ASANTE INCORPORATED
6073・Prime Market・Services
Governance
The Board of Directors consists of 8 members in total—5 internal directors and 3 outside directors (all independent officers)—and the company is a company with a board of corporate auditors. It has established a voluntary Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee, chaired by an outside director, ensuring transparency and objectivity.
Risk Management
Based on the risk management regulations, the company appoints a director responsible for risk management, and has established a Risk Management Committee chaired by that director, along with a secretariat. Each department regularly reports on the status of risk management to the secretariat, and a system has been established for cross-organizational monitoring and company-wide response.
Shareholder Returns
The basic policy is to maintain stable dividends, with dividends paid twice a year. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), the annual dividend per share is ¥62 (interim ¥31, year-end ¥31), with a payout ratio of 220.7%. The same amount of ¥62 is forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027). Share buybacks can be conducted flexibly based on provisions in the Articles of Incorporation.
Dividend Policy
The dividend is determined based on a basic policy of maintaining stable dividends, taking into account comprehensive factors such as strengthening the corporate structure and enhancing internal reserves. The basic policy is to pay dividends twice a year: an interim dividend and a year-end dividend, with a record date of September 30 each year. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), actual results were an interim dividend of ¥31 per share and a year-end dividend of ¥31 per share (annual total of ¥62, payout ratio of 220.7%, dividend on equity ratio of 6.3%). The same annual amount of ¥62 (interim ¥31, year-end ¥31) is forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027).
ESG
As part of its response to climate change, the company conducted scenario analysis based on IEA and IPCC scenarios, setting a target to reduce Scope 1+2 emissions per ¥100 million of net sales by 21% by FY2031 (ending March 2031) compared to FY2019 (ending March 2019) levels (FY2026 (ending March 2026) actual: 32.4t-CO2). In terms of human capital, training hours per employee reached 16.1 hours (achieving the 15.6-hour target), and the company has set targets of 1,187 full-time employees and an 80% in-house certification acquisition rate by FY2029 (ending March 2029), promoting talent development and workplace environment improvement.
Last updated: June 16, 2026