Annual Reports

Annual Reports

In Europe and the United States, all general shareholders’ meetings are preceded by delivery of the annual report. In Japan, annual reports were initially prepared only for overseas shareholders and their distribution was resolved by the general shareholders’ meeting. As a result, they have been delivered as quickly as possible after the general shareholders’ meeting.

We believe it is important to express the company’s “invisible assets” (intangible assets) as strengths to shareholders and investors through the annual report. For this reason, we maintain a passionate focus on high quality operations from planning through to production and on the creation of quick-working systems suitable for an age of timely disclosure. In recent years, the number of annual reports printed by European and US companies has been decreasing amid a rapid spread in online presentation of annual report content. IR Consulting Business Division has in-house structures in place to respond to this trend.

Annual reports are more than simply reports; they are an important communication tool used by long-term investors to evaluate potential corporate value. We acquire a clear grasp of not only the corporate value that has been cultivated from the past to the present, but also IR issues that can accurately communicate future value, aiming to produce reports that will be read and utilized to convey the company’s strategic narrative.

Our proposals take customers’ needs into consideration for highest cost performance.

History and Evolution

• Increasing expectations that companies will resolve social issues
• Increasing complexity of corporate evaluation (increase in importance of “invisible assets” not recognized in financial information)

IR Consulting Business Division Workflow

Basic workflow and schedule (example of an English annual report)

Shift to HTML Hybrid Annual Reports

Recently there has been a growing emphasis on ready access to non-financial information in annual reports. HTML Hybrid (*) versions of annual reports enable simple access to messages and management strategies that cannot be expressed in financial information and data.

* HTML Hybrid reports convert the primary content of the report to HTML form, with the financial statements posted online in PDF format.

We can do everything from booklet data!

We can create an HTML Hybrid version of clients’ annual reports from their booklet data (Indesign or PDF data).

Benefits of HTML Hybrid Format

1. Trends in content of interest can be picked up from access analysis
2. Access from search websites increases, raising the visibility of information
3. Links to related content can be added to facilitate viewers’ navigation through the text, promoting information transmission and understanding
4. An increase in media widens the selection for readers

HTML production can start after delivery of the booklet and be ready in as little as 1 month!

When we make clients’ annual reports, we can offer a one-stop service from booklet through to HTML Hybrid format production.

We use a unique service structure in the industry, coordinating within and outside the team and sharing data to simplify each production process and achieve short delivery times.