Stock information

Number of shares

(As of September.30, 2024)

Total number of authorized shares: 200,000,000
Number of shares outstanding: 89,766,272 (excluding 2,008,266 treasury shares)

Number of shareholders

(As of September.30, 2024)

41,290

Shareholdings by shareholder category

(As of September.30, 2024)

Category	Number of shares held (1,000 shares)	Percentage of number of shares held
Financial institutions	26,246	28.6
Securities companies	536	0.6
Other types of corporations	11,152	12.1
Foreign corporations, etc.	27,308	29.8
Individuals and others	24,522	26.7
Treasury shares	2,008	2.2

Status of major shareholders

(As of September.30, 2024)

Names of shareholders	Number of shares held (1,000 shares)	Shareholding percentage
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)	12,382	13.7
Morinaga Trading Partner Stockholding Association	6,611	7.3
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)	6,084	6.7
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company	2,242	2.4
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001	2,048	2.2
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385632	1,595	1.7
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.	1,372	1.5
MITSUI & CO., LTD.	1,372	1.5
GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY	1,294	1.4
Mizuho Bank, Ltd.	1,278	1.4

*1The Company holds 2,008,266 shares of treasury stock but is excluded from the list of major shareholders above.
*2The ratio of voting rights is calculated excluding treasury stock.

Dividends

	Total dividend amount (million yen)	Dividend per share (yen)
March 31, 2024	4,987	55
Six months ended September 30, 2024 (2Q)	0	0