Fujitsu to acquire BrainPad, strengthening data and AI capabilities

Fujitsu Limited has initiated a tender offer to acquire all outstanding shares of BrainPad Inc. for 2,706 yen per share. This move aims to make BrainPad a wholly-owned subsidiary and leverage its strengths in data science and digital marketing to create synergies with Fujitsu's Uvance offerings in the rapidly growing domestic Data & AI market. The tender offer period will run from October 31, 2025, to December 15, 2025.

The acquisition price represents a premium of 100% over BrainPad’s closing price on October 29, 2025. The minimum number of shares to be purchased is 13,883,800, equivalent to 66.40% of voting rights. Key shareholders, including Discipline Inc., Seinosuke Sato, Resona Holdings, Inc., and Takafumi Takahashi, have agreed to tender their shares.

Concurrently, Fujitsu released its consolidated financial results for the first half ended September 30, 2025, showing revenue of 1,566,542 million yen and adjusted operating profit of 105,345 million yen, an increase of 145% year-on-year. For the full year 2025, Fujitsu forecasts adjusted operating profit of 360,000 million yen and adjusted net profit of 250,000 million yen. BrainPad also announced a revision to its year-end dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending June 2026, with no dividend declared, conditional on the successful completion of the tender offer.