Business Outline
Q1 What does PRONEXUS do?
A1 We provide back-office support for information disclosure to investors by listed companies and investment trust management companies.
PRONEXUS specializes in providing practical support to listed companies and financial instruments management companies for the preparation of disclosure and other materials for investor relations (IR) activities.
Q2 What types of support does PRONEXUS provide?
A2 We provide system and consulting services to help streamline disclosure operations.
Some 60% of the listed companies in Japan use PRONEXUS WORKS, our system supporting preparation of disclosure documents.
PRONEXUS employs about 80 consulting experts who specialize in disclosure. They check clients' documents and offer advice, as well as create a range of manuals and host seminars. PRONEXUS also provides outsourcing services for certain parts of its clients' disclosure operations.
Q3 What aspects of PRONEXUS' business do individual investors see?
A3 Some of the better-known aspects include earnings reports and securities reports uploaded to company websites. For shareholders meetings, we also assist with convocation notices, and for banks and securities companies we offer support for creating sales tools for investment trusts.
Business Results
Q4 What are PRONEXUS' latest business results?
A4 PRONEXUS continues to see increases in revenue
For the fiscal year ended March 2021, we recorded revenue of approximately 25.0 billion yen, operating profit of approximately 2.1 billion yen and profit attributable to owners of parent of approximately 1.7 billion yen.
Q5 What is PRONEXUS' business performance for current fiscal year?
A5 For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2022, we forecast revenue of 25.5 billion yen and operating profit of 2.2 billion yen.
We expect an increase revenue and a decrease in profit.
The main factor is that we expect a strong increase in orders centered on the listed companies disclosure-related business and the listed companies IR-related, etc. business.
In terms of costs, we expect increases in labor costs and personnel expenses as we are reinforcing our internal structures and human resources in response to increased orders and business area expansion.
Shareholder return
Q6 What is PRONEXUS' dividend per share?
A6 The expected full-year dividend for the fiscal year ending March 2022 will be 32 yen per share.
The Company's basic dividend policy is to conduct the stable, continuous payment of dividends, taking a comprehensive evaluation of business performance and the business environment into account. The Company forecasts an annual dividend of 32 yen, comprising the second quarter-end and year-end dividends of 16 yen each.
The Company has revised the dividend payout ratio from the previous standard of 40% or higher and increased it to 50% or higher.
Q7 What benefits does PRONEXUS offer shareholders?
A7 We provide shareholders with QUO prepaid cards based on the number of years and number of shares owned.
Each year, we offer a special benefit to shareholders listed on the shareholder registration who own at least 100 shares as of March 31.
- * New benefit, effective from March 31, 2021, for shareholders who have held Company shares for 10 years or more (disclosed in January 29, 2021).
