Stock Information

Basic
Stock Information
Dividends/
Shareholder Returns
Shareholder
Composition
Administrative Formalities
for Shareholders

Basic Stock Information

Fiscal year end	March 31
Record date of year-end dividend	March 31
Record date of interim dividend	September 30
Notice of Shareholders General Meeting	June (record date of voting rights at the meeting: March 31)
Share unit number	100 shares
Method of public announcement	Public announcements are made electronically. In the event that it is impossible to do so due to an accident or any other unavoidable reason, announcements will be published in The Nihon Keizai Shimbun. (Nippon Shinyaku’s official website: https://www/nippon-shinyaku.co.jp/)
Shareholder registry administrator Special account management institution	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Contact information of the above	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Osaka Corporate Agency Division 3-6-3 Fushimimachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-8502 Japan Inquiries by phone: 0120-094-777 (accessible only within Japan)
Stock exchange of listing	Tokyo Stock Exchange
Code	4516

Dividends/Shareholder Returns

Dividend policy

To ensure stable returns to its shareholders, Nippon Shinyaku aims to keep its consolidated dividend payout ratio at around 35% and to increase dividend per share by raising earnings per share (EPS). Note that in some cases the dividend payout ratio is calculated without taking into account extraordinary profit or loss.

Evolution of dividend per share

Unit: JPY

	The 156th term (ending March 2019)	The 157th term (ending March 2020)	The 158th term (ending March 2021)	The 159th term (ending March 2022)	The 160th term (ending March 2023)
2nd quarter end	29	43	49	51	57
Term-end	41	43	50	59	57
Annual	70	86	99	110	114

Expected dividends

（As of November 13, 2023）

Expected dividends at the end of 2nd quarter based on business performance projected for the 161th term (ending March 2024)

Dividend per share (JPY)	The 161th term (ending March 2024)
	2nd quarter end	Term end	Annual
	62	(Planned)62	(Planned)124

At the Board of Directors meeting held on November 13, 2023, the following resolutions were made.

【Payment of interim dividends】
・Interim dividend: 62 JPY per share
・Effective date of interim dividend: December 5, 2023
The Company also revised its year-end dividend forecast from 60 JPY per share to 62 JPY per share.

Stock buybacks/Cancellation

Have not bought back or cancelled stock for the past five years.

Stock split/Reverse stock split

Have not split stock or reversed stock split for the past five years.

Shareholder Incentives

No incentives are offered at the moment.

Shareholder Composition

Distribution of shares issued by shareholder category

As of September 30, 2023

Category	Percentage (%)
Financial institutions	47.11
Securities corporations	2.09
Other corporations	6.67
Non-Japanese investors	31.59
Individual and other shareholders	12.54
Total	100.00

Financial institutions
Securities corporations
Other corporations
Non-Japanese investors
Individual and other shareholders

Note: Shareholding ratio is rounded off to two decimal places.

Major Shareholders

As of September 30, 2023

Shareholder name	Number of shares owned (in 1,000 shares)	Percentage (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)	10,735	15.94
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company	6,486	9.63
Custody Bank of Japan（trust account）	4,641	6.89
The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.	3,090	4.59
MUFG Bank, Ltd.	2,706	4.02
Nippon Life Insurance Company	1,341	1.99
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.	979	1.45
ＪＰ　ＪＰＭＳＥ　ＬＵＸ　ＲＥ　ＢＡＲＣＬＡＹＳ　ＣＡＰＩＴＡＬ　ＳＥＣ　ＬＴＤ　ＥＱ　ＣＯ	884	1.31
ＢＢＨ（ＬＵＸ）　ＦＯＲ　ＦＩＤＥＬＩＴＹ　ＦＵＮＤＳ　－　ＪＡＰＡＮ　ＡＤＶＡＮＴＡＧＥ　ＰＯＯＬ	699	1.04
ＪＰ　ＭＯＲＧＡＮ　ＣＨＡＳＥ　ＢＡＮＫ　３８５７８１	695	1.03

Note 1: Each rate of shareholding is calculated after deducting the number of treasury shares (2,898,706) from the number of shares outstanding.

Note 2: Shareholding ratio is rounded off to two decimal places.

Administrative Formalities for Shareholders

For the notification of an address change, a request for purchase of shares not constituting a unit, and other formalities, shareholders are requested to direct their inquiries to the points of contact below.

	Shareholders with an account at a securities corporation	Shareholders with a special account
Point of contact	Your securities corporation	Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Osaka Corporate Agency Division Formalities may be processed at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation’s branches across Japan.

Point of contact

Shareholders with an account at a securities corporation
Your securities corporation

Shareholders with a special account
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation Osaka Corporate Agency Division Formalities may be processed at Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation’s branches across Japan.

(NB) In all cases, dividends not received will be paid at the Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation head office.