Azuma Shipping Co.,Ltd.
9380・Standard Market・Warehousing & Harbor Transportation Services
Azuma Shipping Co.,Ltd.
9380・Standard Market・Warehousing & Harbor Transportation Services
Governance
The company adopts a corporate auditor system and its board consists of 6 directors (including 3 outside directors). It has voluntarily established a Nomination Committee and a Compensation Committee, both of which include 3 outside directors. In FY2025, the Board of Directors met 22 times, ensuring the effectiveness of its oversight function.
Risk Management
The company has established a Risk Management Committee as its promotion organization based on its Basic Risk Management Policy and regulations. As part of ERM, it creates a risk map annually to identify, assess, and respond to risks across the group, while also maintaining a multi-layered risk management framework through specialized committees such as the Compliance Committee and the Information Security Management Committee.
Shareholder Returns
Annual dividend for FY2026 (ending March 2026) is ¥8 (interim ¥3 + year-end ¥5), with a payout ratio of 31.1%. For FY2027 (ending March 2027), a dividend of ¥9 (interim ¥3 + year-end ¥6) is forecast. Share buybacks were conducted (¥125 million in the current period). The company continues its policy of targeting a payout ratio of around 30%.
Dividend Policy
Dividends are paid twice a year, interim and year-end. For FY2026 (ending March 2026), the annual dividend is ¥8 (interim ¥3 + year-end ¥5), with a payout ratio of 31.1% and a DOE (dividend on equity) of 1.2%. For FY2027 (ending March 2027), an annual dividend of ¥9 (interim ¥3 + year-end ¥6) is forecast, with an expected payout ratio of 31.0%.
ESG
Established a Sustainability Committee in April 2025 and is promoting ESG management by defining five materiality issues: "Human Capital Management × DX," "Contribution to a Decarbonized Society," "Circular Economy," "Cleaning the Oceans," and "Development of Local Communities." In terms of human capital, the company discloses indicators such as a 45.0% ratio of female new graduate hires (exceeding the 40% target) and a 28.6% male childcare leave uptake rate.
Last updated: June 25, 2026