■Shareholder return policy

The annual dividend for the 2024/2 fiscal year of Create Restaurants Holdings ＜3387＞ was implemented at 7.0 yen (3.5 yen in the middle, 3.5 yen at the end of the fiscal year) per share, which is an increase of 1.0 yen from the previous fiscal year. Dividends for the 2025/2 fiscal year are also planned to be 8.0 yen (intermediate 4.0 yen, year-end 4.0 yen), which will increase dividends by 1.0 yen from the previous fiscal year, and if realized, dividends will increase for 4 consecutive terms.

Furthermore, the shareholder benefit program (discount tickets that can be used at the company's group stores) is also positioned as an important shareholder return policy, and it is a policy that will continue in the future. Furthermore, as part of a comprehensive business alliance with JA Zenno, some stores (12 stores) to which the company is entrusted with operation from JA Zenno can also be used from 2024/4.

(Written by FISCO Visiting Analyst Ikuo Shibata)