SANEI LTD.
6230・Standard Market・Machinery
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors. The Board of Directors consists of 8 directors (including 2 outside directors: Katsumi Taki and Yuko Nagayama), and there are 3 corporate auditors (including 2 outside corporate auditors). An Internal Audit Office (3 members) reporting directly to the President and Representative Director has been established, and a three-way audit system has been put in place in coordination with the corporate auditors and the accounting auditor.
Risk Management
The Corporate Division centrally manages internal controls, compliance, and risk, periodically reviewing existing risks and identifying new ones. For quality, health and safety, environment, information security, and other areas, dedicated departments and projects have been established to work on prevention and recurrence prevention, while the CSR Promotion Committee checks the status of compliance response on a quarterly basis.
Shareholder Returns
For FY2026 (ending March 2026), the company implemented an annual dividend of ¥69 (interim ¥32 + year-end ¥37, including a ¥5 commemorative dividend), with a payout ratio of 25.9%. This marks 10 consecutive years of dividend increases since FY2017 (ended March 2017). For FY2027 (ending March 2027), an annual dividend of ¥75 (interim ¥37 + year-end ¥38) is forecast, which would mark 11 consecutive years of dividend increases.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is progressive dividends paid twice a year. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), the company implemented an interim dividend of ¥32 per share (ordinary dividend of ¥32) and a year-end dividend of ¥37 per share (ordinary dividend of ¥32 plus a ¥5 commemorative dividend for the 5th anniversary of listing), for an annual total of ¥69 (payout ratio of 25.9%, dividend on equity ratio of 2.1%). This represents an increase from the prior fiscal year's annual dividend of ¥60 (split-adjusted), achieving 10 consecutive years of dividend increases since FY2017 (ended March 2017). For FY2027 (ending March 2027), the company forecasts an interim dividend of ¥37 and a year-end dividend of ¥38, for an annual total of ¥75, which would mark 11 consecutive years of dividend increases. The policy is to comprehensively consider business performance and future capital needs while strengthening management with awareness of capital costs and share price, striving to maximize shareholder value.
ESG
With a goal of achieving carbon neutrality across the supply chain by 2050, the company works through its CSR Promotion Committee on CO₂ reduction, solar power installation, and the development of product-specific CFP calculation rules. On the human resources front, the introduction of a new personnel system in March 2023 (a preferred-transfer system, extended childcare shortened working hours, and abolition of the career-track/general-track classification) has established an environment for diverse talent to thrive, with the company disclosing a female manager ratio of 4.6% and a male childcare leave uptake rate of 37.5%.
Last updated: June 22, 2026