Toppan Holdings Inc. TSE:7911
TOPPAN : Medium Term Plan 2028 Presentation
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May 14, 2026
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Review of Previous Medium Term Plan (MTP)
New MTP
Vision
Policy, Targets & Strategy
Strengthening Management Foundations
Management Indicators (Operating Profit / ROE)
Net Sales
1805.0
1719.5
1678.2
1638.8
1547.5
Net Sales, Operating Profit & Operating Profit Margin
Net sales increased due to M&A, but operating profit decreased in fiscal 2025 due to factors such as increased goodwill amortization and one-time costs as well as removal of the photomask business (Tekscend Photomask) from the scope of consolidation. Solid improvement was seen for non-GAAP ROE.
ROE
GAAP operating profit
Non-GAAP operating profit
GAAP operating profit margin
Non-GAAP operating profit margin
Non-GAAP
GAAP
Review of Previous MTP
Management Indicators
Operating profit fell short of the initial plan. SG&A ratio on upward trend. ROE target of 5% achieved but level is low.
FY2023 | FY2024 | FY2025 | FY2025 Initial Forecast (As of May 2023) | ||||
Net sales | 1,678.2 | 1,719.5 | 1,805.0 | 1,880.0 | |||
Profitability | Gross profit | 23.1% 387.4 | 24.0% 413.3 | 23.5% | 424.3 | - | |
SG&A | 18.7% 313.0 | 19.1% 328.2 | 19.8% | 357.1 | - | ||
Operating profit | 4.4% 74.3 | 4.9% 85.0 | 3.7% | 67.1 | 5.9% 110.0 | ||
Non-GAAP operating profit | 4.9% 83.0 | 5.7% 97.6 | 5.2% | 94.1 | - | ||
EBITDA | 9.6% 161.1 | 9.7% 166.3 | 8.6% | 154.8 | - | ||
Net profit | 4.4% 74.2 | 5.2% 90.1 | 3.6% | 64.8 | - | ||
Non-GAAP net profit | 3.1% 52.3 | 3.9% 67.3 | 3.9% | 71.2 | - | ||
Capital | ROE | 5.4% | 6.7% | 4.9% | 5.0% | ||
efficiency | Non-GAAP ROE | 3.8% | 5.0% | 5.4% | - | ||
Share indicators | EPS Non-GAAP EPS | 230.96 JPY 162.70 JPY | 298.62 JPY 222.90 JPY | 227.07 JPY | - - | ||
249.75 JPY | |||||||
Equity per share | 4,516.15 JPY | 4471.44 JPY | 4742.83 JPY | - | |||
Dividend per share | 48 JPY | 56 JPY | 58 JPY | - | |||
Financial | Equity ratio | 58.2% | 51.4% | 52.3% | - | ||
health | |||||||
Exchange rate (JPY/USD) | 151 JPY | 149 JPY | 151 JPY |
Exchange rate (JPY/EUR) | 163 JPY | 162 JPY | 176 JPY |
Results by Segment
Living & Industry and Electronics saw growth, but challenges remain with scaling digital business in the Information Solutions segment.
*Initial plan: Announced in May 2023
Progress made in shift to digital
business but profit contribution yet to be fully realized
Inputting resources into the digital business resulted in increased sales but upfront costs presented challenges for profit margin growth
Profitability maintained in existing printing due to
structural reforms
Non-GAAP operating margin
Information Solutions
Acquisitions made to expand SX
business and non-GAAP profit increased
Acquired footprint to create synergies in overseas packaging business. Profit margin improved in Japan due to expansion of SX packaging and reorganization of folding carton business.
Structural reforms implemented in décor materials business in anticipation of market recovery.
Non-GAAP operating margin
Living & Industry
Significant growth in
semiconductor-related business centered on FC-BGAs
In the semiconductor business, market growth brought expansion for FC-BGAs. Photomask business listed via an IPO.
In displays, structural reform of the TFT-LCD business led to improved profitability.
Impact of photomask
business IPO
Non-GAAP operating margin
Electronics
Review of Previous MTP
Overview
Three key challenges identified for new MTP.
Previous MTP Summary
Challenges
Net sales:
Acquisitions drove growth
Capital efficiency:
Achieved initial ROE target of 5%
Solid improvement in non-
Operating profit:
Short of initial target Increase in SG&A ratio
ROE:
Remains at low level
GAAP ROE
Information Solutions: Acceleration of shift to digital business and improvement of
Living & Industry:
Acquired footprint to expand SX packaging
Electronics:
Growth of semiconductor business
profit margins
Living & Industry:
Creation of global synergies
Electronics:
Delay in FC-BGA qualification and launch
Achievements
By Segment
Companywide
◼
Raise Business Profitability
◼
Control SG&A Ratio
Enhance Capital Efficiency
◼
Review of Previous MTPCompanywide Vision
True Value Transformation
Optimizing business, human assets, and
capital to deliver true value to the world
TOPPAN's Purpose & Values
Deliver Value
Harness Talent
Enhance Trust
Protect the Future
New material issues
Vision for fiscal 2031
Contributing to social infrastructure through solutions for customers
Strengthening technology development and new business creation capabilities for future markets
Optimal allocation of human assets for growth businesses
Employee health & job satisfaction
Enhancement of global management
Enhancement of data security
Response to climate change, contribution to resource circulation and harmony with nature
Strict compliance and governance
Respect for human rights
Information Solutions
Living & Industry
Electronics
Vision for each segment
Resolve customer challenges and social issues by providing robust solutions that transform business processes through the integration of real and digital
Enable a society that provides
safety, security and comfort by providing sustainable products globally to contribute to decarbonization and resource circulation
Supply key devices supporting
high efficiency and power saving for semiconductors to contribute to a sustainable global environment and smart society that enriches people's lives
Overall Picture for MTP 2028Management Indicators & Priority Initiatives
True Value Transformation
Optimizing business, human assets, and capital to
deliver true value to the world
Previous MTP 2025
MTP 2028
Non-GAAP ROE | 9.0% |
ROE | 8.0% |
Non-GAAP operating profit | JPY 145.0 bn |
Operating profit | JPY 130.0 bn |
Vision 2031
Non-GAAP ROE | 11.5% |
ROE | 10.0% |
Non-GAAP operating profit | JPY 210.0 bn |
Operating profit | JPY 200.0 bn |
Sustainable growth
Non-GAAP ROE | 5.4% |
ROE | 4.9% |
Non-GAAP operating profit | JPY 94.1 bn |
Operating profit | JPY 67.1 bn |
Robust pursuit of transformational profitability
enhancement and capital efficiency
Priority Initiatives of MTP 2028
Business Portfolio Transformation to achieve high profitability for each segment
Corporate Reform to control companywide SG&A ratio
Balance Sheet Reform to improve capital efficiency
Overall Picture for MTP 2028Composition of Operating Profit by Segment
Centered on Priority Growth Businesses, Businesses for Stable Expansion, and Strategic Focus Businesses, we aim to achieve similar levels of profit contribution across all the segments in the medium to long term. We will also drive portfolio transformation by incorporating structural reforms of a certain scale.
total operating
profit
42%
39%
33%
41%
42%
34%
*Excluding photomask business operating profit in FY2023 and FY2025
17%
19%
33%
21.0
37.0
90.0
50.8
86.0
96.0
53.4
78.0
90.0
Operating profit (JPY bn)
FY2025
Percentage of
FY2028 FY2031
Information Solutions
Living & Industry
Electronics
Adjustment
(44.2) (42.0) (40.0)
Targeted for
Structural Reform
Approx. -JPY 10 bn (Sales: Approx. -JPY 170 bn)
Approx. -JPY 20 bn (Sales: Approx. -JPY 200 bn)
Overall Picture for New MTPPositioning of Each Business
Information Solutions | Living & Industry | Electronics | New Businesses | |
Priority Growth Businesses
| Security | Packaging - Overseas | Semiconductors (FC-BGA) | |
Strategic Focus Businesses
| IoT Solutions | Semiconductors (Advanced Packaging) Displays (Next-generation) | Healthcare Environment & Energy Sensing | |
Businesses for Stable Expansion
profitability and efficiency | Marketing BPO Securities & Business Printing | Packaging - Japan Décor Materials | Semiconductors (Other) Displays (Anti-reflective Films) | |
Businesses for Improvement & Transformation
profitability and efficiency | Information Printing Other Information Business | Displays (Other) |
We will create a positive cycle of profit growth by allocating cash generated by Businesses for Stable Expansion to Priority Growth Businesses and Strategic Focus Businesses. In parallel, we will also drive reform of Businesses for Improvement & Transformation.
Strengthen ROIC-based business management
Performance management
Investment decisions
Evaluation
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio TransformationIncrease profits by enhancing competitive advantages for higher profitability, while also improving efficiency and earnings of existing printing businesses.
Performance Targets
Business Climate
Net
1,200
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
Sales (JPY bn)
G23.2
G66.0
CAGR
2%
G85.0
Advancing AI
Decreasing Population (Japan)
3. Organizational restructuring
Growing ID Solutions Market
Homogenization of information
Replacement by AI
Overflow of false information
Reduction of points of contact, 2. Labor crunch
Growth in overseas markets
Global surge in demand for guarantee of authenticity
6% 8%
1,000
800
600
400
200
100.0
80.0
60.0
40.0
20.0
6%
53.4
61.0
78.0
0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
0.0
TOPPAN's Competitive Advantages
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Operating Profit Change (JPY bn)
90
80
70 5.0
10.4
60
53.4
50
40
30
6.7
3.8 3.5
-6.3
1.5
78.0
Deep understanding of business front line allows us to combining real-world and digital solutions for business design, and positioning as a partner who can offer everything from collecting and analyzing primary on-site data to consulting and operational support.
Ability to deliver secure infrastructures via in-house security and
authentication technologies.
⇒ Deliver high-value-added, sustainable AI-powered solutions.
Strategic Direction
Improve efficiency and earnings in existing printing businesses
Info. Printing
Securities & Business Printing
Fine tune strengths
(across real world, digital, and AI)
to increase profitability
Security | IoT Solutions | Marketing | BPO |
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Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Segment Strategy: Information SolutionsSecurity
IoT Solutions
Achieving high profitability and global growth by combining digital
services with a stable business foundation centered on IDs for people.
Establishing a sustainable and high-profit business model by
delivering IoT devices and systems focused on IDs for things.
Performance Targets
Performance Targets
Net Sales (JPY bn)
300
258.0
CAGR
250 | 221.7 | 25 | |||
200 | 20 | ||||
150 | 15 | ||||
100 | 10 | ||||
50 | 5 |
7%
273.0
Non-GAAPOperating Profit (JPYbn)/ Margin 10%
8%
8%
30
Net Sales (JPY bn)
35
30
CAGR
18%
30.0
Non-GAAPOperating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
-3%
-15%
8%
0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
25 22.0
20 18.3
15
10
5
0
Strategy
Strategy
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
3
-2
-7
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Grow ID/smart card manufacturing and issuance globally
Expand government ID adjacent solutions while also leveraging technical expertise and track record in Japan to secure card manufacturing/issuance business in the growing global market.
Secure stable demand in Japan
Maintain steady growth of ID/smart card manufacturing and issuance, and DPS business.
Increase profitability through delivering industry-specific services
Build an IDaaS-based identity infrastructure that handles authentication, authorization, and audit trail.
Provide high-value-added service packages that combine media and digital.
Establish a sustainable profit model by supplying IoT devices and managing IoT operating systems
Continue to supply IoT devices such as RFID/ID related devices and material handling equipment.
Provide a comprehensive service including management systems for IDs of things.
Develop industry-specific services in focus areas and expand globally
Focus areas are smart factories (manufacturing), smart logistics, smart healthcare, and brand protection (for luxury goods).
Curate comprehensive target industry-specific packages and explore global expansion.
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Sub-segment Strategies: Information SolutionsMarketing
BPO
Offline and digital marketing integrated in proprietary marketing services
to increase profitability and achieve sustainable customer growth.
Transforming to be highly profitable by building a service model centered
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
6%
3%
2%
on BPR and AI, and reallocating resources to complex operations.
Performance Targets
Performance Targets
Net sales (JPY bn)
140
11G.0
CAGR
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPYbn)/ Margin
7%
8%
127.0
10%
Net sales (JPY bn)
100
CAGR
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPYbn)/ Margin
120
100
80
60
40
20
0
102.0
8% 15
10
5
0
80 71.7 75.0
60
40
20
0
2% 77.0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Strategy
Strategy
Combine offline and digital marketing services to create competitive advantage
AI is homogenizing the customer experience when only using digital measures, making offline experiences more valuable.
TOPPAN has expertise and experience with sales aids that optimize the value of offline customer experience.
Develop our integrated digital and offline marketing service to create a competitive advantage.
Add value by delivering tailor-made solutions for client challenges
Increase the size of business deals by combining services in integrated proposals tailored to industry-specific management challenges.
Boost profit margins through in-house development and AI adoption
Reduce costs byproportionally reducingoutsourcing andboosting efficiency through AI use.
Concentrate resources on highly complex difficult tasks that cannot be
handled by AI alone
Moving away from routine tasks that are now commonly being switched to AI, TOPPAN will focus on complex, high-stakes operations in public, financial, and infrastructure sectors that come with regulatory compliance and sophisticated decision making that cannot rely on AI alone for decision making, thus requiring a business design that combines people, systems, and AI.
Add value through automation made possible with AI-powered
operational infrastructure and AI operational assurance
Deliver high-quality, efficient services via BPR and AI operational assurance.
Enhance profits by optimizing BPO operational centers
Move forward with the consolidation of redundant operational functions across
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Sub-segment Strategies: Information SolutionsSecurities & Business Printing
Information Printing
Increase business profitability in Japan, while also enhancing capital
efficiency and establishing solid growth overseas.
Implement measures in both sales and manufacturing to increase
profitability and efficiency in alignment with market contraction.
Performance Targets
Performance Targets
8%
10%
Net Sales (JPY bn)
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
Net Sales (JPY bn)
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
200
150
100
50
144.8 140.0
CAGR
0%
144.0
20
15
10
5
10%
250
200
150
100
50
237.2 220.0
CAGR
-7%
6%
4%
4%
1G0.0 20
15
10
5
0 0
Strategy
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
0
Strategy
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Enhance profitability through contract selection/direction
Market for business form and securities printing will continue to decline.
Leverage synergies to strengthen profit management to phase out supply businesses and other low-margin products while implementing selective order acceptance which will result in a decrease in domestic net sales but improved profit margins.
Optimize business process and production to reduce fixed costs
Standardize contract conditions and work criteria to enhance profitability
Enhance capital efficiency and cut costs by consolidating sites and reducing production facilities.
Establish solid growth internationally
Capture stable demand in international financial printing such as US/HK IPO related business.
Enhance profitability through a selective sales strategy
Demand for publication and commercial printing will continue to decrease and bottoming out will present a challenging situation.
Pursue more favorable terms and carefully selected sales wherever possible.
Focus on trading card business that shows promising market growth.
Reduce fixed costs and optimize invested capital through structural reforms
Reduce number of publication and commercial printing facilities.
Further restructure operational sites.
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Sub-segment Strategies: Information SolutionsTransform to high-profit business through SX strategy, built on stable organic growth across global regions.
Performance Targets
827.0
CAGR
G15.0
Net Sales (JPY bn)
1,000
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
Business Climate
Advancing circular
economy
Mainstream market growth
Geopolitical risk
Decarbonization and resource circulation
Environmental laws and regulations
Change from linear economy to circular economy
Alignment with economic growth
Stable demand
Cost of raw materials
Supply chain interruptions
100
800 72
3.0 8%
80
600
60
50.8
400
40
200
20
86.0
0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
0
64.0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
TOPPAN's Competitive Advantages
Ability to develop unique SX products that contribute to solving
Non-GAAP Operating Profit Change (JPY bn)
100
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
environmental issues
23.0
1.6
5.8
1.7
86.0
50.8
3.0
Global supply chain for deployment of competitive products worldwide
Ability to develop global network to reduce procurement risks
⇒Establish businesses that increase
Strategic Direction
Strengthening profitability through the promotion of SX strategies
Capturing stable demand and creating synergies through global collaboration
both societal and economic value simultaneously.
One-time Factors
Packaging - Japan
Décor - Japan
FY2025
Packaging - Global
Décor - Global
FY2028 (Plan)
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Segment Strategy: Living & IndustryPackaging
Décor Materials
Creating high-value-added SX packaging and synergies through vertical integration, on a base of stable organic growth.
Improve quality and launch new factory operations to build towards optimal production locations as well as portfolio expansion and new high-value-added positioning.
Performance Targets
Performance Targets
Net Sales (JPY bn)
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
Net Sales (JPY bn)
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
800
600
400
200
575.G
670.0
CAGR
8%
733.0
80
60 7% 8%
40
20
G% 200 20
150 15
100 10
50 5
0 0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
147.0
157.0
CAGR 182.0
7%
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
0 0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
G%
6%
7%
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Strategy
Strategy
Acquire stable revenue through organic growth
Tap into stable demand for packaging due to growing populations and economic growth concentrated on APAC regions.
Leverage presence in the Americas for steady growth.
Create high-value-added SX packaging and global supply through vertical integration
Develop competitive SX packaging utilizing film forming and mono-material barrier film technologies.
Capture global SX demand, starting in Europe where environmental regulations are driving change.
Improve margins through cost synergy creation
Reduce costs through global joint procurement of raw materials and increasing proportion of in-house film manufacturing.
Improve quality and design, and launch operations at new plant in Turkey to increase market share
Improve quality and increase pattern development speed to increase customer satisfaction.
Advance production in optimal locations with operations at the new Turkey plant.
Pivot positioning and expand portfolio for high-value-added business
Strengthen sales of film-based decorative sheets in addition to conventional paper decorative sheets overseas.
Domestically, pivot from positioning as materials provider to designer of spaces to scale by combining tangible products with intangible services.
Increase profit margins through ongoing cost and revenue optimization
Bring ink manufacturing in-house and expand production technologies overseas to reduce costs.
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Sub-segment Strategies: Living & IndustryLeverage technological competitive advantage to achieve high-margins and high-growth in semiconductor
packaging business.
Performance Targets
Business Climate
Net Sales (JPY bn)
230.0
186.3
CAGR
162.0
7%
250
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
Semiconductor market long-term growth
Rising technological and quality requirements
3. High-speed transmissions, 4. Energy efficiency
FPD panel upsizing
TOPPAN's Competitive Advantage
Surging AI demand
Expansion of semiconductor packaging market
Upsizing, 2. Ultra-flat surfaces
Demand for surface area / volume at saturation
QDEL market growth
Excl. advanced semiconductor packaging
1G% 20% 22%
200
150
100
50
0
60
50 18%
24.0
40 34.1
30
20
10
0
15% 16%
37.0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
34.1
21.5
0.9
37.0
(13.0)
(6.5)
Non-GAAP Operating Profit Change (JPY bn)
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Ability to develop and supply cutting-edge key devices driven by
technological superiority.
Strong partnerships with customers and material manufacturers who drive technology advancements.
⇒ Concentrate resources on the semiconductor (including advanced)
Strategic Direction
packaging business.
FY2025
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Photomask IPO Semiconductors
Next-Generation…
Next-Generation
Semiconductors
Displays
FY2028(Plan)
Restructure low profit businesses
Achieve high-margins and high-growth in semiconductor packaging business
17
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Segment Strategy: ElectronicsSemiconductors
Displays
4
3
2
1
0
3%
5%
0%
Focusing management resources on semiconductor packaging business to achieve high growth with FC-BGAs and make strategic investments in next-generation products.
Focusing on stable growth of anti-reflective films and establishing foundations for next-
generation businesses, while implementingstructural reforms to phase out display solutions.
Performance Targets
Performance Targets
Net Sales (JPY bn)
200
CAGR
178.0
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
Excl. advanced semiconductor packaging
Net Sales (JPY bn)
60
CAGR
52.0
Non-GAAP Operating Profit (JPY bn) / Margin
8%
13G.8
60 24% 28.0% 27%
50 46.4 47.0 4%
150
100
50
0
116.0
23%
40
20
0
21%
1G% 40
30
20
10
0
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
FY2025 FY2026 FY2028
Strategy
Strategy
Maintain high-margins and high-growth with FC-BGAs
Target high-end switches, AI ASICs, and server CPUs as key focus areas.
Significantly boost sales and profits with high operating rate, including at new lines in Niigata (FY25) and Singapore (FY26).
Strategic investment in advanced semiconductor packaging
Invest in development and mass production of glass core/interposer technology
Prioritize upfront investment during current MTP as strategic investment phase aimed at generating returns during next MTP.
Stable growth in other semiconductor related businesses
Secure stable growth of OCF, etching parts, and design business.
Anti-reflective film margin growth
Ensure stable production through investment in ultra-wide line (commissioned FY26) and increase high-value-added products through advanced product development.
Establish next-generation displays (light control devices/QD materials)
Light control devices: Expand adoption by establishing de facto standards in the automotive market.
QD materials: Establish a business foundation for QDEL displays and perovskite solar cells.
Implement organization restructuring
Phase out display solutions. (scheduled FY27)
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Sub-segment Strategies: ElectronicsWe plan to invest a total of JPY 500 billion over three years. Investment will be allocated strategically to semiconductor-related businesses in the Electronics segment.
Capital investment in
Businesses for Stable
Business investment
JPY 70 bnBreakdown of business investment and capital investment in Priority Growth and Strategic Focus businesses across the segments
Expansion and Businesses for Improvement & Transformation
JPY 165 bnFY26-28 Total
JPY 500 bnCapital investment in Priority Growth Businesses and Strategic Focus Businesses
JPY 265 bnJPY 335 bn
10% |
20% |
60% |
Cumulative total
FY26-28
Information
Security business, system construction, etc.
Living
Global packaging
Bolstering film business production capacity
Enhancing packaging business facilities, etc.
Electronics
Advanced semiconductor packaging
・Develop production lines from pilots to mass production
FC-BGAs
・Quality enhancement, etc.
Priority Initiative 1: Business Portfolio Transformation
Investment StrategyAt the same time as raising the value-add of our businesses, we will improve SG&A ratio through measures such as redeployment of personnel, achieved by streamlining and consolidating indirect departments at the holding company and on the business side.
MTP target: SG&A ratio improvement of around 2pt (FY2025: 19.8%)
SG&A Ratio
(%) 21.0
20.0
19.0
18.0
17.0
16.0
15.0
14.0
2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2028
Personnel redeployment in indirect and sales departments of holding company and
business divisions
Streamlining and consolidation of indirect departments
・Consolidate, share and streamline operations and personnel to reduce workload by 30%
・Reduce outsourcing costs
*SG&A ratio improvement includes effects of structural reform
Initiatives to achieve objectives
Talent management reform for optimal placements
Appropriate deployment through clarification of talent requirements
Map the skills of our talent
Encourage independent initiative
Companywide AI adoption to streamline and enhance operations in indirect departments
Accelerate transformation to make management system more
efficient and sophisticated
Construct AI transformation network for companywide
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Priority Initiative 2: Corporate ReformMain measures for balance sheet reform |
4. Accelerate reduction of strategic shareholdings
|
Focus indicators |
|
We will work to reduce owned assets with a target of reducing total assets by 20% by fiscal 2028.
(JPY bn)
Balance sheet at end of March 2026: 2,560
Total assets
Reduce by 20%
Investment
securities
340
4
Net assets 1,410
(Equity 1,330)
B
Non-current
3 assets
1,050
Current assets
730
2
FY28
Total assets
Liquidity
on hand 440
1
A
Interest-bearing debt
530
Other liabilities 620
Priority Initiative 3: Balance Sheet Reform
We will implement shareholder returns, balance sheet optimization, and the reduction of strategic shareholdings to achieve ROE of 8% in fiscal 2028.
Cash in
Cash out
Operating cash flow
JPY 450 bn+
Investment cash flow
Approx. JPY 500 bn
Balance sheet reform
Reduce total assets by approx. 20%
Shareholder returns
(Total payout ratio of at least 100%)
Structural reform, etc.
Allocation for FY2026 to FY2028
Maintain sound financial position
Make proactive investments to achieve medium- to long-term targets while ensuring appropriate cash on hand to maintain a sound financial position
Basic Policy
Strengthen investment for sustainable growth
Advance structural reform
Provide stable returns to shareholders
Approach for MTP 2028
Target ROE of 8% in fiscal 2028 through growth investment, reevaluation of businesses, and balance sheet optimization
Concentrate investment in growth fields and accelerate business shift
Identify low-growth and underperforming businesses and drive structural reforms
Consider total payout ratio while implementing expeditious treasury share purchases
Policy Actions
Shareholder returns with a total payout ratio of 100% as the lower limit (JPY 50 bn of treasury share purchases in fiscal 2026)
Drive balance sheet reform with target of reducing total assets by 20%
Reduce strategic shareholdings to less than 7% of consolidated net assets
We will achieve an ROE of 8% by fiscal 2028 and 10% by fiscal 2031 by implementing our three priority initiatives.
FY2028 | |
1,930.0 | |
- | |
- | |
6.7% | 130.0 |
7.5% | 145.0 |
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8.0% 9.0% | |
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FY2025 | FY2026 | ||||
Net sales | 1,805.0 | 1,925.0 | |||
Profitability | Gross profit | 23.5% | 424.3 | 23.7% | 455.4 |
SG&A | 19.8% | 357.1 | 19.5% | 375.4 | |
Operating profit | 3.7% | 67.1 | 4.2% | 80.0 | |
Non-GAAP operating profit | 5.2% | 94.1 | 5.2% | 101.0 | |
EBITDA | 8.6% | 154.8 | 9.1% | 175.0 | |
Net profit | 3.6% | 64.8 | 2.9% | 55.0 | |
Non-GAAP net profit | 3.9% | 71.2 | 3.9% | 75.0 | |
Capital efficiency | ROE Non-GAAP ROE | 4.9% 5.4% | 4.2% 5.7% | ||
Share indicators | EPS | 227.07 JPY | 198.57 JPY | ||
Non-GAAP EPS | 249.75 JPY | 270.78 JPY | |||
Equity per share | 4742.83 JPY | 4,780.45 JPY | |||
Dividend per share | 58 JPY | 58 JPY | |||
Financial health | Equity ratio | 52.3% | 51.2% | ||
25→28
CAGR
2.3%
24.7%
15.5%
28→31
FY2031 | |
2,200.0 | |
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9.1% | 200.0 |
9.5% | 210.0 |
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10.0% 11.5% | |
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CAGR
4.5%
15.4%
13.1%
Exchange rate (JPY/USD) | 151 JPY | 150 JPY |
Exchange rate (JPY/EUR) | 176 JPY | 175 JPY |
Achieving early-stage business development and scaling by enhancing market development perspectives.
MTP 2028 Actions
Enhance marketing capabilities and talent in
business development
Strengthen our talent pool to identify hidden customer needs and drive business development
Increase rate of commercialization
Standardize process of commercialization, increase feasibility, and accelerate early scaling
Implement focused investing
Make companywide assets transparent to allow for concentrated investment in promising areas
Business development
depts.
R&D depts.
Market perspective
Identifying social and market inflection points
New Business Creation
Technology perspective
Delivering technology that supports competitive edge
IP depts.
IP
Secure competitive edge through prompt establishment of IP rights
Strategic collaboration
Business depts.
Industry perspective
Exploring industry and customer challenges accompanying national policy and market trends
New Business Creation Areas: To generate earnings in next MTP | ||||
Healthcare | Environment & Energy | Sensing | ||
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energy |
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Strengthening Management Foundations
New Business CreationDriving establishment and companywide use of AI infrastructure for operational and business transformation to achieve a superior high-profit business model
Initiative 1
Establish environment to maximize use of AI and data
Establish AI infrastructure that ensures high security and reliability
Foster multi-layer talent development and corporate culture facilitated by AI transformation
Establish global TOPPAN Group AI governance system
Initiative 2
Use AI infrastructure to enable autonomous processes across the
company and create new businesses
Enhance productivity of indirect departments of holding company and business side
through operational transformation enabled by autonomous AI operation
Use AI infrastructure to enhance value-add of services with a focus on the information business
Use AI infrastructure to produce multiple new businesses and accelerate scaling
Business-area-specific initiatives
Business process reengineering for increased productivity
Value creation through business transformation
Business Area | Potential AI Implementation | Real Uses |
Sales / Marketing | Develop a system that allows for data-driven sales and marketing while changing work culture and increasing awareness | ・Supporting decision-making through customer data management and analysis ・Streamlining and reduction of non sales activities |
SCM | Achieving operational efficiency and optimal production through data-driven action | ・Integrating AI agents into manufacuting ・Optimal production based on data analysis, etc. |
Finance | Expanding AI adoption on two fronts: automating routine tasks and supporting decision-making | ・Standardization of consolidated accounting operations ・Real-time monitoring of cash flow and liquidity, and automated screening of investment projects based on predictive analytics, etc. |
Marketing DX | Strengthening RX platforms and developing AI infrastructure for the transition to scenario-based sales | ・Develop environment that allows for seamless primary data collection ・Enhance proposal sophistication by integrating standardized proposal models into AI infrastructure, etc. |
BPO | Improving operational quality and reducing costs through advanced, efficient, and knowledge-intensive operations | ・Implementation of AI agents for complex screening and examination tasks ・Identifying and addressing issues through visualization of operation logs |
Business Development | Rapidly and continuously creating next-generation core businesses through centralized information databases and generative AI | ・Construction of an integrated database for market, technology, and frontline information ・Leveraging AI in business development processes |
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Strengthening Management Foundations
Companywide AI InitiativesPolicy for new executive
1 compensation system
Recruit and retain highly capable and diverse management personnel who contribute to achievement of management strategies
Provide incentives for medium- to longterm increases in the corporate value of the Group and the resolution of social issues
Design a system with high levels of fairness, transparency, and rationality
Representative Director & President | New system 50% | 27% | 23% |
Other directors and senior managing/managing executive officers of TOPPAN Holdings and TOPPAN Inc. | 55% | 27% | 18% |
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Fixed ■ Performance-linked bonus ■ Restricted-stock compensation
Fixed ■ Performance-linked bonus ■ Performance-linked restricted-stock compensation
20%
70%
10%
2 Compensation structure
Raise the proportion of variable compensation by setting the ratio of fixed to variable compensation at roughly 50:50 for baseline performance
Performance-linked conditions applied to restricted-stock compensation Current system
3 Evaluation indicators and calculation method for variable compensation
Evaluation indicators will be the MTP's financial and ESG performance indicators and the calculation method will reflect level of achievement in the payout rate
We will introduce malus/clawback provisions to ensure transparent and fair risk management
Performance-linked bonus
(Short-term incentive)
=
Baseline amount by
position
×
KPI-based payout rate
Performance-linked
restricted-stock
compensation
(Long-term incentive)
=
Baseline amount by
position
×
KPI-based payout rate
Employee engagement
50~150%
20%
CO2 emission reduction
ESG indicators
0~200%
40%
TSR (comparison with TOPIX growth rate)
0~200%
40%
Non-GAAP ROE
Multiplier range
Weighting
Evaluation indicators
Employee engagement
50~150%
20%
CO2 emission reduction
ESG indicators
0~200%
40%
Non-GAAP ROE
0~200%
40%
Non-GAAP operating profit
Multiplier range
Weighting
Evaluation indicators
*Revision of the performance-linked restricted-stock compensation system is subject to approval of the relevant proposal at the 180th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in June.
Strengthening Management Foundations
Reinforcing GovernanceNew executive compensation system to drive medium- to long-term increase in corporate value as well as solutions to social issues through fulfillment of our Purpose
Enhancing competitiveness through an optimal talent portfolio aligned to business
・Defining required talent and skills and mapping the skills of employees to shape a talent portfolio aligned to business
・Raising business competitiveness by securing the talent needed for business strategy through talent management, including recruitment, development, and deployment
Basic policy of MTP
Priority initiatives for human capital
Main activities
Vision
Business portfolio transformation
Corporate reform
Optimizing the talent portfolio and enhancing career autonomy
Raising talent and organizational
competitiveness by pursuing the
"deshika" strategy focused on unique
strengths*
Strengthening talent base and
governance to support sustainable growth of global business
Personnel plans aligned with business strategies
Enhancing effectiveness of succession planning
Supporting career autonomy for all employees
Using AI for qualitative improvement of work style
Recruiting talent needed for business
Developing talent needed for business
Developing and expanding global talent
Strengthening personnel infrastructure of overseas subsidiaries
Stock of talent needed for business
Talent management that enables talent flow aligned to business strategy
Talent base to support global business
Sustainable corporate growth
Enhancing
competitiveness
Achievement of MTP targets
4
Creating the foundations for human capital management
(Culture conducive to taking on challenges / diverse talent / diverse work styles, working environments providing safety and peace of mind)
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Strengthening Management Foundations
Human CapitalContributing to Decarbonization
Targeting net zero Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in fiscal 2050, we are working proactively to streamline energy use, manage energy, and use renewable energy.
54.6% reduction by fiscal 2030; net zero by fiscal 2050 (base year=fiscal 2017)
KPI
GHG emission reduction
GHG Emission Reduction Targets
Scope 3
Digital transformation, proactive adoption of low-carbon materials, and cooperation with suppliers
6,904 kt
16.5%
reduction
54.6%
reduction
Net zero
5,323 kt
3,135 kt
Scope 1&2
(1,000 t-CO2e)
Energy-saving, procurement of low-carbon energy and renewable energy
1,552 kt
41.8%
reduction
54.6%
reduction
Net zero
904 kt
705 kt
2017年度
2025年度
2030年度
2050年度
2017年度
2025年度
2030年度
2050年度
(Base year figure)
(Forecast)
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Strengthening Management Foundations
Natural CapitalActivities based on TOPPAN Group Environmental Vision 2050
Contributing to Resource Circulation
Preserving Biodiversity
Aiming for zero waste emissions in fiscal 2050 by reducing discharge and
reusing and recycling waste
Final landfill disposal reduction
Aiming for a society that coexists in harmony with nature, balancing conservation with socioeconomic activity, by reducing threats to biodiversity and working to preserve land and marine environments
Contributing to conservation of regions in which humans
coexist with nature both inside and outside the Group
Reduce by 60% by fiscal 2030 (base year=fiscal 2017)
KPI
Fiscal 2030: Contribute to the conservation of regions in which humans coexist with nature both inside and outside the Group, covering an area equivalent to 10% of the total area of manufacturing sites
KPI
43%
60%
Asaka biotope and former Shibakawa training center recognized as Nationally Certified
Working to use recycling technologies in each country with business sites
Sustainably Managed Sites in fiscal 2025
Base year
reduction
reduction
Confirming legality in procurement of paper raw materials
Fiscal 2025 onwards: 100%
KPI
FY2017 FY2025 FY2030
Waste plastic material recycling rate increase
Aiming for zero deforestation and promoting use of sustainable forest resources
Conducting legality surveys of paper suppliers across the Group to complete confirmation of all suppliers
Optimal Water Use
Increase by 9%pt by fiscal 2030 (base year=fiscal 2017)
KPI
Implementing water-saving measures and preventing pollution via water discharge at sites with high water stress to contribute to optimal water use and improved water quality
Reducing water withdrawal at sites with high water risk
Fiscal 2030: Achieve targets for at least half of relevant sites
KPI
FY2017 FY2025 FY2030
Using multiple international assessment tools to conduct water risk assessment at all sites
Use of gasification and other chemical recycling
2%pt decrease
Base
year
9%pt increase
Implementing and continuously monitoring water-saving measures at sites with high water risk
*Target sites from fiscal 2026 onwards are being reviewed in conjunction with business reorganization
Fiscal 2030: Zero cases of action taken by authorities due to
exceeding regulatory threshold values
KPI
Contributing to water quality improvement through appropriate water discharge quality
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Strengthening Management Foundations
Natural CapitalActivities based on TOPPAN Group Environmental Vision 2050
Disclaimer Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Results forecasts and other forward-looking statements in these materials are made by the Company based on information available at the current time. Actual results may differ from forecasts due to future changes in the business environment.