SATO CORPORATION
6287・Prime Market・Machinery
Governance
A company with a Board of Corporate Auditors (combined with an executive officer system). Of the 7 directors, 4 outside directors form a majority, and an independent outside director serves as chairman of the Board of Directors. A Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee (chaired by an independent outside director) has been established to ensure the independence and transparency of governance.
Risk Management
The Executive Officers' Meeting has established a Project Review Committee (convened 7 times in FY2025) and a Risk Management Committee (convened 12 times in FY2025) directly under it, managing business promotion risks and general risks through a two-tier structure. The Sustainability Promotion Committee identifies and quantitatively assesses climate change risks, with a framework in place to report the results to the Executive Officers' Meeting and the Board of Directors.
Shareholder Returns
Continuation of a progressive dividend policy. Annual dividend for FY2026 (ending March 2026) is ¥76 per share (interim ¥38 + year-end ¥38), total dividends of ¥2,477 million, dividend payout ratio of 48.5%. For FY2027 (ending March 2027), the dividend is planned to increase to ¥80 per share (interim ¥40 + year-end ¥40).
Dividend Policy
The policy is a progressive dividend, in principle not reducing dividends but maintaining or increasing them. Actual results for FY2026 (ending March 2026) were ¥76 per share annually (payout ratio 48.5%), and the forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027) is ¥80 per share annually (payout ratio forecast of 35.1%).
ESG
The company endorses the TCFD recommendations and has conducted scenario analyses under both the 1.5°C and 4.0°C scenarios. For Scope 1 & 2, it targets a 50% reduction by FY2030 compared to FY2019 levels, and carbon neutrality by FY2050. On the human capital front, the company promotes all-employee participatory management leveraging the
Last updated: June 19, 2026