■Shareholder return policy

Jason ＜3080＞ recognizes profit return measures for shareholders as one of the important management issues, and the basic policy is to implement dividends while securing internal reserves for strengthening the corporate structure and future business development. The company continues to pay dividends of 13.0 yen per share from the 2021/2 fiscal year, and is forecasting a dividend of 13.0 yen for the fiscal year ending 2025/2, continuing from the 2024/2 fiscal year. The dividend payout ratio based on profit forecasts is 25.6%, but the company intends to pay stable dividends within a dividend payout ratio of 20% or more, and there is a possibility that dividends will increase if profits grow significantly. Also, the shareholder benefit program newly established in January 2024 has preferential yields exceeding 2%, and it can also be noted from the viewpoint of acquiring new shareholders. Note, with regard to the newly established shareholder benefit system, the benefit is that shareholders holding 500 shares (5 units) or more listed on the shareholder register as of the end of February every year are presented either (1) shareholder benefit vouchers worth 8,000 yen (8 1,000 yen tickets) that can be used at the company's stores, or (2) natural mineral water “Shojinzawa natural water” (500 ml 24 bottles x 4 boxes).

(Written by FISCO Visiting Analyst Hiroki Nagaoka)