WASH HOUSE CO.,LTD.
6537・Growth Market・Services
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors. The Board of Directors consists of 6 directors (including 1 independent outside director, an outside ratio of approximately 16.7%), and there are 3 corporate auditors (including 2 independent outside corporate auditors). No nomination committee or compensation committee has been established. Representative Director and President Yasutaka Kodama qualifies as a controlling shareholder, and minority shareholder protection measures have been put in place requiring Board of Directors resolutions for related party transactions. The Board of Directors met 17 times during the fiscal year under review.
Risk Management
Based on its crisis management regulations, the company comprehensively manages risks related to the environment, quality, disasters, and other areas, and promotes the identification, prevention, and mitigation of risks through department/section manager meetings and management meetings. It has established a system under which it can receive advice from its retained legal counsel at any time. It has not yet established an independent framework for managing sustainability-related risks, and instead operates such risk management in an integrated manner with its corporate governance framework.
Shareholder Returns
The basic policy is to continue stable dividends, but the annual dividend is ¥0 (no dividend) for both FY2025 (ending December 2025) and FY2026 (ending December 2026). Retained earnings are to be allocated to funding new businesses and store openings. No record of share buyback implementation is noted.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to continue stable dividend payments while securing retained earnings for future business development and strengthening the management structure. In principle, a year-end dividend is paid once a year, with an interim dividend also permitted under the Articles of Incorporation. The annual dividend for FY2025 (ending December 2025) is ¥0 (no dividend). The forecast annual dividend for FY2026 (ending December 2026) is also ¥0 (¥0 at second quarter-end, ¥0 at year-end).
ESG
No basic sustainability policy has been formulated, and there is no individual disclosure regarding climate change or similar matters. On the human capital front, the Human Resources Development Office is leading efforts to promote diverse hiring and management training, disclosing a ratio of female managers of 16.7%, a male childcare leave uptake rate of 100%, and a gender pay gap of 77.2%. Group-wide quantitative targets have not yet been established, and the company states that this is under consideration alongside future policy formulation.
Last updated: March 30, 2026