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Company Profile/Stock Status
Company Profile (as of March 31 2023) Dividend Policy Company Name

Hirata Corporation

Headquarters

111 Hitotsugi, Ueki, Kita, Kumamoto, 861-0198 Japan

Representative

Yuichiro Hirata

Date Established

December 29, 1951

Fields of business

Manufacture and sale of various manufacturing line systems, industrial robots, and logistic equipment

Capital¥2,633 million

The Group considers the return of profits to shareholders to be
one of the most important management issues. While working tostrengthen our financial position, as a general guideline we areaiming to maintain a consolidated payout ratio of 20% or more,while taking into consideration consolidated performance andfuture business development and striving to achieve returns in astable and continuous manner. With regard to the record datefor dividends, since the relationship between interim results andfiscal-year results is low due to the nature of the build-to-order
structure, dividends are paid once at the end of each fiscal year,
in principle.

Representative Director, President

Employees

Consolidated: 1,882 Non-Consolidated: 1,054

Fiscal Year-End

March 31

Stock Exchange Listing

Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market

Changes in Dividends per Share andDividend Payout Ratio
Dividends per share(Yen)Dividend ratio(%)

FY2018

125.0

28.4

FY201940.0

23.8

FY202065.0

16.6

FY202165.0

25.2

FY202290.0

21.9

Policy for Dialogue with Shareholders and Investors—Results of Dialogue in Fiscal 2022 Stock Status (as of March 31, 2023) Stock information

Treasury Stock

2.9%
Authorized Number of Shares

37,000,000

Issued Number of Shares

10,756,090

Number of Shareholders

10,933Foreign Investors

16.0%

Major Shareholders

12.1%

Name/Company Name

Number ofShares Held(Shares)

Percentageof SharesHeld(%)The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.
(Trust Account)

1,069,300

10.24

SMC Corporation

500,000

4.79

Higo Bank, Ltd.

456,000

4.36

STATE STREET BANK AND TRUSTCOMPANY 505025

424,300

4.06

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Securities Management Trust 0700096

400,000

3.83

Custody Bank of Japan (Trust Account)

391,000

3.74

Yuichiro Hirata

291,600

2.79

NIKKON Holdings Co., Ltd.

272,400

2.61

Hirata Corporation Employees
Stockholdings

263,110

2.52

SANYO DENKI CO., LTD.

192,9001.85

Hirata Integrated Report 2023

Individuals
and Others

38.8%

Securities
Companies

1.9%

Financial Institutions

28.3%

Treasury Stock

Note 1. In addition to the above, the Company holds 308,852 treasury shares.
2. Treasury shares do not include 63,000 shares held by the trust for granting shares
to officers.
3. In a large shareholding report made available for public inspection as of May 31,
2021, Goodheart Partners LLP is listed as holding 538,300 shares, or 5.00%, asof May 24, 2021, but as we are unable to confirm the number of shares actually
held by the company as of March 31, 2023, it is not included in the above list ofmajor shareholders.

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Distributionof Shares by
Shareholder

Other JapaneseCompanies

The Company discloses information appropriately in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. In order to gain thecorrect understanding and trust of shareholders and investors, even if the disclosure items do not fall under laws and regulations, we strive to disclose corporate information that is judged to have a material impact on investment decisions in a timely,accurate, and fair manner.
Specifically, with regard to our business environment, management plans, business strategies, etc., we are working tostrengthen our response to interviews using web conferences, enhance the content of disclosure at financial results briefings and other meetings, and strengthen the dissemination of information through our website. In fiscal 2022, we held 166­individual interviews and small meetings and conducted 3 plant tours.
The content of communication with shareholders and investors is reflected in the enhancement of day-to-day IR activities
and is reported quarterly to the Board of Directors, which is utilized in management activities aimed at further enhancing
corporate value.

2.9%

Signing of the United Nations Global Compact
Hirata is a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and registered as aparticipating company on September 10, 2023. We also joined the Global Compact Network
Japan (GCNJ), the local network of the UNGC in Japan. We will continue to work to achieveboth business growth and resolution of social issues by providing products and services withrespect for human dignity and consideration for the global environment while ensuring thetransparency and soundness of our management.

1–999 shares

15.7%100,000 or
more shares

51.0%

External Evaluation of Sustainability 
1,000–4,999 shares

Distribution ofShares by Numberof Shares

9.0%
5,000–9,999 shares

2.9%
10,000–49,999 shares

8.1%

50,000–99,999 shares

10.4%

Hirata has been selected as a constituent of the FTSE Blossom
Japan Sector Relative Index (FTSE Blossom SR), an ESG(­environmental, social, and governance) investment index, andthe S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index, a global environmental equity
index. These indicators are adopted by the Government Pension
Investment Fund (GPIF).
FTSE Blossom
Japan Sector Relative Index(FTSE Blossom SR)

S&P/JPX Carbon
Efficient Index

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