Impact on Share Price and Voting Rights from Declining Ownership by Major Shareholders
First written in FY2022. 4 of 6 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2023. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
Science Arts moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2025, 1 year after the typical company in this theme (2024).
5 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「合同会社平岡秀一事務所 3,000,000 shares 36.98% Rakuten Group, Inc. 819,000 shares 10.10% Hiraoka Shuichi (平岡 秀一) 671,600 shares 8.28% JVCKENWOOD Corporation 655,000 shares 8.07%」
The 2 founder-related parties' combined ownership interest was 45.26%, down from approximately 45.8% at the end of the previous fiscal year. The decline in the major shareholders' ownership interest has progressed further, and changes continue in the risk of an impact on the share price and voting rights. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Hiraoka Shuichi (平岡 秀一), the company's Representative Director and Chairperson, owns 45.8% of the total number of shares issued by the company as of the end of the fiscal year, including shares held by his asset management company, 合同会社平岡秀一事務所.」
The founder-related ownership interest declined from approximately 59.4% in the previous fiscal year to 45.8%, and a decline in the major shareholders' ownership interest has in fact occurred. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「合同会社平岡秀一事務所 3,000,000 shares 37.10% Hiraoka Shuichi (平岡 秀一) 848,000 shares 10.49% Rakuten Group, Inc. 819,000 shares 10.13% JVCKENWOOD Corporation 655,000 shares 8.10%」
The 2 founder-related parties' combined ownership interest was 47.59%, down from approximately 59.4% disclosed for the previous fiscal year. Following the third-party allotment of shares in connection with the capital and business alliance, a decline in the major shareholders' ownership interest has in fact occurred. - FY2024-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「合同会社平岡秀一事務所 3,000,000 shares 45.57% Hiraoka Shuichi (平岡 秀一) 913,800 shares 13.88%」
The 2 founder-related parties owned a combined 3,913,800 shares, representing approximately 59.45% of issued shares excluding treasury shares. This was higher than the approximately 58.3% effective ownership interest disclosed for the previous fiscal year, reversing the downward trend in the figures relating to the risk of a decline in the major shareholder's ownership interest. - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「The individual continues to hold a certain level of voting rights as a stable shareholder and has a policy of pursuing the common interests of shareholders while also taking minority shareholders' interests into consideration when exercising those voting rights. If, for any reason, the individual's ownership interest as a major shareholder declines, this may affect the market price of the Company's shares and the exercise of voting rights.」
The representative director and president's effective ownership interest declined from 60.1% to 58.3%, and the company continues to disclose the risk of an impact on the share price and voting rights resulting from a decline in the major shareholder's ownership interest. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「The individual continues to hold a certain level of voting rights as a stable shareholder and has a policy of pursuing the common interests of shareholders while also taking minority shareholders' interests into consideration when exercising those voting rights. If, for any reason, the individual's ownership interest as a major shareholder declines, this may affect the market price of the Company's shares and the exercise of voting rights.」
Regarding the situation in which the representative director and president effectively holds 60.1%, the company discloses, separately from founder dependence, the risk that a decline in the major shareholder's ownership interest may affect the share price and voting rights.