Expected change in major shareholders, the largest major shareholder and other affiliated company
TOPPAN Holdings Co., Ltd. (shareholder subject to the change), artience Co., Ltd. (company conducting the tender offer for treasury shares)
Because an agreement was entered into to tender all artience common shares owned by TOPPAN Holdings in artience's tender offer for treasury shares. artience explained that the tender offer is being conducted from the perspective of improving the capital efficiency of both companies.
Change in voting rights ownership ratio
The voting rights ownership percentage is the proportion of the voting rights exercisable at a shareholders' meeting held by the shareholder.
104,469 voting rights (10,446,988 shares), 22.34%, No. 1. Calculated based on total voting rights of 467,656 as of 30 June 2026.
The number of voting rights, number of shares held and ownership percentage are all shown as "–" in the table.
There is no impact on the company's performance (the disclosure regarding revisions to the earnings forecasts is Not disclosed).
After the tender offer, the TOPPAN Group and the artience Group intend to maintain and develop their cooperative relationship as independent business partners, without relying on shareholdings and based on the competitiveness of their products and services and the synergies from collaboration. artience also plans to sell its 12,984,524 TOPPAN Holdings shares in phases during the fiscal years ending December 2026 and December 2027, with the sale of 7,000,000 shares expected to be completed first during the fiscal year ending December 2026.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Event name | Expected change in major shareholders, the largest major shareholder and other affiliated company |
| Date of occurrence | 7 January 2027 (expected change date; settlement commencement date for the tender offer) |
| Date recognized / date notice received | 13 November 2026 (date of board resolution and tender agreement) |
| Subject Entity | TOPPAN Holdings Co., Ltd. (shareholder subject to the change), artience Co., Ltd. (company conducting the tender offer for treasury shares) |
| Cause | Because an agreement was entered into to tender all artience common shares owned by TOPPAN Holdings in artience's tender offer for treasury shares. artience explained that the tender offer is being conducted from the perspective of improving the capital efficiency of both companies. |
| Impact on Earnings Forecast | There is no impact on the company's performance (the disclosure regarding revisions to the earnings forecasts is Not disclosed). |
| Voting rights ownership percentage before the change | 104,469 voting rights (10,446,988 shares), 22.34%, No. 1. Calculated based on total voting rights of 467,656 as of 30 June 2026. |
| Voting rights ownership percentage after the change | The number of voting rights, number of shares held and ownership percentage are all shown as "–" in the table. |
| Outlook | After the tender offer, the TOPPAN Group and the artience Group intend to maintain and develop their cooperative relationship as independent business partners, without relying on shareholdings and based on the competitiveness of their products and services and the synergies from collaboration. artience also plans to sell its 12,984,524 TOPPAN Holdings shares in phases during the fiscal years ending December 2026 and December 2027, with the sale of 7,000,000 shares expected to be completed first during the fiscal year ending December 2026. |
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The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.artience explained that the tender offer is being conducted from the perspective of improving the capital efficiency of artience and TOPPAN Holdings.