OUG Holdings Inc.
8041・Standard Market・Wholesale Trade
Governance
The Board of Directors is a company with a Board of Corporate Auditors, consisting of 9 directors (of which 3 are outside directors). It has a Nomination and Compensation Committee established in January 2023 (chaired by an outside director, with outside directors forming a majority) as an advisory body, and has also established a Compliance Committee, a Sustainability Committee, and a Quality Assurance Committee. The accounting auditor is Gyosei Audit Corporation.
Risk Management
The Corporate Audit Office, under the direct control of the President and Representative Director, oversees the establishment of risk management regulations and internal audits, while the Compliance Committee deliberates on the status of risk recognition and management system development at each operating company. An internal reporting hotline (staffed by outside counsel and the Corporate Audit Office) has been established, and the company has also put in place a system to ensure legal compliance by utilizing the advice of its retained legal counsel.
Shareholder Returns
Dividend policy raised from DOE 1.6% to DOE 2.4%. The year-end dividend for FY2026 (ending March 2026) is ¥167 per share (an increase of ¥70 per share year-on-year), with total dividends of ¥901 million and a payout ratio of 16.8%. The forecast for FY2027 (ending March 2027) is ¥172 per share. Share buybacks of ¥2 million were conducted during the current period.
Dividend Policy
The basic policy is to maintain a stable dividend level targeting a consolidated dividend on equity ratio (DOE) of 2.4% (raised from the previous DOE of 1.6%, effective from the dividend with the record date at the current fiscal year-end). The company's basic policy is to pay a dividend once a year at fiscal year-end, and it does not implement an interim dividend. The year-end dividend for FY2026 (ending March 2026) is ¥167 per share (total dividends of ¥901 million, payout ratio of 16.8%). The forecast year-end dividend for FY2027 (ending March 2027) is ¥172 per share (payout ratio of 29.0%).
ESG
Identified six materiality issues—climate change, environmental impact reduction, food loss reduction, food safety, human resource development, and human rights response—and established a system whereby the Sustainability Committee reports to the Board of Directors. Began calculating GHG emissions from FY2025 (Scope 1: 6,610 t-CO2; Scope 2 market-based: 9,239 t-CO2), and achieved a 100% compliance training completion rate among managers and department heads.
Last updated: June 23, 2026