Enhancing the Economic Value of Japanese Artworks and Corporate Value

「In areas where synergies with our core business are expected, we will pursue opportunities proactively as a source of growth and seek to enhance corporate value across the Group.」

「FY2029 milestone」

「The art-related business recorded trading value of ¥5,864,620 thousand, down 8.1% year on year, revenue of ¥2,037,021 thousand, up 1.3%, and segment profit of ¥194,306 thousand, compared with a segment loss of ¥39,259 thousand in the previous year.」

「For the Group to achieve further growth and development, we believe that addressing the issues described in “(4) Business and Financial Issues to Be Addressed as a Priority” is important to our management strategy. We aim to increase revenue and profit by raising the proportion of high-value items handled at auction and expanding private sales of asset-protection diamonds and art.」

「The art-related business recorded trading value of ¥7,938,673 thousand, up 92.3% year on year, revenue of ¥2,479,524 thousand, up 32.6%, and segment profit of ¥582,103 thousand, up 111.0%.」

「Using this business integration as an opportunity, we will expand our scale and sphere of influence, which are key to strengthening our competitiveness in domestic and international markets, thereby rapidly revitalizing and energizing Japan’s art market and seeking to enhance our corporate value.」

「In response to changes in domestic economic conditions, we will make maximum use of our strengthened management structure and seek to rapidly revitalize and energize Japan’s art market by expanding our scale and sphere of influence, which are key to strengthening our competitiveness in domestic and international markets. To this end, we integrated our business with アイアート株式会社 through a share exchange and will seek to enhance our corporate value.」

「We believe that our Company and Group should pursue management aimed at enhancing corporate value over the long term in order to earn the trust of all stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, business partners and employees.」

「By trading in high-quality, premium works by artists regarded as masters of modern art, as well as works from a new era that meet market demand, we will support the economic value of Japanese artworks and seek to enhance our corporate value over the medium to long term through further improvements in that value.」

「We believe that, in order to achieve further growth and maximize corporate value as a corporate group, it is desirable to separate the functions of formulating and executing the Group’s growth strategy, accelerate decision-making in Group management, and establish a structure that enables each Group company to respond flexibly to changes in its business environment, and accordingly decided to transition to a holding-company structure.」

「We believe that, in order to achieve further growth and maximize corporate value as a corporate group, it is desirable to separate the functions of formulating and executing the Group’s growth strategy, accelerate decision-making in Group management, and establish a structure that enables each Group company to respond flexibly to changes in its business environment」

「We believe that, in order to achieve further growth and maximize corporate value as a corporate group, it is desirable to separate the functions of formulating and executing the Group’s growth strategy, accelerate decision-making in Group management, and establish a structure that enables each Group company to respond flexibly to changes in its business environment」

「We will support the economic value of Japanese artworks and seek to enhance our corporate value over the medium to long term through further improvements in that value.」