GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
9470・Prime Market・Information & Communication
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors (planned transition to a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee, subject to approval at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders in December 2025). Of the 12 directors, 4 are outside directors (ratio 33.3%), and a Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee has been established, chaired by an outside director. The Board of Directors meets 13 times per year, with a high overall attendance rate.
Risk Management
Based on the "Gakken Group Risk Management Basic Regulations," a Risk Management Subcommittee has been established under the Internal Control Committee. Eighteen categories of risk—including personal information, information systems, elderly welfare, educational services, the publishing market, intellectual property rights, and overseas expansion—are assessed and managed in terms of frequency of occurrence and scale of loss. Climate-related risks are managed in an integrated manner together with the Sustainability Committee, with reports made to the Board of Directors twice a year.
Shareholder Returns
Basic policy of dividends twice a year (interim and year-end), continuing to target a DOE of 2.5%. The interim dividend for FY2026 (ending September 2026) is ¥14.50 per share (an increase from ¥13.00 in the prior year interim), with a full-year forecast of ¥29.00 (an increase from ¥26.00 in the prior year). Share buybacks can be conducted flexibly based on Board of Directors resolutions.
Dividend Policy
The company aims for sustained enhancement of shareholder value by balancing shareholder returns through stable dividends with profit growth via active investment in growth areas. The basic policy is dividends twice a year (interim and year-end), targeting a shareholder equity dividend rate (DOE) of 2.5%. For FY2026 (ending September 2026), the company plans a dividend of ¥29.00 per share (interim ¥14.50 plus year-end forecast of ¥14.50), an increase from ¥26.00 in the prior year.
ESG
In 2022, the company endorsed TCFD and re-identified its materiality issues, setting climate change (a target of a 50% reduction in Scope 1+2 emissions by 2030 versus 2022) and human capital (female manager ratio of 37.1%, male childcare leave usage rate of 73.6%, target female executive ratio of 30% by 2030) as priority issues. The Sustainability Committee (chaired by the Representative Director) provides oversight directly under the Board of Directors, and the SMS (Sustainability Management System) began operation from FY2024 (ending September 2024).
Last updated: February 13, 2026