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PRONEXUS INC.

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PRONEXUS INC.7893

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Pronexus, founded in 1930 and renamed to its current company name in 2006, is a company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market. It operates four service segments: statutory disclosure support, accounting consulting, and IPO support for listed companies (Listed Company Disclosure-Related); IR support, English translation, event video production, and human resources recruitment support (Listed Company IR & Event-Related, etc.); disclosure support for investment trusts and REITs (Financial Instruments Disclosure-Related); and corporate information and economic statistics databases (Database-Related). The group consists of the parent company and 16 domestic and overseas subsidiaries, and the number of customers who have placed orders for either notices of convocation of shareholders' meetings or annual securities reports accounts for approximately 60% of all listed companies. Major customers include listed companies, financial product management companies, universities, and financial institutions.

Business Model

A BPO-type model in which the company takes on disclosure and IR operations—"non-core work" for client companies—as its own "core business." It provides an integrated offering combining consulting (including legal checks), its proprietary Disclosure Document Preparation Support System (Platform) (e.g., PRONEXUS WORKS), English translation, web production, printing, and logistics. High switching costs for clients, driven by the need to respond to regulatory changes and digitalization, help maintain a high retention rate. Capital expenditure is concentrated mainly in system development (¥1,789 million in the current period), and the company is advancing a shift in its revenue structure away from reliance on printing through the expansion of digital services.

Company Strengths

According to the company's own research, customers who have placed orders for either shareholder meeting convocation notices or annual securities reports account for approximately 60% of all listed companies. Its long track record and high level of specialization raise customer switching costs, enabling stable repeat orders. This customer base also functions as a cross-selling foundation for new services.

The company has built a system enabling one-stop provision within its own group of specialized consulting including legal checks, its proprietary Disclosure Document Preparation Support System (Platform) (e.g., PRONEXUS WORKS), and English translation, web production, printing, and logistics. It has obtained integrated management system certification for ISO27001, ISO9001, and ISO14001 across the entire company, and this high-quality, high-security production system serves as a barrier to entry for competitors.

The company has executed multiple M&A transactions to incorporate new business areas, including Cine Focus (event video, 2023), JBA Holdings (accounting consulting, 66% stake acquired in August 2025), and Knowledge Base (system development, February 2026). JBA Holdings began contributing to sales from September of the current fiscal year, pushing up Listed Company Disclosure-Related revenue by 13.1% year on year to ¥14,072 million.

ENVALITH's Perspective

The ¥2,503 million goodwill impairment loss on a consolidated subsidiary recorded in the previous fiscal year (FY2025, ended March 2025) has dropped out, and operating profit for FY2026 (ending March 2026) recovered sharply to ¥2,906 million (up ¥2,697 million year on year). The cost-of-sales ratio also improved by 1.3 percentage points year on year to 62.6%, aided by the revenue increase effect, confirming the normalization of core earnings power. On the other hand, selling, general and administrative expenses increased by ¥822 million year on year due to M&A and strengthening of the sales structure, and the sustainability of this rising expense trend warrants continued attention.

The company's forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027) calls for revenue of ¥34,000 million (up 3.6% year on year), while profit attributable to owners of parent is expected to decline to ¥2,000 million (down 5.1% year on year). This reflects the structure whereby the ¥132 million in financial income recorded in the current fiscal year is not incorporated into the forecast for the next fiscal year, combined with increases in system-related costs and personnel expenses that will weigh on profit. As an external factor, a decline in the number of listed companies is also assumed to have a certain negative impact, making the focus of evaluation whether the revenue growth effect can absorb the cost increases.

While the gradual advancement of the electronic provision system for notices of convocation of shareholders' meetings has reduced the number of printed pages, an increase in the number of individual investors has led to higher print volumes, offsetting the negative impact and securing revenue growth for the current fiscal year. As an external factor, buoyant conditions in the securities market have also contributed to revenue growth in IPO- and finance-related products. However, should the shift toward digitalization accelerate or a decline in the number of listed companies become more pronounced, the risk of a structural contraction in print-dependent revenue would increase, making progress in the shift toward non-print, digital services a key inflection point for mid- to long-term evaluation.

Growth Strategy

Advancing the new medium-term management plan 2027 through deeper penetration of existing disclosure business, M&A, and expansion into new business areas

In August 2025, the Company made a certified public accountant-centered accounting consulting firm a consolidated subsidiary. In FY2026 (ending March 2026), revenue recognition began in September (half-year contribution), contributing to increased revenue in Listed Company Disclosure-Related. In FY2027 (ending March 2028)*, full-year contribution is expected, positioning it as a key driver of financial closing support and disclosure document preparation outsourcing. *Note: Full-year contribution is expected in the fiscal year following FY2026.

Against a backdrop of persistent demand for operational efficiency improvements, outsourcing services related to financial closing support and disclosure document preparation for listed companies drove revenue growth. Positioned as a new business area under the new Medium-Term Management Plan 2027, the Company aims to promote order acquisition at appropriate pricing and strengthen its response capabilities through system version upgrades.

Against the backdrop of the mandatory simultaneous Japanese-English disclosure of financial results and timely disclosure information for Prime Market-listed companies starting in April 2025, English translation services drove revenue growth. Boosted also by growing demand to promote dialogue with shareholders and investors, revenue from Listed Company IR & Event-Related, etc. reached ¥10,916 million, up ¥259 million (up 2.4%) year on year.

Orders for support of medical association and corporate event-related services at consolidated subsidiary Cine-Focus expanded. In addition, human resources recruitment support services, a new field of focus, also achieved revenue growth. Continued order expansion is expected in the forecast for the next fiscal year, promoting diversification of the business portfolio.

The Company revised upward the performance targets for the next fiscal year announced in April of last year (revenue of ¥32,600 million, operating profit of ¥2,900 million, and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥1,900 million), setting the FY2027 (ending March 2027) forecast at revenue of ¥34,000 million, operating profit of ¥3,000 million, and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥2,000 million. The Company is advancing a three-year plan with FY2028 (ending March 2028) as its final year.

Last updated: July 19, 2026