Today, the Board resolved to introduce an employee stock benefit trust for executive employees hired as employees. Through the trust, cash equivalent to the stock value is provided, and shares or cash equivalent are issued to beneficiaries who meet performance indicators. The trust administrator is Resona Bank, with Japan’s Custody Bank Trust Trustee. The trust is ongoing, with a total of 15,000 shares to be acquired and total acquisition funds of 75 million yen. Planned start date: August 17, 2026.<\/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,"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":"6273","jir_company_name":"SMC Corporation","jir_importance":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2606","jir_publication_date":"2026-08-07","jir_source_link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6273-20260807-03.pdf","jir_short_summary":"Today, the Board resolved to introduce an employee stock benefit trust for executive employees hired as employees. Through the trust, cash equivalent to the stock value is provided, and shares or cash equivalent are issued to beneficiaries who meet performance indicators. The trust administrator is Resona Bank, with Japan's Custody Bank Trust Trustee. The trust is ongoing, with a total of 15,000 shares to be acquired and total acquisition funds of 75 million yen. Planned start date: August 17, 2026.","jir_summary":"### Overview of the\u5236\u5ea6 introduction\nWe announced a board resolution to establish a new employee stock benefit trust for executive employees hired as employees. The trust is funded with cash and acquires our shares to be managed as trust assets. Beneficiaries who meet specified requirements will receive shares and cash equivalent based on share value, with points awarded according to performance achieved under the stock benefit regulations. Voting rights are exercised in accordance with the trust administrator's instructions. The trust is ongoing, and further contributions may be made if beneficiary criteria are met.\n\n### Practical aspects and impact of the trust\nThe introduction of this system is expected to align executives\u2019 incentives with stock price appreciation and enhanced corporate performance. In the trust contract, Resona Bank serves as the trust administrator, with Resona Bank and Japan Custody Bank acting as sub-trustees. The planned start date is August 17, 2026, with a total acquisition of 15,000 shares and acquisition funds of 7,500 thousand yen (7,500,000 yen).","jir_financial_highlights":"Total number of shares to be acquired: 15,000 shares (\u4e0d\u660e)\nFunds for trust acquisition: 7,500,0000 \u5186 (\u4e0d\u660e)\nPlanned start date of trust period: 2026 \u5e74 8 \u6708 17 \u65e5 (\u4e0d\u660e)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#EmployeeStockBenefitTrust, #EmployeeStockIncentive, #ExecutiveCompensation","jir_key_figures":"Total number of shares to be acquired: 15,000 shares\nTrust acquisition funds: 7,500,000 yen\nPlanned start date: August 17, 2026","jir_meta_title":"SMC Employee Stock Benefit Trust for Executives Introduced | Start Planned on August 17, 2026","jir_meta_description":"SMC introduces an employee stock benefit trust for executive employees. Shares or cash equivalents are granted based on performance under the stock benefit regulations. Trust management is by Resona Bank, with Japan Custody Bank handling re-trust. Start date, share cap, and funds disclosed.","jir_og_title":"SMC Employee Stock Benefit Trust Introduced for Executives | Starting August 17","jir_og_description":"SMC introduces an employee stock benefit trust for executives hired as employees. Shares are granted upon achievement of performance indicators according to the stock benefit regulations. Trust management by Resona Bank, with re-trust by Japan Custody Bank. Start date and share cap disclosed.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":6888,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"stock_option","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-99177","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n