Shareholder Return

Basic Policy on Profit Allocation

We recognize that one crucial issue for its management is simultaneously securing competitiveness in our business lines and returning profits to our shareholders. Our policy is to return profits to shareholders through dividends and share buybacks, etc., in accordance with the status of our business performance, while maintaining a balance with internal reserves necessary for launching new businesses and business expansion.

Based on the above basic policy, we have targeted a total return ratio of 50% and a consolidated dividend payout ratio of 30% to 50% since FY2024, a policy we intend to uphold for the foreseeable future.

Dividends

As planned at the beginning of the fiscal year, the midterm dividend for FY2025 will not be paid.
The year-end dividend for FY2025 is planned to be 50 yen per share (consolidated payout ratio: 41.9%). We will continue to provide shareholder returns, considering the need to balance it with investments necessary for growth.

Please refer to the “Shareholder Return / Dividends ” page for our basic policy on profit allocation.