Splits and Stock History
1998
- March 18
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Establishment of the Company
2000
- March 24
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Listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Mothers
- September 20
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4-for-1 Stock split
2001
- November 20
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2-for-1 Stock split
2002
- February 27 - September 17
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Repurchase 1.5 billion yen of own shares
- Nobember 20
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2-for-1 Stock split
2003
- November 20
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2-for-1 Stock split
2004
- June 2
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Retirement of own shares at a value of 1.19 billion yen(7.72%*
- November 19
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2-for-1 Stock split
2005
- November 18
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2-for-1 Stock split
2006
- November 19
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Selected for loanable stock.
2007
- November 14 - 15
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Repurchase 0.99 billion yen of own shares.
2008
- September 30
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Retirement of own shares at a value of 0.99 billion yen (1.99％*).
2011
- October 28 - 31
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Repurchase 1.99 billion yen of own shares.
2013
- February 1 - 7
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Repurchase 4.99 billion yen of own shares.
- February 28
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Retirement of own shares at a value of 1.99 billion yen(3.12％*).
- October 1
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100-for-1 stock split and adopted a Share Unit System which defines 100 shares as one trading unit.
2014
- January 6
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Selected for "JPX Nikkei Index 400".
- September 5
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Moved to the first section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
2015
- March 20
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Selected for "FTSE All World Index***"
2016
- October 1
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2-for-1 Stock split
2017
- July 3
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Included in ESG indexes that GPIF selected
"MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index"****
"MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index"*****
*Percentage of number of the outstanding shares before retirement.
**JPX-Nikkei Index 400 means 400 issues with high appeal. These are calculated using ROE (Return on equity) ,the total of operating profits for the past 3 years and market capitalization by Japan Exchange Group, Inc., Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. and Nikkei Inc.
***Global benchmark index for the global investors provided by FTSE, subsidiary of the London stock exchange, defined once in half year regarding market caps or liquidity.
****MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index: the index comprises companies that have high Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) performance in the top 500 Japanese companies by market capitalization.
*****MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index: the index comprises companies that have higher rates of female managers and employees among their workforce in the top 500 Japanese companies by market capitalization.