ASUA Inc.
246A・Growth Market・Services
Governance
Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. The Board of Directors comprises 7 members (4 outside directors: 1 outside director plus 3 outside Audit and Supervisory Committee members), with an outside ratio of approximately 57%. The Board of Directors met 15 times during the fiscal year under review, with full attendance. A voluntary Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee (with independent outside officers constituting a majority) has been established, ensuring a dual-check system.
Risk Management
The Risk and Compliance Committee meets four times a year (once every three months) and manages risks across four categories: strategic, disaster, operational, and financial. The Sustainability Committee meets twice a year. Legal risks are also addressed through advisory contracts with lawyers and social insurance and labor consultants. The Internal Audit Office (staffed by one person), which reports directly to the Representative Director and President, audits each department and has established a system for regularly reporting results to the Board of Directors.
Shareholder Returns
The forecast annual dividend for FY2026 (ending June 2026) is ¥7.00 per share (year-end lump-sum payment). In the previous fiscal year, an ordinary dividend of ¥5.80 plus a listing commemorative dividend of ¥5.00, totaling ¥10.80, was paid. During the cumulative nine months of the current fiscal year, the Company acquired 135,000 shares of treasury stock (¥97,143 thousand). There is no change to the earnings forecast.
Dividend Policy
The Company's basic policy is to pay a year-end dividend once annually, and the forecast dividend for FY2026 (ending June 2026) is ¥7.00 per share. In the previous fiscal year (FY2025, ended June 2025), an ordinary dividend of ¥5.80 plus a listing commemorative dividend of ¥5.00, totaling ¥10.80 per share annually, was paid. There has been no revision to the dividend forecast from the most recently announced figures.
ESG
Under its "Sustainability Basic Policy," the company addresses environmental issues such as promoting eco-driving and visualizing CO2 emissions. On the human capital front, it is advancing a personnel evaluation system, consultation channels, and improvements to the working environment based on "ASUA QUALITY." It discloses that women account for 11.8% of management positions and that the gender pay gap stands at 74.9% (all workers). However, quantitative indicators and targets for talent development and internal environment improvement have not yet been established.
Last updated: September 26, 2025