{"id":133982,"date":"2026-10-23T16:28:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:28:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T16:28:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T07:28:45","slug":"6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir","status":"publish","type":"ir_release","link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founding family member Hiroyuki Maki will gift part of his held shares to employees. Number of shares to be gifted is 10,700 shares (planned), with the planned gift date of 2026-10-29. No change in major shareholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"Ticker":"","DATE":"","longName":"","company_name_ja":"","fullTimeEmployees":0,"address":"","phone":"","website":"","industry":"","sector":"","regularMarketPrice":0,"financialCurrency":"","marketCap":0,"fiftyTwoWeekLow":0,"fiftyTwoWeekHigh":0,"epsTrailingTwelveMonths":0,"epsForward":0,"bookValue":0,"totalRevenue":0,"OperatingIncome":0,"operatingMargins":0,"NetIncome":0,"profitMargins":0,"ebitda":0,"trailingPE":0,"forwardPE":0,"priceToBook":0,"returnOnEquity":0,"recommendationMean":0,"recommendationKey":"","targetMeanPrice":0,"numberOfAnalystOpinions":0,"analyst_earnings_data":"","dividendRate":0,"dividendYield":0,"payoutRatio":0,"totalEsg":0,"environmentScore":0,"socialScore":0,"governanceScore":0,"title":"","providerPublishTime":"","link":"","longBusinessSummary":"","longBusinessSummary_ja":"","quarterly_revenue":0,"quarterly_net_income":0,"quarterly_operating_profit":0,"enterprise_value":0,"price_fetched_at":"","company_officer_1_name":"","company_officer_1_title":"","company_officer_2_name":"","company_officer_2_title":"","company_officer_3_name":"","company_officer_3_title":"","company_officer_4_name":"","company_officer_4_title":"","company_officer_5_name":"","company_officer_5_title":"","company_officers_update_time":"","get_dividend_history_year1":0,"get_dividend_history_year2":0,"get_dividend_history_year3":0,"get_dividend_history_year4":0,"get_dividend_history_year5":0,"get_dividend_history_year6":0,"get_dividend_history_year7":0,"get_dividend_history_year8":0,"get_dividend_history_year9":0,"get_dividend_history_year10":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jir_stock_code":"6676","jir_company_name":"Buffalo Inc.","jir_importance":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606","jir_publication_date":"2026-10-23","jir_source_link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/6676-20261023-01.pdf","jir_short_summary":"Founding family member Hiroyuki Maki will gift part of his held shares to employees. Number of shares to be gifted is 10,700 shares (planned), with the planned gift date of 2026-10-29. No change in major shareholders.","jir_summary":"### Key Points\nFounding family member and Representative Director Hiroyuki Maki will gift part of his owned common shares to employees of domestic group companies and employees of contract manufacturers. The number of shares to be gifted is 10,700 shares (planned), and the scheduled gift date is 2026-10-29 (planned). The company states there will be no change in major shareholders, and the purpose is to enhance corporate value through employee share ownership.\n\n### Impact and Outlook\nThe share gift aims to strengthen employee engagement and enhance corporate value; the document does not disclose direct financial metrics. The impact on future performance is unknown, but increased employee ownership may contribute to long-term productivity and corporate culture. It is explicitly stated that there will be no change in major shareholders, so significant changes to shareholder composition are not expected.","jir_financial_highlights":"Number of shares to be gifted: 10,700 shares (planned) (Unknown)\nShare gift date: 2026-10-29 (planned) (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#Buffalo, #EmployeeShareGift","jir_key_figures":"Number of shares to be gifted: 10,700 shares (planned)\nGift date: 2026-10-29 (planned)\nChange in major shareholders: None","jir_meta_title":"Buffalo Inc. - Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family | October 2026","jir_meta_description":"Announcement of a share gift by founder Hiroyuki Maki to employees. Number of shares to be gifted: 10,700 shares; scheduled gift date: 2026-10-29. No change in major shareholders.","jir_og_title":"Buffalo Inc. Notice of Share Gift","jir_og_description":"Announcement of a share gift from the founding family to employees. Number of shares to be gifted: 10,700 shares; scheduled date: 2026-10-29.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":17166,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"general_ir","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-133982","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees - Japan IR<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/\",\"name\":\"Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees - Japan IR\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-23T07:28:45+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Japan IR\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees - Japan IR","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/","url":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/","name":"Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees - Japan IR","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-10-23T07:28:45+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-6676\/ir\/6676-20261023-01_wp_general_ir\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Notice of Share Gift from Founding Family Member Hiroyuki Maki (Representative Director) to Employees"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/","name":"Japan IR","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"related_company_data":{"id":"17166","title":"BUFFALO INC","ticker":"6676"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release\/133982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ir_release"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ir-release\/133982\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"sector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sector?post=133982"},{"taxonomy":"importance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/importance?post=133982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}