The Hanshin Diesel Works,Ltd.
6018・Standard Market・Transportation Equipment
Governance
The company is structured as a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee, comprising 9 directors (of which 4 are outside directors), and is advancing the separation of business execution and oversight functions through a review of the executive officer system. A Compensation Committee was established in October 2025, with an independent outside director serving as chairperson, establishing this governance framework.
Risk Management
The Company holds Risk Management Committee meetings twice a year based on its Risk Management Regulations, identifying, evaluating, and formulating countermeasures for management risks. It holds Compliance Subcommittee meetings quarterly, and has established a structure in which the Internal Audit Group conducts audits independently from the executive departments.
Shareholder Returns
Policy of appropriate profit distribution to shareholders while maintaining a balance with internal reserves. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), an annual dividend of ¥91 (interim ¥35, year-end ¥56), an increase from ¥70 in the prior period, with a payout ratio of 40.1%. The same annual dividend of ¥91 is forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027).
Dividend Policy
The company positions profit distribution as an important management priority, and its basic policy is to provide appropriate profit distribution to shareholders while maintaining a balance with internal reserves. Dividends of surplus are determined by resolution of the Board of Directors (as stipulated in the Articles of Incorporation). From FY2026 (ending March 2026), the company introduced an interim dividend (record date at the end of the second quarter), resulting in an annual dividend of ¥91 (interim ¥35, year-end ¥56; total dividends of ¥294 million; payout ratio of 40.1%). In the prior period (FY2025, ended March 2025), only a year-end dividend of ¥70 was paid (total dividends of ¥226 million; payout ratio of 42.3%). The forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027) is an annual dividend of ¥91 (interim ¥35, year-end ¥56; forecast payout ratio of 40.4%).
ESG
The company has set materiality items: (1) response to a decarbonized and circular society, (2) realization of a comfortable working environment, and (3) thorough compliance. It is promoting the development of carbon-neutral engines using methanol, ammonia, hydrogen, and other fuels, with a goal of completing a test unit of its dual-fuel engine "LA28M-DF" by March 2027. On the human capital front, it discloses a male childcare leave uptake rate of 62.5% and a ratio of female managers of 4.3%.
Last updated: June 25, 2026