Yappli,Inc.
4168・Growth Market・Information & Communication
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors. Composed of 4 directors (including 1 outside director: Naoko Okumoto) and 3 corporate auditors (all outside). A voluntary nomination and compensation committee has been established to enhance transparency and objectivity. The accounting auditor is KPMG AZSA LLC.
Risk Management
Based on its Risk Management Regulations, the company has established a Risk Management Committee (chaired by the Representative Director) to centrally oversee company-wide risks including market, information security, labor, and service quality risks. It has put in place a four-stage process of risk identification, assessment, management, and monitoring, and has built a system for regular reporting to the Management Committee and the Board of Directors. The Compliance Committee meets once a year.
Shareholder Returns
Revised upward the FY2026 (ending December 2026) annual dividend forecast to ¥15 per share (interim ¥7.50, year-end ¥7.50). This represents a ¥2 increase from the prior fiscal year's actual dividend of ¥13. Disposed of 90,632 treasury shares (at ¥717 per share) as restricted stock compensation.
Dividend Policy
The company positions returning profits to shareholders through sustainable growth and improved profitability as an important priority, and its basic policy is to achieve stable and sustainable shareholder returns in line with profit growth while appropriately balancing this with medium- to long-term growth investments. The basic policy is to pay a year-end dividend once per year, with interim dividends also possible subject to a resolution of the Board of Directors. The actual dividend for FY2025 (ended December 2025) was ¥13 per share annually (interim ¥6, year-end ¥7). The forecast for FY2026 (ending December 2026) was revised upward to ¥15 per share annually (interim ¥7.50, year-end ¥7.50) (announced May 13, 2026).
ESG
The company positions human capital as an important management resource and is engaged in initiatives such as fostering corporate culture, promoting diversity, developing management personnel, and ensuring health and safety. Results for the fiscal year under review included a male childcare leave uptake rate of 100.0%, a turnover rate of 9.0% (improved from 14.2% in the previous fiscal year), a female manager ratio of 28.1%, and an eNPS of minus 14.29, which deteriorated from the previous fiscal year. No quantitative disclosure regarding climate change is provided.
Last updated: March 30, 2026