Shareholder return policy

Policy of return to shareholders

We retain all retained earnings and do not pay dividends now. Because we are in the growth phase, so we need to strengthen our financial position and prepare for future business.
However, we consider returning profits to shareholders to be one of our most important management issues. Therefore, we are going to consider the payment of dividends to shareholders while taking into account our operating results , financial position, the scale of our business and the stability of earnings.
Our basic policy is to pay a year-end dividend once a year, if we pay. However, the Company's Articles of Incorporation stipulate that we adopts an interim dividend system as stipulated in Article 454, Paragraph 5 of the Companies Act, and that the Board of Directors decides both the year-end dividend and the interim dividend.
We plan to use retained earnings as a financial resource for strengthening its corporate structure and for future business development in response to anticipated changes in the business environment.

Shareholder Benefit

1) Purpose of Introducing the Shareholder Benefit

Our purpose is to thank the daily support of our shareholders and provide them with the opportunity understanding our products and services better. At the same time, our purpose is also to have more shareholders hold our shares for a longer period of time by enhancing the attractiveness of investments in our shares.

2) Target shareholders

The shareholders who hold 100 shares (one unit) or more listed or recorded in the shareholders registry as of September 30th of each year is targeted.

3) Overview of Shareholder Benefit

We made the shareholder benefit of this year donations or our products selectivity.
Donations: Donation to affected areas of Hokkaido Iburi eastern Earthquake, which was occurred in September.
Products :A set of Hokkaido's New Rice and three side dishes compatible with rice. The side dishes are highly popular in each of our 3 brands, such as "dried seaweed", "salmon flakes", and "furikake".

4) Detail of Shareholder benefits

* Number of shares held as of September 30.
The number of our outstanding shares were doubled due to the stock split to take effect on October 1. However, the number of shares listed below is as of September 30.

(1) Shareholders holding 100 to 1,000 shares
You can choose either of the following donations or our products.
< Donation >
Donation of 1,500 yen for affected areas of Hokkaido Iburi eastern Earthquake
(Donation to the Hokkaido Atsuma Town Office)
< Our Products >
Hokkaido's Organic rice: 450g + 3 brands the side dishes compatible with rice.
(Detail: 450g of Hokkaido's Organic rice, 1 bag of Dried Seaweed, 1 bottle of Salmon flakes, and 1 bag of furikake)

(2) Shareholders holding 1,000 or more shares
You can choose either of the following donations or our products.
< Donation >
Donation of 2,000 yen for affected areas of Hokkaido Iburi eastern Earthquake
(Donation to the Hokkaido Atsuma Town Office)
< Our Products >
Hokkaido's Organic rice: 1kg + 3 brands the side dishes which with rice.
(Detail: 450g of Hokkaido's Organic rice, 1 bag of Dried Seaweed, 1 bottle of Salmon flakes, and 1 bag of furikake)

5) Time of delivery

We will send a Information with a reply letter to shareholders around the middle of November 2018.
You can choose donations or products for reply, and we plan to deliver the our products to those who selected the products by mid-December.

6) Future policy of Shareholder Benefits

We will announce our plans for the next shareholder benefit once we have decided on the details and the timing of the program.