Stakeholder Engagement (Shareholders and Investors)
Disclosure Policy
In accordance with the timely disclosure rules established by the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Star has made timely and appropriate disclosures of information. Furthermore, even if the information does not fall under the timely disclosure rules, Star actively discloses the information that the company believes is useful to shareholders and investors to understand the company.
IR Activities
We actively conduct investor relations activities, including analyst briefings on results and one-on-one meetings with institutional investors. To disclose timely and accurate management information, we prepare various tools such as the Integrated Report and the Annual Securities Report. We recognize the official website as an important means of fair disclosure, and promptly post the relevant information on the Investor Information page of our website.
General Meeting of Shareholders
In addition to company efforts for early sending of notices that a general meeting of shareholders will be held, and offering a pre-mailing disclosure on the company's homepage, Star strives fully to understand the content of proposals when exercising voting rights, such as responding to the exercising of voting rights on the Internet, participating in the electronic voting exercise platforms for institutional investors, and posting the English-language version of the summary of the notice of convening the general meeting on the Company website.
Shareholder Returns
We regard shareholder returns as one of our key management initiatives, and our policy is to provide a progressive dividend of at least 70 yen per share annually, with a consolidated total return on equity (ROE) of over 50%.
Shareholder Dialogue
Regarding dialogue with shareholders, the President and Representative Director along with the responsible directors and executive officers conduct it in a timely and appropriate manner in coordination with the General Affairs and Finance departments. Based on the importance of the opinions obtained through dialogue, we report to the Representative Director, President and CEO, or to the Board of Directors as appropriate. In addition, we are enhancing IR activities, including information disclosure on our website and the disclosure at earnings briefing sessions.