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This includes costs related to maintaining logistics infrastructure, system investigation and recovery expenses, and valuation losses on expired shipment products. As a result of this impact, the temporary suspension of core services led to a significant decline in net sales and profits, making it difficult to reasonably estimate the full-year consolidated earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending May 2026. Therefore, the forecast published on July 4, 2025, was withdrawn.\n\n### Revision of Dividend Forecast and Reduction of Executive Compensation\nIn light of strengthening the financial base and investing capital for business recovery, the interim dividend has been set to zero, and the year-end dividend remains undecided. The interim dividend as of the record date of November 20, 2025, is 0 yen 00 sen, and the year-end dividend is currently undecided. 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