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For the fiscal year ending December 2025, net sales were 27,325 million yen (9.1% Year-over-Year increase), operating income was 6,228 million yen (25.5% Year-over-Year increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 7,004 million yen (68.3% Year-over-Year increase).

For the record date December 31, 2025, a dividend of 165 yen per share (ordinary dividend of 125 yen, special dividend of 40 yen) with a total dividend amount of 3,496 million yen was resolved to be paid on March 10, 2026.

Decided to acquire up to 500,000 shares, equivalent to 2.37% of the total number of issued shares, through the Tokyo Stock Exchange from February 9, 2026, to April 30, 2026, with an upper limit of 1.5 billion yen.

Formulated a medium-term management plan for the fiscal years ending December 2026 to December 2028. Targets for fiscal 2028 include net sales of 300 billion yen, operating income of 7.15 billion yen, operating margin of 23.8%, and ROE of at least 12%.

From January 1 to January 30, 2026, 73,600 shares were acquired as treasury stock for a total of 275,029,000 yen, concluding the acquisition based on the Board resolution dated November 7, 2025.

From December 1 to December 31, 2025, Nippon Ceramic Co., Ltd. acquired 179,000 shares of treasury stock at a total cost of 662,542,500 yen. The cumulative number of shares acquired reached 288,700 shares, with a total acquisition cost of 1,067,417,500 yen.