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Effective April 1, 2026, Fumiya Hirabayashi is appointed as an Executive Officer, and Tsutomu Nakajima resigns. The executive structure of key subsidiaries is also announced.

On March 5, 2026, 2,000 units of the 3rd series stock acquisition rights were exercised, resulting in the issuance of 9,315,314 shares (including 2,170,468 shares of treasury stock), with a total exercise price of 200 million US dollars.

ARE Holdings Corporation will issue the 2nd series of unsecured straight bonds amounting to 20 billion yen, to be allocated for repayment of borrowings and working capital for its North American subsidiary. The issue date is March 5, 2026.

Asahi Pretec Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary, has been awarded a large-scale growth investment subsidy of approximately 1,911,333,332 yen for capital investment of approximately 6,167,208,792 yen. The implementation is planned from March 2026 to December 2027.

For the 3rd quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2026, sales revenue was JPY 384,655 million (3.1% YoY increase), operating income was JPY 28,640 million (95.0% YoY increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent was JPY 19,569 million (71.9% YoY increase), marking significant profit growth. The full-year earnings guidance was revised upward to sales revenue of JPY...

Scheduled for April 1, 2026, an absorption-type company split will be conducted between wholly owned subsidiaries to optimize and streamline processes in the precious metals recycling business.

For the fiscal year ending March 2026, net sales have been revised up by 13.2% from the previous forecast to ¥585,000 million, operating income increased by 16.7% to ¥35,000 million, and net income attributable to owners of the parent was raised by 10.6% to ¥23,900 million. The year-end dividend has been revised upward by ¥5 to ¥65, with an expected...