Zensho Holdings to buy back 200,000 shares for ¥2.2 bn

Zensho Holdings announced a resolution by its board of directors on November 11, 2025, to acquire up to 200,000 common shares, representing 0.12% of its total issued shares, with a maximum total acquisition cost of ¥2.2 billion. This share repurchase, via the ToSTNeT-3 system at ¥9,468 per share, is in response to a business shareholder's intent to sell due to a policy reducing cross-shareholdings, aiming to stabilize the stock's supply and demand.

As of September 30, 2025, Zensho Holdings had 156,663,134 issued shares (excluding treasury shares) and 4,070,091 treasury shares. The acquisition results will be announced on November 12, 2025, at 8:45 a.m.

Additionally, Zensho Holdings released its consolidated financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2025, reporting net sales of ¥612,941 million, a 9.9% increase year-on-year, and ordinary profit of ¥39,277 million, up 0.4%. Profit attributable to owners of parent decreased by 6.5% to ¥23,255 million. The company's full-year consolidated forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, remains unchanged, projecting net sales of ¥1,223,500 million and profit attributable to owners of parent of ¥42,500 million.