Peers Co.,Ltd.
7066・Growth Market・Services
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors. The Board of Directors consists of 4 members (including 1 outside director, outside ratio 25%), and all 3 corporate auditors are outside auditors. Neither a nomination committee nor a compensation committee has been established. The Representative Director and President serves as the Chief Risk and Compliance Management Officer, and an internal control system has been established through the Internal Audit Office (1 member), the Risk and Compliance Committee, and the Business Strategy Meeting.
Risk Management
Based on the Risk and Compliance Management Regulations, the company has established a framework in which the President and Representative Director serves as the officer with ultimate responsibility, and each department head serves as the risk and compliance management officer. The Internal Audit Office regularly audits the risk management status of each department, and subsidiaries are monitored monthly at business strategy meetings in accordance with the Subsidiary Management Regulations. A risk management framework specific to sustainability has not yet been established; sustainability risk is managed in an integrated manner within the existing corporate governance framework.
Shareholder Returns
No interim dividend for the fiscal half of FY2026 (ending March 2026). Full-year dividend forecast is undetermined at this time. Actual FY2025 (ended September 2025) dividend was ¥16 per share (year-end lump-sum payment). Share buyback is being conducted under the resolution of the Board of Directors meeting held on March 19, 2026, with an upper limit of 250,000 shares and ¥100,000 thousand (38,300 shares acquired as of the interim period-end).
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to pay a year-end dividend once a year. The actual dividend for FY2025 (ended September 2025) was ¥16 per share (ordinary dividend of ¥13.50 plus a commemorative dividend of ¥2.50 for the 20th anniversary of founding), with total dividends of ¥144,553 thousand. The dividend forecast for FY2026 (ending September 2026) is undetermined at this time. The policy of targeting a payout ratio of 30% in the short term (FY2025 through FY2026) and higher than that in the medium to long term remains unchanged.
ESG
No basic sustainability policy has been formulated, and no climate change- or ESG-specific indicators or targets have been established. The company positions human capital as its most important management resource and recognizes the importance of recruitment and development, but specific measures and targets are still under consideration. It discloses a female ratio among managers of 43%, a male childcare leave uptake rate of 50%, and a gender pay gap (all workers) of 81%. The company recognizes its contribution to sustainability as the "social implementation of advanced technology" through its business.
Last updated: December 25, 2025