This transaction
Company split (simplified absorption-type company split)Data Health Business (including the provision of specified health guidance services to health insurance societies, the Japan Health Insurance Association, local governments and other organizations, and ICT-based remote health guidance services)
Immaterial (impact on consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027)
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Transaction name | Company split (simplified absorption-type company split) |
| Counterparty name | メドケア株式会社 |
| Business Description of the Subject Company | Data Health Business (including the provision of specified health guidance services to health insurance societies, the Japan Health Insurance Association, local governments and other organizations, and ICT-based remote health guidance services) |
| Net Sales of the Subject Company | ¥590 million (fiscal year ended March 2026, business being split) |
| Acquisition price | ¥1 in cash |
| Type of Consideration | Cash (¥1) |
| Impact on Business Performance | Immaterial (impact on consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027) |
| Date of board resolution | 21 October 2026 |
| Contract Date | 21 October 2026 |
| Execution Date / Effective Date | 1 December 2026 (scheduled) |
| Valuation methodology | In addition to valuing the business based on its earnings and future outlook, the parties comprehensively considered the business operating costs and liabilities to be assumed by メドケア株式会社 after the transfer, as well as the measures required to transfer the contractual relationships relating to the business. |
| Conditions Precedent to Execution | As the company split qualifies as a simplified company split under Article 784, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act, it will be carried out without obtaining approval at a shareholders' meeting. |
| Management structure after acquisition | メドケア株式会社 will assume the assets, liabilities, contractual positions, associated rights and obligations, and employment contracts with employees relating to the business. There will be no change to SMS CO.,LTD.'s name, location, representative, business activities, stated capital or fiscal year-end, and no changes are expected to メドケア株式会社's name, location, representative, business activities, stated capital or fiscal year-end. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.SMS CO.,LTD. is reviewing its business portfolio to concentrate management resources on priority areas. It determined that transferring the business to メドケア株式会社, which has an operating foundation and an ongoing management structure for similar online medical and health guidance services, would be optimal for ensuring the stable continuation of the business and fulfilling its responsibility to provide services to users and contracting organizations.