BBD Initiative Inc.
5259・Growth Market・Information & Communication
Governance
Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. The Board of Directors consists of 6 directors (including 3 independent outside directors, all of whom serve on the Audit and Supervisory Committee). A Nomination Committee and a Compensation Committee have been established, and the Board of Directors met 13 times in FY2025 (ending September 2025). An executive officer system has been introduced to ensure a swift business execution structure.
Risk Management
The Board of Directors and the Security Committee take the lead in identifying and preventing risks at an early stage. Information security risk is positioned as the most critical risk, and the company has obtained ISMS (ISO/IEC 27001) certification, maintaining it continuously for over 10 years. An ISMS management officer and an Information Security Committee have been established to conduct regular risk analysis, evaluation, and monitoring. The Internal Audit Office works in cooperation with the Audit and Supervisory Committee to promote thorough legal compliance among all officers and employees based on the Compliance Manual.
Shareholder Returns
For FY2026 (ending September 2026), the company is scheduled to become a dissolving company in an absorption-type merger effective May 1, 2026 (with delisting scheduled for April 28, 2026), and therefore the full-year dividend forecast is undisclosed. The annual dividend for FY2025 (ended September 2025) was ¥0 (no dividend). Share buybacks were minimal, totaling only ¥70 thousand.
Dividend Policy
The company's basic policy is to enhance internal reserves and prioritize allocating funds to investments for business expansion, while comprehensively considering business results and business plans to implement profit returns to shareholders. The annual dividend for FY2025 (ended September 2025) was ¥0 (no dividend). For FY2026 (ending September 2026), subject to approval at the extraordinary general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on March 27, 2026, the company is scheduled to become a dissolving company in an absorption-type merger and will be delisted effective April 28, 2026; accordingly, the forecast dividend amount is undisclosed.
ESG
Promoting sustainability management under the "Digital Inclusion" vision. Positioning human capital as the most important management resource, the company has established flextime, telework, an internal job posting system, an intra-group transfer system, and rank-based training programs. The target for the ratio of female managers is 30% by September 2030, but the actual result for the fiscal year under review was 0.0%. Against a target of 85% for the male childcare leave uptake rate, the actual result achieved was 100%. In terms of information security, the company is working to secure social trust through ISMS certification and Privacy Mark acquisition.
Last updated: December 23, 2025