1. Activities for corporate investors and securities analysts

On the same day that quarterly business results are announced, the company holds explanatory sessions for corporate investors and securities analysts (we also release this information on our website). Overseas, we provide institutional investors, primarily those in North America, Europe, and Asia, with explanations about our business performance and other information by sending representatives or holding online meetings.

2. Informational meeting for individual shareholders

Komatsu periodically holds shareholders’ meetings to explain the current status and future prospects of the Komatsu Group and the progress of the mid-term management plan to our shareholders. Since its inception in 1997, we have held 55 shareholder meetings, attended by about 17,000 shareholders in total. In FY2023, we held a meeting in Osaka City in August, as well as an online meeting in December. Senior management provided an overview of the company’s business and engaged in communication with shareholders. We received many questions from shareholders regarding the development status of electrified construction machinery towards carbon neutrality, the effect of yen depreciation on our business performance, our efforts to develop human resources for sustainable growth, and our shareholder return policies, fostering a two-way dialogue.

3. Plant tours for individual shareholders

Komatsu holds plant tours for individual shareholders and Techno Center tours for children to deepen their understanding of our business activities. In FY2023, we held plant tours for a total of 16 days at the Awazu Plant (Ishikawa Prefecture), Osaka Plant (Osaka Prefecture), Ibaraki Plant (Ibaraki Prefecture), Oyama Plant (Tochigi Prefecture), and Techno Center (Shizuoka Prefecture).

4. Meetings for individual investors

Komatsu holds meetings for individual investors to explain the current status and future prospects of the Komatsu Group and the progress of the mid-term management plan. In FY2023, we had five online meetings for individual investors.

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Major IR activities in FY2023

Documents and other materials used in the meetings can be viewed on the following site. (Available only in Japanese)
The events are held only in Japan.

• Website "Investor relations"

Communication with employees

Within Komatsu, the President convenes a “Meeting with the President” periodically at each business site in Japan. At these meetings, the president directly explains the business environment and related issues, and also takes part in a Q&A session held for employees. These meetings held at our headquarters in Tokyo are simultaneously streamed online over other business units in Japan and are also translated into English for sharing among the Komatsu Group employees around the world.

In addition to these measures, we launched an intranet bulletin board, entitled “Virtual Office of President,” in January 2014 to share the questions and answers exchanged during the meeting with the President with employees around the world. The site is updated every other week with new questions, and as of March 31, 2023, a cumulative total of 387 questions on specific topics, along with the president's answers, explanations and messages to employees, have been published in Japanese and English.

Communication with local communities (efforts in Japan)

To deepen the understanding of our business activities among local residents and the families of our employees, we regularly hold "Plant Fairs." In FY2023, these events were held at eight locations, attracting approximately 57,000 visitors.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we were forced to cancel these events after 2020, but in FY2023, we resumed them for the community and our employees and their families, just as we did before.

• Held as part of "Port Festa" at Kanazawa Port