FAQ

Toyo Ink was established as a stock company to manufacture and sell printing ink on January 15, 1907 when a private shop called “Kobayashi & Co.”, 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.

Company: History: 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.

Company: History: Chronology

Toyo Ink's capital is 31,733,496,860 yen (as of December 31, 2019).

Company: Profile

Toyo Ink operates in four business segments: Colorants & Functional Materials; Polymers & Coatings; Packaging Materials; Printing & Information. Each segment manufactures and markets its own products.

Products

Please refer to the Sustainability Data Book published annually for details of our sustainability and CSR initiatives.

CSR

Toyo Ink's stock code is 4634.

The minimum number of shares permitted per trade is 100 shares.

Fractional shares (shares of less than 100 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, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-782-031 (toll free)

Shareholders who have fractional shares can purchase additional shares through their securities brokers sufficient to make one share unit (100 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, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Stock Transfer Agency Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-782-031 (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 Sumitomo 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:

Stock Transfer Agency Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-782-031 (toll free)

The Sumitomo 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, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Telephone number: 0120-782-031 (toll free)

The dividends are paid to the shareholders listed in the final shareholder list of each reference date. Click here for dividend status.
【Interim dividend】 reference date: June 30 every year, payment start: early September every year　
【Year-end dividend】 reference date: December 31 every year, payment start: late March every year

In the first half of March every year:
We inform the shareholders who have voting rights to hold an ordinary shareholders' meeting.

In the second half of March every year:
We hold an ordinary　shareholders' meeting.

After the ordinary shareholders' meeting:
We inform 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.

We will disclose a notification of the ordinary shareholders' meetings on the web based on the Companies Act.
For shareholders you want to receive in writing, please apply for a documentary claim at the shareholder registry administrator (Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank) or a securities company of your partner.
In addition, the reception completion deadline for the document issuance request will be the reference date of the ordinary shareholders' meeting (December 31). It is necessary to complete the procedure by December 31, so if you wish, please contact us as soon as possible.

[Inquiries]

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Telephone number: 0120-533-600
Reception hours: 9:00 to 17:00 (Excluding Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and New Year holidays)

We send a form for exercising voting rights at its ordinary shareholders' meeting to shareholders who are registered on the final shareholders' register on December 31 every year, and who hold at least one trading unit (100 shares).
You can exercise voting rights by bringing your form to the ordinary shareholders' meeting held in the second half of March. If you cannot attend the meeting on the day, you can exercise the voting rights in the following ways.
【When exercising voting rights in advance】

1. Enter approval or disapproval on the voting website.
2. Send back the form with your approval or disapproval.

Toyo Ink's settlement date is December 31 every year.

We schedule 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 May, the first half of August, the first half of November, and mid-February, respectively.

You can find our latest earnings in the «Financial Highlights» of «Investors», and in the «IR Archives: Financial Statements» on our website.

We issue its financial statements and quarterly business reports only in Japanese. You can download the financial statements in Japanese from «IR Archives: Financial Statements» of «Investors» on our Japanese website.

Toyo Ink issues its reports for shareholders, “To Shareholders (Full-Year/Interim Business Report)” only in Japanese. You can download the reports for shareholders in Japanese from «IR Archives: To shareholders (Full-year/Interim Business Report)» of «Investors» on our Japanese website.

We do not currently publish annual reports.
For the most recent 11 years of Toyo Ink Group's business performance and financial information, see the Integrated Report.
You can download Integrated Report from «IR Archives: Integrated Report » of «Investors» on our website..