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The impact of rising long-term interest rates is significant, with 121 investor meetings conducted in fiscal 2025. The Board of Directors is engaging in extensive discussions regarding capital costs.\n\n### Overview of Capital Policy Implemented in 2025\nStrategic shareholdings will be reduced by approximately 55% by the end of 2025 and utilized for shareholder returns and growth investments. In November 2025, a stock offering of 2,946,700 shares (5.43% of outstanding shares) was conducted, improving the individual shareholder ratio by approximately 5% and stock liquidity by about 50%. Dividends are scheduled to increase stepwise from 35 yen in 2023 to 95 yen in 2025. Share buyback plans allocate 1 billion yen each for 2024 and 2025. 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