Fiscal year-end March 31
Common stock Total number of shares authorized to be issued 1,350,000,000 shares
Total number of shares issued 328,706,240 shares
Number of shares per trading unit 100 shares
Financial instruments and exchange listings Tokyo (Prime Market)

Stock Ownership Profile

As of March 31, 2024
Stock Ownership Profile

*The 11,256 thousand shares of treasury stock are included in the "Individual investors, others" category of the graph.

Principal Shareholders  As of March 31, 2024

Name Number of shares held (thousands) Percentage of total (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.
(Trust Account)
48,210 15.19
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.
(Trust Account)
16,110 5.07
Nippon Life Insurance Company 15,002 4.73
artience Co., Ltd. 9,492 2.99
Kodansha Ltd. 6,710 2.11
Employee Stock Club 6,000 1.89
TOPPAN Holdings Supplier Stock Club 5,495 1.73
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 380055 5,354 1.69
STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT-TREATY 505234 4,874 1.54
The Asahi Shimbun Company 3,875 1.22

Note 1: Shares of treasury stock are excluded from the above list of principal shareholders.
Note 2: The percentage of total is calculated using the number of shares resulting from the subtraction of the number of shares of treasury stock from the total number of shares issued. The shares of treasury stock do not include the shares owned by the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) Trust for granting shares (1,885 thousand shares).