To our Shareholders and Investors

First of all, we would like to express our sincere gratitude for your support and patronage.

Ever since the establishment of Amano Corporation, we have placed “People & Time” and “People & Air” as our corporate theme, and customer satisfaction as the core essence of our business activities. All Amano employees work under the “customer-first” principle and will listen to customers. In addition, to make Amano an attractive corporation for shareholders and investors, we have placed the maximization of corporate value as the priority strategy for the management.

In the "10th Medium-Term Business Plan", we have set "The 5th Stage Towards a 100-year Company (2031) - Accelerating Corporate Transformation to Achieve Sustainable Management-" as our management concept. Starting as a hardware manufacturer, we have evolved into a company that provides comprehensive solutions by expanding our business scope to include software, cloud services, contract services, and data services in response to changing market needs and technological innovations. Moving forward, we view the rapid advancement of AI and data technologies, the acceleration of geopolitical shifts, and changing standards in the global market as opportunities for growth. To further drive the transition to a “business structure centered on data and AI” across all our operations, we will strengthen strategic investments in software assets, data infrastructure, and IoT and AI platforms. At the same time, we will work to strengthen and advance our management infrastructure, while also addressing social challenges such as human capital management, responsible procurement, environmental impact reduction, and decarbonization. As a member of the global business community, we aim to continuously enhance our corporate value.

Taking into account our current-year operations results, we plan to pay a year-end dividend of ¥125 per share, and the annual per-share dividend for this fiscal year will be ¥180 (including ¥55 per share paid as the interim dividend), an increase of ¥5 from the annual per share dividend of ¥175 for the previous fiscal year.

With regard to the business environment, while corporate capital investment aimed at labor and manpower savings is expected to remain robust and the trend of gradual economic recovery is likely to continue, the business environment surrounding companies is expected to remain uncertain due to factors such as rising geopolitical risks—including tensions in the Middle East—and the resulting increase in various costs, as well as growing uncertainty surrounding U.S. trade policy.

Under such environment, in order to maximize our corporate value, we will strive to achieve the business targets as one united force by steadily implementing the business plan, and while doing so, we will strengthen and expand our management foundation.

Your continued support and patronage will be greatly appreciated.