KOZO Holdings Co., Ltd.
9973・Standard Market・Retail Trade
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors structure (8 directors, including 1 outside director; 3 corporate auditors, including 2 outside auditors). The outside director ratio stands at a low 12.5%. No nomination committee or compensation committee has been established. A Compliance and Risk Management Committee has been set up, with the Internal Audit Office serving as its secretariat.
Risk Management
The Company has established a Compliance and Risk Management Committee under the "Compliance and Risk Management Regulations" to deliberate on the identification of and response to company-wide risks. Sustainability-related risks—including surging raw material prices, supply instability, food loss, securing human resources, quality control, and overseas expansion risks—are identified and assessed, with a framework in place whereby important matters are reported to the Board of Directors via the Management Committee.
Shareholder Returns
No dividend is planned for FY2026 (ending December 2026), consistent with the no-dividend result for FY2025 (ending December 2025). Full-year earnings guidance calls for a return to profitability with operating profit of ¥102 million and net income of ¥52 million, but dividend forecasts remain zero at every quarter-end. No new disclosure regarding share buybacks.
Dividend Policy
No dividend was paid for FY2025 (ending December 2025) (actual result). For FY2026 (ending December 2026), the annual dividend is also planned to be zero. The financial results report explicitly states there is no revision to the dividend forecast, and no specific timing for resuming dividend payments has been indicated at this time.
ESG
Under its corporate philosophy of "becoming a company that creates the future of food lifestyles," the company has set five key themes as material issues: (1) providing safe and secure food, (2) advancing the integrated supply chain (including reducing food loss and waste), (3) improving productivity through DX and operational reform, (4) strengthening human capital, and (5) creating social value in local communities and the welfare sector. In the welfare sector business, the company has set medium-term targets of 200 introduced accounts (locations) and an annual meal provision volume of 600,000 meals, and is also working to reduce environmental impact through measures such as LED lighting.
Last updated: March 30, 2026