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Toho Gas Group announced its 2026 fiscal year business plan focusing on stable cash flow generation from core businesses, nurturing growth drivers, deepening regional business operations, and promoting carbon neutrality.

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. plans to conduct a share buyback up to 400,000 shares (1,600,000 shares after stock split) with an upper limit of 15 billion yen during the period from April 1, 2026 to September 30, 2026.

Acquired 574,600 common shares for approximately 2,966,637,400 yen from March 1 to March 24, 2026, completing the treasury stock acquisition based on the board resolution dated September 30, 2025.

Acquired 306,100 shares of treasury stock totaling JPY 1,655,544,500 from February 1, 2026 to February 28, 2026. Cumulative shares acquired amount to 2,505,800 shares with a cumulative acquisition cost of JPY 12,033,309,776.

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. announced the plan to cancel 6,653,300 shares of treasury stock (6.77% of the total issued shares) on March 31, 2026.

For the nine months ended March 2026, net sales were 465,407 million yen (1.0% YoY increase), operating income was 25,819 million yen (18.4% YoY increase), and net income attributable to owners of parent was 24,057 million yen (9.1% YoY increase).

A stock split of 1 share into 4 shares will be implemented as of the record date on March 31, 2026, increasing the number of outstanding shares from 98,220,085 shares to 392,880,340 shares. The total number of authorized shares will also be changed from 160 million shares to 640 million shares, and the shareholder benefit program will be revised.

From December 1 to December 31, 2025, Toho Gas Co., Ltd. acquired 495,400 shares of treasury stock, totaling 2,342,839,200 yen.