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We would like to take this opportunity to express our deepest appreciation to our shareholders and other investors for your support of Toyota Industries Corporation and the Toyota Industries Group.
During the first half of fiscal 2010 (the six months ended September 30, 2009), Toyota Industries recorded declines in sales and profits resulting from a decline in sales of the Automobile Segment and the Materials Handling Equipment Segment due to continuing harsh economic conditions. Amid this climate, Toyota Industries decided to pay an interim cash dividend of 10 yen per share, a decrease of 20 yen per share from the same period of the previous fiscal year.
Amid this challenging environment, the Toyota Industries Group will continue to make a concerted effort on a global basis to quickly and thoroughly rebuild our business structure into a more muscular and stronger one. For medium- to long-term growth, we will pursue business expansion by refining our element technologies for contributing to electrification, lighter weight and energy efficiency and by incorporating these technologies into new products released by our mainstay businesses of automobiles and materials handling equipment. Based on the keywords of the 3Es, Toyota Industries defines as "energy," "environmental protection" and "ecological thinking" incorporated into our products and operating activities.
In closing, we ask our shareholders and other investors for your continued understanding and support.
November 2009
Tadashi Ishikawa
Chairman
Tetsuro Toyoda
President
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