Basic Information

(As of July 5, 2023)
Stock Code
8098
Stock Listing
Tokyo Stock Exchange
Number of Shares Issued and Outstanding
55,914,127
Number of Shareholders
51,233 (As of March 31, 2023)
Independent Auditors
KPMG AZSA LLC
Notes: The Company retired 1,660,000 shares of treasury shares on August 22, 2014.
The Company retired 2,700,000 shares of treasury shares on February 16, 2022.
The Company retired 3,085,100 shares of treasury shares on April 5, 2022.
The Company retired 600,000 shares of treasury shares on October 25, 2022.
The Company retired 1,200,000 shares of treasury shares on July 5, 2023.

Principal Shareholders

(As of March 31,2023)
Number of Shares Held
(Thousands)
Percentages of Total Shares Outstanding(%)
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. 13,836 24.5
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 5,699 10.1
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 2,089 3.7
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Retirement Benefit Trust Account re-entrusted by Mizuho Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.) 1,736 3.1
Maruishi Chemical Trading Co.,Ltd. 961 1.7
DFA INTL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO 937 1.7
ASKA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. 785 1.4
Mizuho Bank, Ltd. 744 1.3
MUFG Bank, Ltd. 638 1.1
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 624 1.1
Treasury shares held by the Company (565,501 shares) are omitted from the above table and calculations of percentages (excluding the 266,400 shares of the Company’s shares held by Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust E account) as trust assets in the Board Benefit Trust (BBT) system).

Shareholder Composition

As of March 31, 2023
State of distribution by owner