Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors

To oversee constructive dialogue with shareholders, MAX has established a department in charge of Investor Relations under the officer in charge of Investor Relations. Through coordination with divisions such as corporate planning, general affairs, and accounting, the department in charge of Investor Relations engages in fair and timely disclosure of situations related to management, finance, etc. At the end of the year and the end of the second quarter, MAX holds a financial results briefing attended by the President and the Investor Relations officer. At the end of the first quarter and the end of the third quarter, we hold a financial results briefing by teleconference attended by the Investor Relations officer. We also actively respond to requests for dialogue from shareholders and investors.
The department in charge of Investor Relations examines the content of opinions and requests from shareholders and investors, and issues reports to management executives as necessary. At the time of dialogue with shareholders and investors, based on our disclosure policy, we take sufficient caution regarding the management of insider information in accordance with our internal rules. We also limit dialogue with shareholders, investors, etc., for a certain period as a "silent period" before the announcement of financial results information.

Main Respondents in Dialogue

July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026

Implementation Form	Main Correspondents	Number of times Implemented
Financial Results Briefing for Analysts and Institutional Investors	President, Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Corporate Division	4 times
Shareholder and Investor Meetings	Senior Managing Director, General Manager of Corporate Division, General Manager, Corporate Communications Dept, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications Dept	140 times

Summary of Shareholders and Investors with whom dialogue was conducted

Main Themes of the dialogue, and issues of interest to Shareholders and Investors

Main Themes	Issues of Interest
Management strategy	・ Medium to long term growth strategy and specific initiatives. ・ Impact of US reciprocal tariffs on our business. ・ Impact of the situation in the Middle East on our operations and performance.
Tools for Concrete Structures (Rebar tying tools)	・ Changes in demand and penetration rates in North America and Europe, our main markets. ・ Changes in the competitive environment surrounding our businesses. ・ Future pricing strategy, including our response to US reciprocal tariffs. ・ Status of our production capacity relative to market demand.
Individual Business	・ Competitive environment of individual businesses and future outlook. ・ Status of price transfers in response to high raw material costs. ・ Business strategies for unprofitable and declining businesses.
Capital Policy	・ Required level of cash on hand. ・ Use and priority of cash, including growth investments. ・ Measures to be taken if planned investments cannot be executed. ・ Policy on acquisition of own shares and return to shareholders

Status of Feedback provided to management and the Board of Directors

Report to the Board of Directors on the status of dialogue with shareholders and investors (twice a year).
Report on highly important matters as appropriate.

Details of improvements through dialogue

Request	Details of Improvements
Please include information on analyst coverage.	We disclose analyst coverage information on the Investors Relations (IR) page.
Please provide a list showing the actual results for rebar tying tools on a quantity basis.	We disclosed graphs showing quarterly growth rates (in the US, Europe, and Japan) for tools for concrete structures, mainly rebar tying tools, for the last three fiscal years in our financial results briefing materials.
Please update the sales ratio between machines and consumables.	In the financial results briefing materials for the fiscal year ending March 2026 (full-year results), we will update and disclose the ratio of consumable net sales by segment.