Policy stock

We do not, in principle, hold investment stocks purely for the purpose of investment. The Company holds investment shares for purposes other than pure investment only when they are judged to contribute to the enhancement of the Company's corporate value, such as suppliers and sales partners for new development and production activities to sustain growth in the Company's main business fields of automotive components business, electronic components business, and industrial equipment-related business. The Company holds these companies only when they are judged to contribute to the enhancement of the Company's corporate value.