>>84968004Notice Regarding Revision of Policy on Shareholder Returns and Revision of Dividend Forecast
ANYCOLOR Inc. (hereinafter "the Company") announced to revise the shareholder return policy and to revise the dividend per share forecast for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2025 as follows.
1. Details and Reasons for the revision of shareholder return policy The Company has long positioned the continuous enhancement of corporate value and the return of profits to shareholders as one of its most important management issues. From this perspective, our basic policy is to continuously return profits to shareholders in line with business performance while securing the necessary internal reserves to ensure stable corporate growth in the future and to respond to changes in the business environment.
In the "Management Policy for Mid-Term Growth" announced on June 12, 2024, the Company indicated that the company would return 30 billion yen to shareholders, using profits generated over the next three years as the source of funds, and had contemplated that shareholder returns would be primarily through share repurchases. However, in light of the Company's shareholder composition, the Company has comprehensively taken into consideration the possibility that shareholder returns will be less liquid if the founder's shareholding ratio is reasonably high, and that it will be possible to generate continuous and stable profits while continuing to invest in growth to enhance corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company has determined that it is appropriate to begin paying dividends from retained earnings, taking into
consideration such factors as the possibility of low liquidity of the Company's stock and the possibility of continuous and stable profit generation while continuing to invest in growth to enhance corporate value over the medium to long term. The Company's policy is to pay dividends from surplus on a stable and continuous basis from the next fiscal year onward. The Company will purchase treasury stock flexibly, taking into consideration trends in the stock market and the Company's stock price.
2. Details and Reasons for Revision of Dividend Forecast In accordance with the change in dividend policy, the dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2025 is revised from 0.00 yen to 75.00 yen per share.
