Brother Receives High Ratings from Three Major IR Website Evaluation Agencies

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Head Office: Nagoya; President: Kazufumi Ikeda) has been selected for the Commendation Award and the Sustainability Excellence Award from the 2025 Daiwa Internet IR Award by Daiwa Investor Relations Co. Ltd., an AAA Website rating from the All Japanese Listed Companies' Websites Ranking 2025 by Nikko Investor Relations Co., Ltd., and the Silver Prize from the Gomez IR Site Ranking 2025 by BroadBand Security, Inc.

Brother has made efforts to enhance its disclosure of information on its website's "Investor Relations" page, in order to provide shareholders, institutional investors, and other stakeholders in and outside Japan with financial and non-financial information in a timely and accurate manner, and to promote understanding of the company. Brother will continue to further expand its website's "Investor Relations" page, and strive to continuously improve its corporate value through active communication with its stakeholders.

Award Details

Overview of Each Evaluation

Daiwa Internet IR Award

The IR sites of listed companies are evaluated based on the concepts of 「5T&C」^* and companies are selected for the Grand Prize, Excellence Award, and Commendation Award. In addition, the IR sites of companies that have received the Commendation Award or higher are scored on items such as the environment, society, and governance, and companies are selected for the Sustainability Grand Prize and Sustainability Excellence Award.
This year, 4,122 listed companies were evaluated, and eight companies were received for the Grand Prize, 19 companies received the Excellence Award, and 131 companies received the Commendation Award. In addition, three companies were received for the Sustainability Grand Prize and 21 companies received the Sustainability Excellence Award.

1. *Timely, Transparent, Traceable, Trustworthy, Total+Communication

• Related website (Japanese text only): 2025 Daiwa Internet IR Award
  https://www.daiwair.co.jp/news/internet_IR2025.html (Link to the website of "2025 Daiwa Internet IR Award")

All Japanese Listed Companies' Websites Ranking

The corporate websites of listed companies are evaluated based on criteria such as "ease of understanding," "ease of use," and "amount of information," and the top companies in each category are awarded. In the All Markets Ranking, companies are selected for AAA, AA, and A Website ratings.
This year, 3,937 listed companies were evaluated, and 201 companies were selected for an AAA Website rating, 153 companies for an AA Website rating, and 171 companies for an A Website rating.

• Related website (Japanese text only): All Japanese Listed Companies' Websites Ranking
  https://www.nikkoir.co.jp/rank/rank.html (Link to the website of "All Japanese Listed Companies' Websites Ranking")

Gomez IR Site Ranking

The IR sites of listed companies are evaluated based on items organized into the categories of "website usability," "completeness of financial and account settlement information," "completeness of corporate and management information," and "proactive and advanced information disclosure," and excellent companies are selected to receive the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Prize.
This year, 3,778 listed companies were evaluated, and 24 companies received the Gold Prize, 107 companies received the Silver Prize, and 161 companies received the Bronze Prize.

• Related website (Japanese text only): Gomez IR Site Ranking
  https://www.gomez.co.jp/ranking/ir/ (Link to the website of "Gomez IR Site Ranking")