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This amendment will be submitted at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for March 27, 2026, and is expected to take effect on the same day.\n\n### Impact on Investors and Future Outlook\nThis amendment to the Articles of Incorporation clarifies the company\u2019s ongoing commitment to the socially significant fields of disaster prevention and safety measures. While there will be no direct impact on financial figures, it represents an expansion of the company\u2019s business domain aimed at solving social issues and has the potential to contribute to medium- to long-term corporate value enhancement.","jir_financial_highlights":"Date of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation: March 27, 2026 (New Addition)\nAdded Business Objective: Sales, installation, and provision of services for equipment related to disaster prevention and countermeasures (New Addition)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#OtsukaCorporation, #ArticlesOfIncorporationAmendment, #SocialIssueResolution, #DisasterPrevention, #IR","jir_key_figures":"Date of Resolution to Submit Amendment: February 20, 2026\nScheduled Date of Shareholders Meeting: March 27, 2026\nEffective Date of Amendment: March 27, 2026","jir_meta_title":"Otsuka Corporation to Add Disaster Prevention Business Objective to Articles of Incorporation (Effective March 27, 2026)","jir_meta_description":"At the shareholder meeting on March 27, 2026, Otsuka Corporation will amend its Articles of Incorporation to add sales and service provision of disaster prevention equipment as a new business objective.","jir_og_title":"Otsuka Corporation Clarifies Disaster Prevention Business through Articles of Incorporation Amendment","jir_og_description":"Adding disaster prevention and countermeasures business to the Articles of Incorporation effective March 27, 2026, strengthening efforts to resolve social issues.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":7500,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"general_ir","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-30557","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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