Shareholder Composition

Share Distribution by Number of Shares Held

Total number of
outstanding shares
18,623,520

Number of shares held

Number of
shareholders
(parties)

Number of
shares
(shares)

Component
ratio
(%)

100,000 or more shares

20

12,486,229

67.05

50,000 – 99,999

6

474,500

2.55

10,000 – 49,999

51

1,029,469

5.53

5,000 – 9,999

57

368,766

1.98

1,000 – 4,999

729

1,155,179

6.20

500 – 999

761

473,263

2.54

100 – 499

15,796

2,590,547

13.91

1 – 99

1,902

45,567

0.24

Share Distribution by Shareholder

Number of
shareholders
19,322

Number of shares held

Number of
shareholders
(parties)

Number of
shares
(shares)

Component
ratio
(%)

Individuals, etc.

19,117

6,683,470

35.89

Financial institutions

14

2,906,250

15.61

Financial instruments
business operators

27

185,484

1.00

Other corporations

71

5,835,150

31.33

Foreign corporations, etc.

92

1,355,869

7.28

Treasury shares

1

1,657,297

8.90

  • The number of treasury shares at the end of this consolidated fiscal year does not include 169,670 shares held by the Company held by the Board Incentive Plan (BIP) Trust for Remunerating Directors and 186,480 shares owned by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Trust for Granting Shares.

Major Shareholders (ten largest shareholders)

Shareholder name

Number of shares
(shares)

Shareholding ratio
(%)

Osato Co., Ltd.

4,670,200

27.53

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)

1,472,500

8.68

PERSHING-DIV.OF DLJ SECS.CORP.  (standing proxy: Citibank)

522,700

3.08

Association of Shareholding Amuse Artists

479,340

2.83

HIKARI TSUSHIN, INC.

471,900

2.78

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)

457,800

2.70

Yokichi Osato

451,060

2.66

Kuniko Osato

437,220

2.58

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

259,200

1.53

Culture Convenience Club Co., Ltd.

237,600

1.40

  • The Company is excluded from the above list of major shareholders even though it owns 1,657,297 treasury shares. Those 1,657,297 self-owned shares do not include 169,670 shares held by the Board Incentive Plan (BIP) Trust for Remunerating Directors and 186,480 shares owned by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Trust for Granting Shares.
  • The shareholding ratio is calculated by deducting the number of treasury shares (1,657,297) from the total number of outstanding shares.

as of March 31, 2025

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