On April 7, 2026, Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. established the Shimonoseki Factory and appointed Executive Officer Mamoru Sawada as the Factory Manager, implementing organizational changes and personnel transfers.
From February 1 to February 28, 2026, 604,200 shares of treasury stock were acquired at a total amount of 964,185,450 yen, and the acquisition based on the board resolution dated May 9, 2025, has been completed.
For the third quarter of FY March 2026, net sales were 183.167 billion yen (7.9% decrease YoY), operating income was 23.907 billion yen (34.9% increase YoY), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 17.058 billion yen (50.9% increase YoY).
For the nine months ended March 2026, consolidated operating income increased 34.9% YoY to 23.97 billion yen. The full-year earnings forecast has been revised downward to net sales of 243.3 billion yen and operating income of 31.5 billion yen.
Between January 1 and January 31, 2026, 780,700 shares of treasury stock were acquired, with a total acquisition cost of 1,193,043,000 yen. The cumulative number of shares acquired is 8,278,100 shares, and the cumulative acquisition cost is 11,035,768,300 yen.
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd. acquired 822,500 shares of treasury stock totaling 1,178,146,500 yen from December 1 to December 31, 2025. The cumulative number of shares acquired reached 7,497,400 shares, with a total acquisition amount of 9,842,725,300 yen.