ELAN Corporation
6099・Prime Market・Services
Governance
Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. The Board of Directors consists of 10 members in total: 5 directors (excluding Audit and Supervisory Committee members), of whom 1 is outside, and 5 directors serving as Audit and Supervisory Committee members, of whom 3 are outside. A Nomination and Compensation Committee composed mainly of independent outside directors, as well as a Special Committee for the protection of minority shareholders, have been established.
Risk Management
The Administration Division serves as the supervising department, sharing information with each division to identify risks early and prevent them before they occur. The company has established Group internal whistleblowing regulations and crisis management regulations, building a system in which the Sustainability Committee identifies and evaluates sustainability-related risks and communicates the information to the Management Meeting and the Crisis Management Committee.
Shareholder Returns
The basic policy is a single year-end dividend, with FY2026 (ending December 2026) forecast at ¥16 per share (Q2 end: ¥0, year-end: ¥16). FY2025 (ended December 2025) actual was ¥15 (an increase of ¥2 year-on-year). Share buybacks can be conducted based on a resolution of the Board of Directors as stipulated in the Articles of Incorporation.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is a single year-end dividend, with dividends determined after comprehensively considering the status of retained earnings, the profit level in each fiscal year, and the outlook for future business performance and funding needs. Dividends from surplus can be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors (as stipulated in the Articles of Incorporation). FY2025 (ended December 2025) actual was ¥15 per share (Q2 end: ¥0, year-end: ¥15), and the FY2026 (ending December 2026) forecast is ¥16 per share (Q2 end: ¥0, year-end: ¥16).
ESG
Under the Sustainability Committee (established March 2023, chaired by the Representative Director, President and CEO), the company is advancing TCFD response, human capital management, and employment of people with disabilities (special subsidiary company Elan Cul-lure, 27 employees). GHG emission targets are a 50% reduction by 2030 versus 2022 and net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2050; results for FY2025 (ending December 2025) were Scope 1 of 5,699 t-CO2 and Scope 2 of 6,635 t-CO2 (a significant year-on-year increase due to full-year consolidation of two Vietnamese subsidiaries). The ratio of female managers on a domestic consolidated basis was 13.0% (FY2025, ending December 2025), and the male childcare leave uptake rate was 63.6%, exceeding the national average.
Last updated: March 26, 2026