an environment whereby institutional
investors in Japan and overseas can quickly provide docu-
ments for the general meeting and smoothly exercise
their voting rights.
After the close of the general meeting, a separate pre-
sentation to explain management conditions is held as
well as a shareholder round-table conference. These
events provide the opportunity to offer shareholders fur-
ther information on Omron’s initiatives that could not be
communicated during the general meeting.
In fi scal 2012, we worked to make the convocation
notice for the general meeting of shareholders easier to
understand. To this end, notices were printed in color and
made more visual through the inclusion of photographs
and graphs. The information content of the notice was
also enhanced. Our June 2012 meeting was attended
by 796 shareholders, 134 more than in the meeting in
the preceding year (fi scal 2011), making for the highest
attendance fi gure ever. In addition, 84.3% of voting rights
were exercised, which represented an increase of 2.6
percentage points from the preceding year.
In order to provide information to shareholders as quick-
ly as possible, the convocation notice for the 76th general
meeting of shareholders, released in May 2013, was
posted on the Company’s website prior to being mailed.
Aiming to Strengthen Two-Way
Communications
To enhance communications with individual investors,
Omron conducts corporate presentations and participates
in investor fairs. In fi scal 2012, Omron participated in 17
IR events, communicating with some 1,100 investors.
For institutional investors, Omron provided about 800
communication opportunities in fi scal 2012.
In addition, we actively utilize our website. As one
example, we posted a video containing a message from
the president to individual investors in which he explains
the introduction of the shareholder benefi t program.
Input and feedback obtained through dialogues are
relayed via the IR department to the Company’s senior
management. Examples of improvements implemented
in response to dialogues with shareholders include the
introduction of the shareholder benefi t program and the
cancellation of treasury stock. Going forward, we will
continue to draw on the opinions of shareholders to help
formulate various management strategies.
As of July 2013
Asia Pacifi c (AP)
Undertaking Proactive Information Disclosure
We employ an IR site and various other tools to support
interactive communications with shareholders and other
investors by disclosing information on product develop-
ment and sales activities tailored to specifi c markets as
well as information on operating performance. Our IR
site features a message from the president, explanations
of our strategies and operating performance, and
video footage.
In fi scal 2012, we held tours of our plant in Kumamoto
Prefecture for institutional investors and analysts.
In addition, we received the IR Grand Prix Award in the
Japan Investor Relations Association’s Seventeenth An-
nual IR Grand Prix. The IR Grand Prix Award is only pre-
sented to companies that have received the Best IR
Award at least two other times in the past. Having re-
ceived the Best IR Award in fi scal 2006 and fi scal 2007,
Omron was thus presented with the prestigious IR Grand
Prix Award as this is its third time to receive an award
through this program. The Japan Investor Relations As-
sociation’s reasons for presenting this award to Omron
are as follows.
<Reasons for Selection>
• The president, head of management, has continued
to conduct active dialogues with investors since his
appointment.
• Important information is accumulated within the IR
department, which is placed under direct control of
the president, and the department offers appropriate
responses to inquiries.
• The IR department displays strong motivation toward
improvement and discloses easy-to-understand informa-
tion and explanations with regard to each business
division.
• The investor relations department values investor feed-
back and holds internal explanatory forums and con-
ducts other activities to transmit this feedback
throughout the Company.
• The Company conducts activities to respond to the
needs of individual investors through a multifaceted
program incorporating its website, investor fairs, and
explanatory forums.
• The annual report has highly evaluated statements from
representatives of each business division, and the CSR
report has been integrated into this report.
Going forward, we will continue to pursue improve-
ment to better provide information to our shareholders,
investors, and all of our other stakeholders.
Tokyo Stock Exchange IR Festa 2013
Tour of OMRON RELAY & DEVICES Corporation plant
Award ceremony for IR Grand Prix Award
Relationship Building with Shareholders
IR Activities Focusing on Dialogue
With its investor relations (IR) policy emphasizing interactive communication with current and potential
investors, Omron provides timely and accurate information on the Company’s business conditions and
management policies. Omron also aims to refl ect investors’ comments in its management strategies to
the fullest extent possible to maximize corporate value.