Stock Information
The Company pays continuous dividends and provides a shareholder benefit system with the aim of encouraging even more people to hold the Company’s shares over the long term by expressing its gratitude to shareholders for their constant support and making the Company’s shares a more attractive investment.
The Company’s policy on share repurchases is to conduct them flexibly, giving comprehensive consideration to factors such as the market environment, the status of its stock price, and stock liquidity.
Dividend Information
1.Policy
The Company recognizes the return of profits to shareholders as an important management priority and has decided to pay an annual dividend every year from the fiscal year ending July 31, 2023 onward.
With a basic policy of conducting continuous and stable dividend payments, in principle the Company aims to maintain a dividend payout ratio of around 30%. The Company will continue to position internal reserves as a source of the Group’s growth, and to invest continuously in businesses with the aim of further increasing the return of profits to shareholders.
2.Record Date for Dividends
| Interim dividend | Year-end dividend | |
|---|---|---|
| Record Date | January 31 | July 31 |
| Starting date of dividend payments | Mid April | Mid October |
3.Dividend Trend (per share)
Shareholder Benefits
1.Eligible Shareholders
Shareholders registered or recorded in the shareholder registry as of July 31 each year and holding at least two units (200 shares) of the Company’s stock are eligible.
2.Details of Benefits
The Company operates a shareholder benefits plan that delivers the coupons that can be used on the shareholders' exclusive page to shareholders according to the number of shares held and the length of the holding period with the aim of furthering shareholders’ understanding of the Group’s products and businesses.
For details on how to use the shareholder benefit coupons, please refer to this page.
| Number of shares held | Benefits | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Continuous holding period of less than one year |
Continuous holding period of more than one year but less than three years |
Continuous holding period of three years or more |
|
| 200 to 499 shares | Coupon for ¥6,000 | Coupon for ¥7,500 | Coupon for ¥9,000 |
| 500 to 999 shares | Coupon for ¥12,000 | Coupon for ¥18,000 | Coupon for ¥24,000 |
| 1,000 shares or more | Coupon for ¥18,000 | Coupon for ¥27,000 | Coupon for ¥36,000 |
(Note 1)Shareholders who have continuously held shares for one year or more are those who have been recorded three or more times in a row with the same shareholder number in the shareholders’ register as of January 31 and July 31 every year, and have held no less than the minimum number of shares (200 shares, 500 shares or 1,000 shares) in each category on all record dates (January 31 and July 31).
(Note 2)Shareholders who have continuously held shares for three years or more are those who have been recorded seven or more times in a row with the same shareholder number in the shareholders’ register as of January 31 and July 31 every year, and have held no less than the minimum number of shares (200 shares, 500 shares or 1,000 shares) in each category on all record dates (January 31 and July 31).
3.Presentation timing
The coupons will be enclosed in the “Notice of Convocation of the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders,” which will be sent out in early October each year.
Share Repurchase
| Acquisition period (on a contract basis) | Total number of shares acquired | Total value of shares acquired |
|---|---|---|
| April 18, 2023 - June 8, 2023 | 750,000 shares | 896 million yen |
| December 18, 2023 - March 6, 2024 750,000 shares 655 million yen | 750,000 shares | 655 million yen |
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