Basic Shares Information

Shareholders / Shares information

Current Shareholder Situation (As of June 30, 2024)

1. Total number of shares

Number of Authorized Shares 120,000,000
Number of Shares Issued 25,664,373 shares (including 1,753,803 treasury shares)

2. Number of shareholders

7,361

3. Major shareholders

Shareholder name Number of shares Shareholding ratio
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 2,776,100 11.61
Fukada Geological Institute, a public interest foundation 2,530,203 10.58
The SFP Value Realization Master Fund Ltd. 1,995,900 8.35
Ruriko Suga 1,475,665 6.17
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 831,700 3.48
OYO Corporation Employee Shareholdings Association 749,713 3.14
THE CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. LONDON SPECIAL OMUNIBUS SECS LENDING ACCOUNT 651,100 2.72
Nippon Life Insurance Company Limited 474,936 1.99
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC CLIENTS FULLY PAID SEG ACCOUNT 449,275 1.88
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account E). 370,096 1.55
  • The shareholding ratio is calculated excluding treasury shares (1,753,803 shares).
  • Treasury shares do not include 370,096 shares held by Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account E).

Shares Overview

Business year From January 1 to December 31
Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Late March
Record Dates for Determination of Dividends Year-end dividend 31 December, Interim dividend 30 June
Method of Public Notices Public notices from the Company shall be given by way of electronic public notice; provided, however, that in the case where an electronic public notice is impracticable due to an accident or other unavoidable reason, the same public notice of the Company may be given in the Nikkei Shimbun published in Tokyo.
Share Units 100 shares
Shareholder Registry Administrator Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
1–3–3, Marunouchi, Chiyoda–ku, Tokyo 100–8241, Japan
Mail address
(contact address)
Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Stock Transfer Agency Dept.
2-8-4 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-8507, Japan
(Contact Information)
Tel. +81-0120-288-324 (Toll-Free within Japan only)
Intermediary administrations are provided at the head office of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. and at branches throughout Japan.
Recipients of procedures for shares

Please contact your securities company for inquiries (e.g. change of address, request for purchase or additional purchase of shares less than one unit, designation of method of receiving dividends, etc.) However, for the procedures relating to the shares recorded in the Special Account, please submit a request to Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., which is the account management institution for the Special Account.

Please apply to Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., which is a shareholder registry administrator, for the payment of non-paid dividends.

In the event dividends are received by bank account transfer (excluding the proportional share allocation method) or dividend receipt, the Dividend Statement sent at the time of payment is also used as the "Notice of Payment" pursuant to the provisions of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation. Please refer to your securities companies for shareholders who choose the proportional share allocation method.