The company has positioned dividends as an important issue in management and has a basic policy of returning profits continuously and stably in consideration of its financial situation and earnings trend.
The company will enhance opportunities for returns by paying dividends of surplus funds twice a year as an interim dividend and as a term-end dividend. In addition to investments aimed at the sustainable growth of existing business, we will use retained earnings for growth investment in new areas where market expansion is expected. Further, we consider the acquisition of treasury stock to be one of the measures for returning profits to shareholders and will consider the flexible implementation of such measures in accordance with the market environment.
1．Dividend for the fiscal year ended March 2026
Based on the above policy, we are planning to pay a dividend of 55 yen per share as the term-end dividend for the current term. We are planning to pay an annual dividend of 105 yen per share, with an interim dividend of 50 yen per share and a term-end dividend of 55 yen per share.
2．Dividend for the fiscal year ending March 2027
Also, with regard to dividends next term, we are planning to enhance the interim dividend and pay an annual dividend of 110 yen per share, with an interim dividend of 55 yen per share and a term-end dividend of 55 yen per share.
*This forecast is based on information available as of May 13, 2026, and there may be differences between this forecast and the actual dividend due to various later factors.
| FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2026 | FY2027 （Expected） |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Per Share(yen) | 1Q | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2Q | 30.00 | 30.00 | 32.00 | 45.00 | 50.00 | 55.00 | |
| 3Q | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| FY-End | 30.00 | 32.00 | 32.00 | 45.00 | 55.00 | 55.00 | |
| Total | 60.00 | 62.00 | 64.00 | 90.00 | 105.00 | 110.00 | |
| Amount of Dividends(million yen) | 5,706 | 5,801 | 5,989 | 8,135 | 9,240 | - | |
| Payout Ratio(%) | 33.7 | 30.6 | 139.7 | 33.2 | 29.0 | 37.8 | |
| Ratio of Total Amount of Dividends to Net Assets(%) | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.6 | 5.8 | - | |
- On April 1, 2021, the company implemented a stock split of five shares per ordinary share.
Annual dividends are presented retroactively for the prior years.
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Period of Acquisition |
Method of Acquisition |
Total Number of Shares Acquired |
Total Amount Paid for Acquisition |
|---|
|
Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
242,700 shares |
835,919,094 yen |
|
May 14, 2026 to May 31, 2026 total |
Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
242,700 shares |
835,919,094 yen |
|
Period of Acquisition |
Method of Acquisition |
Total Number of Shares Acquired |
Total Amount Paid for Acquisition |
|---|
|
May 14, 2021 |
Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
1,038,100 shares |
1,999,894,567 yen |
|
May 13, 2022 |
Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
1,639,000 shares |
2,999,813,881 yen |
|
May 10, 2024 |
Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
3,669,700 shares |
9,999,876,170 yen |
|
July 1, 2025 to February 27, 2026 |
Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
2,718,400 shares |
7,999,977,567 yen |