Hachijuni Nagano Bank, Ltd.
8359・Prime Market・Banks
Governance
As a company with a Board of Corporate Auditors, the company has established a Board of Directors composed of 4 internal directors and 5 outside directors (9 in total), and has established a Nomination and Compensation Committee as an advisory body to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors held 15 meetings during the fiscal year under review, with an attendance rate of 100% for all directors.
Risk Management
The Company has established a framework for comprehensively managing all risks based on its Integrated Risk Management Regulations, and has set up special-purpose meetings such as the ALM & Integrated Risk Management Committee and the Compliance & Operational Risk Committee under the Management Committee. The internal audit department functions as an independent organization reporting directly to the Board of Directors, and with respect to climate change risk, the Company conducts annual scenario analyses and addresses such risk within the credit risk and other risk management frameworks.
Shareholder Returns
The FY2025 annual dividend is ¥60 per share (interim ¥20, year-end ¥40, including a commemorative dividend of ¥5), with total dividends of ¥27,321 million and a payout ratio of 42.4%. The forecast for FY2026 is ¥65 (interim ¥30, year-end ¥35). Share buybacks are also being continued.
Dividend Policy
The annual dividend for FY2025 (ending March 2026) is ¥60 per share (interim ¥20, year-end ¥40). The year-end dividend breakdown is ¥35 ordinary dividend and ¥5 commemorative dividend. Total dividends amount to ¥27,321 million, with a consolidated payout ratio of 42.4%. The forecast for FY2026 (ending March 2027) is an annual dividend of ¥65 (interim ¥30, year-end ¥35), with a projected payout ratio of 40.4%. Share buybacks are also being conducted, with ¥10,003 million acquired in FY2025. As a subsequent event, effective April 1, 2026, 1,935,800 shares (total disposal amount of ¥3,185,358,900) were disposed of based on the restricted stock incentive plan for the group employee stock ownership association.
ESG
Endorsing TCFD and TNFD, the Hachijuni Group as a whole achieved Scope 1 and 2 net zero in FY2025. Cumulative sustainable finance execution through FY2025 reached ¥1,275.9 billion (of which ¥640.6 billion was in the environmental field), and the company was selected for the CDP Climate Change survey's "A List" for three consecutive years, the first among Japanese banks to do so. On the human capital side, the ratio of female managers stood at 14.6% (target: 20%), the male childcare leave uptake rate was 98.1%, and the engagement score was 3.97 (target: 4.0), with continued progress on diversity promotion and HR system reforms.
Last updated: June 16, 2026