Maruzen CHI Holdings Co., Ltd.
3159・Standard Market・Retail Trade
Governance
Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. The Board of Directors consists of 9 members in total: 5 executive directors and 4 audit and supervisory committee members (all of whom are independent outside directors). Voluntary nomination and compensation committees have been established to strengthen independence and objectivity. An executive officer system has also been introduced to achieve faster decision-making and separation of the oversight function.
Risk Management
The company has established a Corporate Ethics and Conduct Committee chaired by the Representative Director and President, which conducts risk analysis and evaluation across the group each year. It has developed a Risk Management Regulation, Basic Regulation for Large-Scale Disaster Countermeasures, Basic Policy on Information Security, and other rules, and has opened internal whistleblowing contact points (the internal General Affairs Department and external legal counsel) to all group employees. The Audit Department, which reports directly to the Representative Director, conducts internal audits through a dual reporting line.
Shareholder Returns
Basic policy is a performance-linked year-end dividend (once per year); actual dividend for FY2026 (ending January 2026) was ¥6 per share (¥0 at Q2-end + ¥6 year-end). The same amount of ¥6 per share (year-end dividend) is planned for FY2027 (ending January 2027). No share buyback has been conducted.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to pay dividends in line with business performance, positioning returns to shareholders as an important management priority while making growth investments including new business development. In principle, a year-end dividend is paid once per year. Actual dividend for FY2026 (ending January 2026) was ¥6 per share (¥0 at Q2-end + ¥6 year-end, total ¥6). For FY2027 (ending January 2027), a dividend of ¥6 per share (year-end dividend of ¥6) is planned, unchanged from the most recently announced forecast.
ESG
Under the corporate philosophy that "knowledge is the foundation of society," the company has established six materiality issues: promoting educational and learning opportunities, building knowledge infrastructure, regional partnerships, respect for diversity, realizing a safe workplace, and climate change countermeasures. A Sustainability Committee has been established as an advisory body to the Board of Directors. As human capital indicators, the company discloses the ratio of female managers (14.9% actual in FY2024, 30.6% target for FY2028) and the male childcare leave uptake rate (64.3% actual in FY2024, 80.0% target for FY2028), though the ratio of female managers has declined from the previous fiscal year's level (18.8%).
Last updated: April 24, 2026