Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc.
2579・Prime Market・Foods
Governance
The company has adopted an Audit and Supervisory Committee structure, with 7 of its 9 directors being outside directors (including 4 independent officers), ensuring a high degree of independence. Through an executive officer system, decision-making and oversight functions are separated from business execution functions, and a Nomination and Compensation Committee has also been established.
Risk Management
The Group has established Group risk management regulations, with the department responsible for risk management monitoring risks across the organization on a cross-departmental basis. It regularly conducts crisis management drills, disaster response drills, and safety confirmation drills to continuously verify the effectiveness of its BCP, while also holding regular meetings of the Ethics and Compliance Committee and maintaining an internal whistleblowing system.
Shareholder Returns
Continuing the progressive dividend policy, following the actual annual dividend of ¥60 (interim ¥28 + year-end ¥32) for FY2025 (ending December 2025), an annual dividend of ¥72 (interim ¥35 + year-end ¥37) is planned for FY2026 (ending December 2026). Share buybacks are also ongoing (¥6,987 million acquired in the current Q1).
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to pursue active and stable profit distribution to shareholders, implementing both interim and year-end dividends. During the "Vision 2030" period, the company aims to achieve and maintain a consolidated dividend payout ratio of 40% or more and a consolidated dividend on equity (DOE) ratio of 2.5% or more, with a progressive dividend policy (maintaining or increasing the dividend year-on-year). The annual dividend for FY2025 (ending December 2025) is planned at ¥60 (interim ¥28 + year-end ¥32), and for FY2026 (ending December 2026) at ¥72 (interim ¥35 + year-end ¥37). There has been no revision to the most recently announced dividend forecast.
ESG
The Sustainability Committee (established January 2023, chaired by the Representative Director and President, meeting four times a year) promotes CSV strategy under the oversight of the Board of Directors. The company endorses the TCFD and TNFD recommendations and conducts scenario analyses on climate change and natural capital, achieving a 24% reduction in water usage as of 2025 versus 2015 and a water source recharge rate of 391%. In human capital, the company achieved a female manager ratio of 10.4% (2030 target: 20%), a male childcare leave (and related) take-up rate of 100.6%, and a paid leave utilization rate of 78.6%, and has obtained the PRIDE Index 2025 "Rainbow" certification for four consecutive years, the first in the beverage industry to do so.
Last updated: March 19, 2026