Sansan, Inc.
4443・Prime Market・Information & Communication
Governance
The company is a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. The Board of Directors consists of 10 directors (5 outside directors, 50% outside ratio), and a Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee (chaired by an independent outside director) has been established. The Board of Directors meets 13 times per year, with attendance by all directors at approximately 100%.
Risk Management
An Internal Audit Office reporting directly to the President and Representative Director has been established, working in coordination with the Audit and Supervisory Committee and the accounting auditor. Personal information protection and information security are designated as the highest priority risks, with directors concurrently serving as CISO, DPO, and personal information protection manager, and a 24/7 monitoring framework has been built through the CSIRT and an in-house SOC. Sustainability risks are managed on an integrated basis as part of company-wide risk management.
Shareholder Returns
The company initiated its first dividend in FY2026 (ending May 2026) with a year-end dividend of ¥2.50 per share, resulting in a payout ratio of 4.7%. For FY2027 (ending May 2027), an annual dividend of ¥5.00 per share is forecast, comprising an interim dividend of ¥2.50 and a year-end dividend of ¥2.50. The company has also conducted share buybacks (with an upper limit of ¥2,000 million and cumulative acquisitions of 1,331,600 shares), marking the start of full-scale shareholder returns.
Dividend Policy
The company implemented its first-ever dividend in FY2026 (ending May 2026), paying a year-end dividend of ¥2.50 per share (total dividends of ¥315 million, payout ratio of 4.7%). For FY2027 (ending May 2027), an annual dividend of ¥5.00 per share is forecast, consisting of an interim dividend of ¥2.50 and a year-end dividend of ¥2.50. Against the backdrop of a phase in which profit growth is structurally accelerating, the company has begun returning profits to shareholders through a combination of dividends and share buybacks.
ESG
Endorses the TCFD recommendations and has identified 5 key focus areas and 10 material issues (materiality). As targets for FY2030 (ending May 2030), the company has set Scope 1+2 carbon neutrality (current-period result: 575t-CO₂, down 39.2% year on year), a female manager ratio of 30% or higher (current result: 20.2%), and maintaining a personal information protection officer certification rate of 80% or higher (current result: 90.6%), among others, with annual oversight by the Board of Directors. Consolidated employees total 2,235, with a female employee ratio of 37.0% and a disabled employee employment ratio of 2.9%.
Last updated: August 25, 2025