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Progress in the Education, AdTech, and developing businesses, along with expansion of store openings and transaction volumes, contributed to earnings.\n\n### Outlook and Dividend Policy\nThe full year is expected to land within the earnings forecast range. The interim dividend will be 11 yen per share, based on a policy of maintaining DOE at 5.0% or a consolidated payout ratio of 50%, whichever is larger, and will continue at 11 yen per share. The investment business plans and has executed 210 million yen of new investments and 770 million yen of exits, and it anticipates continued profit generation through sales of held securities in the second half.","jir_financial_highlights":"Revenue: 4,012 (YoY -7.0%)\nOperating Income: 87 (YoY Unknown \u2192 Turned to profit)\nNet Income: 227 (YoY +853)\nInterim Dividend \/ Dividend per Share: 11 yen (Record date changed from 2026-09-30 \u2192 2027-03-31)\nCash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period: 5,928 (Compared with prior fiscal year-end -2,655)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#UNITED, #Earnings, #EducationBusiness, #AdTech, #InvestmentBusiness, #MidTermPlan","jir_key_figures":"Revenue: 4,012 million yen (YoY -7.0%)\nOperating Income: 87 million yen (turned to profit)\nNet Income: 227 million yen\nInterim Dividend: 11 yen\/share\nCash and Cash Equivalents at Period-End: 5,928 million yen","jir_meta_title":"UNITED, Inc. 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