Message from the President and CEO

In 2021, we announced the Lintec Sustainability Vision 2030 (LSV 2030), which clarifies our long-term vision for where the Group wants to be in 2030. Setting milestones on the road to achieving this vision, we formulate and implement medium-term business plans every three years. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the midpoint of our journey and the second milestone business plan, LSV 2030–Stage 2, we worked to improve our performance despite rising raw material and fuel costs as well as an increase in fixed costs, including personnel expenses. In addition, based on our full-year consolidated performance forecast, we raised our projection for the annual dividend and implemented share buybacks as part of ongoing efforts to enhance shareholder returns, which we have positioned as one of our highest management priorities.

In the current fiscal year (ending March 31, 2027), the final year of Stage 2, we will steadily deliver the results of key initiatives we have undertaken to date while building momentum toward Stage 3, thereby increasing the likelihood of achieving our long-term vision. We will further accelerate initiatives that are progressing ahead of schedule and provide reinforcement as necessary for those that are lagging behind. To achieve the various business targets we have outlined for the final year of Stage 2, including operating profit margin and return on equity (ROE), we will continue to aggressively invest in growth businesses, improve both asset and capital efficiency, and optimize our business portfolio, with the aim of further enhancing corporate value.

In addition, we will continue to strengthen our ESG-conscious sustainability management, such as promoting work-style reform and environmentally oriented adaptation aimed at realizing decarbonization and a circular economy. Furthermore, we are striving to create new products and businesses that will serve as pillars of growth as we strengthen the corporate structure through process innovation using digital transformation (DX) with the aims of enhancing corporate value and realizing a sustainable world. I would like to thank our shareholders and investors for their continued support in the years ahead.