MELDIA CO.,LTD.

<h3 class="smt_head2">3 [Dividend Policy]</h3>The Company prioritizes sustainable profit growth and returning profits to shareholders. As a basic principle of our dividend policy, we use the dividend payout ratio as our key indicator. As announced on October 15, 2020 in our "Notice Regarding Change in Target Dividend Payout Ratio," we target a consolidated net income dividend payout ratio of 30%, and we aim to further enhance shareholder returns.<p class="smt_text2" style="orphans:0;widows:0;text-align:justify;padding-left:9pt;padding-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:9pt;font-family:'ＭＳ 明朝';letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:9pt;">To provide shareholders with more frequent profit distribution opportunities, we implement dividends twice annually: an interim dividend and a year-end dividend. The year-end dividend is decided by the shareholders' meeting, while the interim dividend is decided by the board of directors.<p class="smt_text2" style="orphans:0;widows:0;text-align:justify;padding-left:9pt;padding-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:9pt;font-family:'ＭＳ 明朝';letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:9pt;">For the current fiscal year, based on the above basic policy, we have decided to pay a dividend of 75 yen per share (including an interim dividend of 37.5 yen). As a result, the dividend payout ratio (consolidated) for the current fiscal year is 19.6%.<p class="smt_text2" style="orphans:0;widows:0;text-align:justify;padding-left:9pt;padding-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:9pt;font-family:'ＭＳ 明朝';letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:9pt;">We intend to invest retained earnings effectively to strengthen and expand our revenue base through enhanced competitive strength in the market, aggressive store expansion, and establishment of subsidiaries.<p class="smt_text2" style="orphans:0;widows:0;text-align:justify;padding-left:9pt;padding-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:9pt;font-family:'ＭＳ 明朝';letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:9pt;">The dividend of surplus for the current fiscal year is as follows. 
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</div> Regarding dividends for the fiscal year ending August 2023, given the uncertain business environment caused by factors such as surging resource prices due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, fluctuations in financial capital markets, and rising prices accompanying rapid yen depreciation, we have decided to maintain dividends at current levels to strengthen our financial position and prepare for rapid changes in the business environment, thereby pursuing sustainable corporate value enhancement. We plan to pay an interim dividend of 37.5 yen per share and a year-end dividend of 37.5 yen per share, for an annual dividend of 75.0 yen per share.<p class="smt_text1" style="orphans:0;widows:0;text-align:justify;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:9pt;font-family:'ＭＳ 明朝';letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:9pt;">Going forward, we will carefully assess economic conditions and the real estate market environment. Once we determine that a sufficient financial foundation has been secured that is not subject to economic fluctuations, we will expand profit returns to shareholders.<p class="smt_text6" style="orphans:0;widows:0;text-align:justify;padding-left:0pt;padding-right:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0pt;font-family:'ＭＳ 明朝';letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:15pt;font-size:15pt;">

We aim for a dividend payout ratio of 30%, prioritizing both healthy profit growth and returning earnings to shareholders. We pay dividends twice a year—an interim dividend and a year-end dividend. We reinvest retained earnings in strengthening our competitive position in the market, expanding stores aggressively, establishing subsidiaries, and other initiatives to strengthen our revenue base.

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