Dividend per share
Fiscal year ending January 2027Each vertical step represents one dividend payment, and the total height of the accumulated steps represents the annual dividend for the period. For periods showing only the annual amount, the payment breakdown is not provided, so only the end point is plotted.
The record date is the cutoff date for determining which persons listed in the shareholder register on that date are entitled to receive dividends.Payments begin on the effective date.
Our basic policy is to give top priority to growth investments and return profits to shareholders within the limits that do not impair our ability to execute those investments, while continuing disciplined annual dividend increases in line with future improvements in our cash flow generation capacity.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Dividend per share | ¥4.00 → ¥4.00（0%） |
| Total Annual Dividends | Not disclosed → ¥8.00 |
| Previous-period results (per share) | Interim ¥0.00 / End of period ¥0.00 / Annual ¥0.00 |
| Total dividends | Not disclosed → ¥728 million |
| Record date | 31 July 2026 |
| Effective date | 23 October 2026 |
| Source of dividends | Retained earnings |
| Dividend policy | Our basic policy is to give top priority to growth investments and return profits to shareholders within the limits that do not impair our ability to execute those investments, while continuing disciplined annual dividend increases in line with future improvements in our cash flow generation capacity. |
| Whether Submission to the General Meeting of Shareholders Is Required | Board of directors resolution only |
| Fiscal Period Covered | Fiscal year ending January 2027 |
Items this document does not state (2)
These are items the company does not state in this document. We do not leave them blank, nor fill them in from other sources or by inference.
The reasons the company gives
The company's own explanation, not something inferred from the numbers.This is because we determined that paying dividends to the extent that doing so does not hinder growth investments, while giving top priority to growth investments such as M&A, has strategic significance in broadening our investor base. We have also stated a policy of continuing disciplined annual dividend increases in line with future improvements in our cash flow generation capacity.