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

21

12,243,097

65.74

50,000 – 99,999

4

319,214

1.71

10,000 – 49,999

60

1,270,414

6.82

5,000 – 9,999

52

346,324

1.86

1,000 – 4,999

799

1,257,352

6.75

500 – 999

836

518,476

2.78

100 – 499

15,952

2,623,191

14.09

1 – 99

1,781

45,452

0.25

Share Distribution by Shareholder

Number of
shareholders
19,505

Number of shares held

Number of
shareholders
(parties)

Number of
shares
(shares)

Component
ratio
(%)

Individuals, etc.

19,290

6,875,677

36.92

Financial institutions

15

2,751,480

14.77

Financial instruments
business operators

26

202,963

1.09

Other corporations

72

5,387,818

28.93

Foreign corporations, etc.

101

1,748,333

9.39

Treasury shares

1

1,657,249

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 194,610 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)

1,310,400

7.72

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

519,700

3.06

Association of Shareholding Amuse Artists

467,740

2.76

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)

458,300

2.70

Yokichi Osato

451,060

2.66

Kuniko Osato

437,220

2.58

NORTHERN TRUST CO.(AVFC) RE IEDU UCITS CLIENTS NON LENDING 15 PCT TREATY ACCOUNT (standing proxy:The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited)

300,000

1.77

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 1,657,249 treasury shares. Those 1,657,249 self-owned shares do not include 169,670 shares held by the Board Incentive Plan (BIP) Trust for Remunerating Directors and 194,610 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 (1,657,249) from the total number of outstanding shares.

as of March 31, 2024

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