GMO Payment Gateway boosts dividend, reinstates stock incentive plan

GMO Payment Gateway (GMO-PG) has resolved to increase its year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, to 144.00 yen per share, up from 124.00 yen in the prior year, with a total dividend amount of 11,023 million yen. The company also projects a 170.00 yen dividend per share for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. This decision reflects GMO-PG's commitment to stable shareholder returns while retaining funds for future business expansion and strengthening its corporate structure.

Concurrently, GMO-PG is reinstating and partially revising its performance-based stock compensation plan, utilizing a Board Incentive Plan Trust (BIP Trust). The revised plan, covering three fiscal years from September 2026 to September 2028, will allocate up to 500 million yen to the trust and acquire up to 60,000 shares for eligible directors. Unlike the previous plan, shares will be distributed during the directors' term in office, aligning their interests with shareholders.

Furthermore, GMO-PG will amend its Articles of Incorporation to explicitly incorporate "GMOism," the foundational principles of the GMO Internet Group, into its corporate philosophy. Separately, GMO-PG's consolidated subsidiary, GMO-Z.COM PAYMENT GATEWAY PTE. LTD., will distribute a dividend of $30 million, expected by January 30, 2026, which will be recorded as non-operating income in GMO-PG's non-consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.