■Company Overview of Meihoholdings <7369>

1. Company Overview

The company forms a group of small and medium-sized enterprises that operate businesses centered around a corporate support platform, with the motto 'Having the courage to change changes the future.' The company aims to create a corporate culture where actively and independently living leads to individual happiness by actively conducting M&A activities targeting regionally rooted companies and expanding the network of revenue and profit-increasing businesses to create a society where each person can feel happy, based on the Group's philosophy (revised in June 2024).

As of the end of June 2024, the head office is located in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, for Gifu Head office, and Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo for Tokyo Head office. The total assets amount to 7,612 million yen, net assets amount to 2,020 million yen, shareholder's equity is 2,065 million yen, equity ratio is 26.5%, issued shares are 1,565,100 shares (including 167 treasury shares), and the number of consolidated employees is 1,230.

Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange in June 2021.

2. History

The company was established as a holding company through the equity transfer of Meihoh Engineering Co., Ltd. (founded in July 1981) in February 2017. Subsequently, in June 2021, it was listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Mothers) and Nagoya Stock Exchange (Centrex), and following the market segment reorganization in April 2022 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Nagoya Stock Exchange, it transitioned to the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth Market and Nagoya Stock Exchange Next Market. After transitioning to a pure holding company, it has been expanding its business through M&A activities.

(Authored by FISCO guest analyst Masanobu Mizuta)