Life Foods Co.,Ltd.
3065・Standard Market・Retail Trade
Governance
The company is a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. The Board of Directors consists of 6 members in total: 3 executive directors (none of whom are outside directors) and 3 Audit and Supervisory Committee members (2 of whom are outside directors). All directors attended all Board meetings, which are held six times a year. No Nomination Committee or Compensation Committee has been established. The company has established a Compliance Committee (meeting monthly), a Management Committee (meeting monthly), and a Sustainability Committee (meeting six times a year), and has put in place internal control and risk management systems.
Risk Management
The Internal Audit Office monitors the internal control system as a whole and reports periodically to directors and Audit and Supervisory Committee members. The Compliance Committee (meeting once a month) considers measures to prevent the occurrence of risks, while the Sustainability Committee (meeting six times a year) promotes risk minimization based on materiality. As an internal whistleblowing system, a compliance consultation desk has been established, with the Human Resources and General Affairs Department and outside directors (Audit and Supervisory Committee members) serving as contact points. For natural disasters, theft, and similar risks, measures such as entering into non-life insurance contracts have been implemented.
Shareholder Returns
For FY2027 (ending February 2027), the company plans to maintain an annual dividend of ¥5 (year-end ¥5, interim ¥0). Actual results for FY2026 (ended February 2026) were an annual dividend of ¥5 (year-end ¥5). The company holds treasury shares (563,218 shares). No numerical target for the payout ratio has been disclosed.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to continue paying stable dividends while securing internal reserves for future business development and strengthening the company's financial foundation. Dividends are basically paid twice a year: an interim dividend (record date August 31) and a year-end dividend (record date the end of February), with the decision-making body being the Board of Directors. The company resumed dividend payments at ¥5 per share in FY2025 (ended February 2025), and implemented an annual dividend of ¥5 (year-end ¥5, interim ¥0) in FY2026 (ended February 2026) as well. For FY2027 (ending February 2027), the company forecasts an interim dividend of ¥0, a year-end dividend of ¥5, and an annual dividend of ¥5, with no revision from the most recently announced forecast.
ESG
Centered on the Sustainability Committee established in April 2022, the company addresses materiality items across E (food recycling, food loss reduction, decarbonization, energy conservation), S (HACCP, healthy menus, DX promotion, work-style reform, diversity), and G (governance code compliance). It identifies climate change risks (transition and physical) and opportunities, managing cooking oil, electricity, and water usage reduction as key indicators. On the human capital front, it has set targets of 10% female employee ratio and 10% female manager ratio (FY2026 targets), with actual results for the current fiscal year at 2.2% and 2.6% respectively. The male employee childcare leave uptake rate stood at 33.3%.
Last updated: May 26, 2026