Company name: JAPAN PURE CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.
Stock exchange listing: Tokyo
Stock code: 4973 URL https://www.netjpc.com
Representative: Representative Director and President Tomoyuki Kojima
January 26, 2026
Inquiries: Senior Director, General Manager of Corporate Planning Division and Finance Division
Motoki Watanabe TEL +81-3-3550-1048
Notice Regarding Revised Year-end Dividend Forecast (Increase)JAPAN PURE CHEMICAL CO.,LTD.(the "Company") hereby announces that the Board of Directors, at a meeting held on today, decided to revise forecast for the payment of dividends from retained earnings with a record date of March 31, 2026, as follows.
Details of Change of the Dividend Forecast
Dividend per share
End of second
quarter
Year-end
Total
(for the year)
Previous forecast
(disclosed on October 24, 2025)
-
63 yen
126 yen
Revised forecast
-
137 yen
200 yen
Results for the current fiscal year
(ending March 31, 2026)
63 yen
-
-
Results for the previous fiscal year
(ended March 31, 2025)
63 yen
63 yen
126 yen
Reasons for the Revision
Taking into account the progress of the sale of shares that has been proceeding in accordance with the "(Update on Disclosed Matters) Notice Regarding the Expected Recording of Gain on Sale of Investment Securities (Extraordinary Income)" announced on October 24, 2025, and in line with the shareholder return plan set forth in the financial policy under the Medium-Term Management Plan FY2025-2027, the Company has revised its year-end dividend forecast to ¥137 per share, an increase of ¥74 per share, and its annual dividend forecast to ¥200 per share.
The shareholder returns policy of the Company (DOE: minimum dividend on equity ratio of 5%, etc.) outlined in the Medium-Term Management Plan remains unchanged. The Company will continue to implement flexible shareholder returns in line with the plan, alongside the reduction of policy stockholdings.
* Page 34 of the Medium-Term Management Plan FY2025-2027 (disclosed on April 28, 2025) explicitly states that a portion of the proceeds from the reduction of policy stockholdings will be returned to shareholders (separate from regular shareholder returns, totaling 1.5 billion yen during the medium-term management period).
(Note) The above forecasts are based on information available as of the date of this announcement, and actual results may differ from the forecasts due to various factors in the future.
Notice: This document is an excerpt translation of the original Japanese document and is only for reference purposes. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the original Japanese document, the latter shall prevail.