Achilles’ basic policy in regard to management emphasizes putting into practice our company’s corporate philosophy—“Based on our commitment to putting customers first, we contribute to realizing an affluent society by creating products and providing services that satisfy and inspire our customers”—as well as the sustainable enhancement of corporate value, so that we can demonstrate the worth of our existence to all stakeholders, including our shareholders, and show ourselves to be a company that is responsive to shareholders’ demands. To realize this management strategy, there are several key issues that need to be addressed: making management as efficient as possible, making managerial decision-making as speedy as possible, and ensuring the fairness and transparency of management activities, as well as strengthening the check function of management. In order to enhance the fairness and transparency of management, besides striving to implement proactive, timely disclosure, we also endeavor to implement wide-ranging information disclosure, for example by using the Internet to disclose financial information, etc.