CHIMNEY CO., LTD.
3178・Standard Market・Retail Trade
Governance
The company has adopted an auditor (kansayaku) system, with a Board of Directors comprising 12 directors (including 2 outside directors) and a Board of Auditors comprising 3 auditors (including 2 outside auditors). It has established a Board of Directors, a Board of Auditors, an Executive Officers' Committee, an Internal Control Committee, and a Sustainability Committee to ensure swift decision-making and effective oversight functions.
Risk Management
The Company has established crisis management regulations and identifies market risk, physical risk, policy and regulatory risk, infectious disease risk, and human capital acquisition risk. The Sustainability Committee assesses and manages these risks, and has built a framework to report to the Board of Directors on a quarterly basis.
Shareholder Returns
The basic policy is to maintain stable dividends. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), the annual dividend is ¥10 per share (interim ¥5, year-end ¥5), with a payout ratio of 38.2%. For FY2027 (ending March 2027), the dividend is planned to be reduced to ¥5 per share annually (interim ¥2, year-end ¥3). No disclosure of share buybacks.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to pay stable dividends premised on strengthening profitability and securing internal reserves. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), the annual dividend per share is ¥10.00 (interim dividend ¥5.00, year-end dividend ¥5.00), with total dividends of ¥192 million and a payout ratio of 38.2%. For FY2027 (ending March 2027), the annual dividend per share is planned at ¥5.00 (interim dividend ¥2.00, year-end dividend ¥3.00), with an expected payout ratio of 38.6%.
ESG
The Sustainability Committee, established in September 2021, promotes ESG management and addresses priority SDGs items (hunger, education, growth and employment, production and consumption, and marine resources). The company has been certified as an Excellent Health & Productivity Management Corporation (Large Enterprise Category) for five consecutive years, achieving a 10.6% ratio of female managers and a 100% rate of male employees taking childcare leave. It is also focusing on marine resource conservation through sixth-sector industrialization, including the nationwide rollout of fully land-based aquaculture-raised salmon.
Last updated: June 22, 2026