Kokuyo Co., Ltd. resolved executive officer personnel changes effective April 1, 2026. Mr. Naotaka Umeda remains Head of the Audit Committee Office, and Mr. Masahiro Fukui and Mr. Koji Morita are scheduled to assume positions related to the CSV Headquarters.
Announced that as of February 6, 2026, Oasis Management Company Limited became the largest shareholder, increasing its voting rights ratio from 6.57% to 10.28%.
For the fiscal year ending December 2025, consolidated net sales reached 359.8 billion yen (6.2% year-over-year increase), operating income was 26.2 billion yen (16.5% increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 21.4 billion yen (1.4% decrease). A stock split was implemented on July 1, 2025.
The year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending December 2025 will be increased to 13.00 yen per share, resulting in an annual dividend of 24.50 yen and a payout ratio of 50.7%. The total dividend amounts to 5,599 million yen, and the effective date is March 30, 2026.
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. announced on 2026-02-13 the introduction of a stock compensation plan linked to medium-term management plan performance targets and stock price indicators for executive officers and executive members.
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. has decided to relocate its headquarters to 14F, Gran Green Osaka Park Tower, 5-54 Ofuka-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka City on May 1, 2026.
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. acquired 2,063,300 shares of treasury stock totaling 1,924,379,580 yen from December 1 to December 19, 2025, and completed the acquisition based on the Board of Directors resolution dated February 14, 2025.
Kokuyo Co., Ltd. canceled 22,000,000 shares of treasury stock (4.75% of total issued shares) as of 2025-12-25, resulting in a total of 440,969,852 shares issued.