Toyo Ink was established as a stock company to manufacture and sell printing ink on January 15, 1907 when a private shop called Kobayashifs Ink Shop, which was managed by Kamataro Kobayashi, the founder of Toyo Ink, was transformed into a stock company with capital of 300,000 yen and 6,000 shares outstanding.
→ « Our Company: Chronology »
Toyo Ink’s shares were listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1961, and subsequently listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange on August 1, 1967.
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In Japan, Toyo Ink has 23 consolidated sales subsidiaries, manufacturing subsidiaries, functional subsidiaries, and affiliates, including sales companies located in four areas: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Chugoku-Shikoku, and Kyushu. Overseas, it has 51 subsidiaries and affiliates in 16 countries, including the United States and China (as of April 1, 2009).
→ « Our Company: Japan Network »
→ « Our Company: Overseas Network »
Toyo Ink has two outside directors, Hirofumi Miki and Naoki Adachi (who were appointed in June 1994 and June 2008 respectively).
The above two outside directors offer frank opinions and suggestions about the management of Toyo Ink, independently and based on their experiences. These opinions and suggestions have been reflected in the management of Toyo Ink.
The Company also has three outside auditors, Yoshiaki Tsuneda, Takashi Iizuka, and Yoshio Sakamura (who were appointed in June 2007, June 1999, and June 2006 respectively).
→ « Our Company: Corpoate Profile »
Toyo Ink operates in four business segments: printing inks; graphic arts machinery and supplies; polymer chemicals; and chemicals and media materials. Each segment manufactures and markets its own products.
→ « Our Company: Corpoate Profile »
Fractional shares (shares of less than 1,000 shares) may not be traded on a stock exchange.
Shareholders who hold fractional shares may request their securities brokers to purchase them.
Shareholders should contact their securities brokers about sales procedures, which vary depending on how the shareholders came to hold fractional shares.
[Inquiries] * Shareholders who hold their shares in a transfer account at a securities broker:
Please contact your securities broker.
* Shareholders whose shares are recorded in the special account:
Please contact: Stock Transfer Agency Department, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-78-2031 (toll free)
Shareholders who have fractional shares can purchase additional shares through their securities brokers sufficient to make one share unit (1,000 shares).
Shareholders are requested to contact their securities brokers about purchasing procedures, which vary depending on how the shareholders came to hold fractional shares.
[Inquiries] * Shareholders who keep their shares in a transfer account at a securities broker:
Please contact your securities broker.
* Shareholders whose shares are recorded in the special account:
Please contact: Stock Transfer Agency Department, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-78-2031 (toll free)
Following the dematerialization of share certificates, the following procedures, including a change of shareholders’ addresses, are in principle managed by your securities broker or the account managers where you hold your account.
Change of address
Change of name
Inheritance of shares
Designating or changing the account for dividend payments
The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking, the account manager for the special account, handles the administrative procedures of shareholders whose shares are recorded in the special account.
[Inquiries] * Shareholders who keep their shares in a transfer account at a securities broker:
Please contact your securities broker.
* Shareholders whose shares are recorded in the special account:
Please contact: Stock Transfer Agency Department, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-78-2031 (toll free)
The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking, the account manager of the special account, handles administrative procedures for the transfer of shares that are recorded in the special account.
[Inquiries] Stock Transfer Agency Department, The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Company Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-78-2031 (toll free)
In the first half of June every year: Toyo Ink sends a “Notice of Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting” to shareholders who have voting rights.
In the second half of June every year: Toyo Ink holds an ordinary shareholders’ meeting.
After the ordinary shareholders’ meeting: Toyo Ink sends a “Notice of Results and Resolutions of the Ordinary Shareholders’ Meeting,” and full-year and interim business reports, “To Shareholders (Full-Year/Interim Business Report),” to all shareholders.
Toyo Ink sends a form for exercising voting rights at its ordinary shareholders’ meeting to shareholders who are registered on the final shareholders’ register on March 31 every year, and who hold at least one trading unit (1,000 shares).
You can exercise voting rights by directly marking your ballot form when attending a meeting of Toyo Ink’s ordinary shareholders held in the second half of June. If you cannot attend the meeting on the day, you can alternatively exercise your voting rights by sending the form by mail, making sure to indicate your vote for or against the agenda.
Toyo Ink schedules announcements of its first quarter financial results, second quarter financial results, third quarter financial results, and full-year financial results for the first half of August, the first half of November, the first half of February, and mid-May, respectively.
Please refer to « IR Calendar » for details.
Toyo Ink issues its financial statements and quarterly business reports only in Japanese. You can download the financial statements in Japanese from «IR Library: Financial Statements» of «For Investors» on Toyo Ink’s websites.
Toyo Ink does not currently publish annual reports. You can download annual reports in English for fiscal years 2001 through 2003 from «IR Archives: Other Documents» of «For Investors» on Toyo Ink’s websites.
Meanwhile, you can download Fact Books (Japanese/English) that present information that is similar to that provided in the annual reports from «IR Archives: Fact Books».
