Message from CEO to shareholders and investors

In the fiscal year ended March 2025, which is the second year of Mid-term Management Plan 2026 announced in May 2023, revenue was 1,451.2 billion yen, adjusted EBITDA was 78.3 billion yen, and operating profit was 57.4 billion yen. The mainstay temporary staffing business continued to grow steadily, and the placement business continued to enjoy strong demand for personnel from client companies. On the other hand, candidates who want to change jobs have tended to adopt a careful stance, partly reflecting the impact of measures to strengthen retention taken by their current companies. Despite these circumstances, we achieved steady growth, and revenue, adjusted EBITDA, and operating profit all rose to new record highs. As a result of the above performance, the annual dividend per share for the fiscal year ended March 2025 was 9.5 yen, a record high. In line with our policy of attaching importance to returns to shareholders, the dividend payout ratio under the current mid-term management plan is around 50%, doubled from around 25% under the previous plan. (Because the Company implemented a 10-for-1 split of its common stock, effective October 1, 2023, values for the amount of dividend per share, including values for past fiscal years, were converted by assuming that stock split has been implemented.)

　For the fiscal year ending March 2026, which is the final fiscal year of Mid-term Management Plan 2026, we forecast revenue of 1,540.0 billion yen, adjusted EBITDA of 86.5 billion yen, operating profit of 66.0 billion yen, and dividends per share of 11.０ yen, all of which are record highs. We aim to resolve all social issues related to "working" and by helping more companies and more workers, the entire PERSOL Group will continue to work together to achieve further growth in the future to ensure we can increase shareholder returns as well.

The PERSOL Group has formulated a vision for 2030 as aiming for a world where everyone can “Work and Smile.”
We have created a Value Creation Story for the world we wish to achieve by 2030. We have defined our commitment to a society in transformation, and will further polish the sources of value creation we have cultivated up to now, and link these sources to the growth of our business.

Moreover, based on the PERSOL Group’s corporate philosophy of Providing Opportunity, Individual Growth, and Social Contribution, we will work with a variety of stakeholders to proactively tackle social issues with the aim of achieving a sustainable society.

The PERSOL Group has discussed social issues to address to achieve its group vision and has identified eight issues of materiality (key issues) to coincide with the formulation of Mid-term Management Plan 2026, from the viewpoints of both solving social issues through our business and foundation for achieving sustainable growth. Regarding the eight issues of materiality, we will set targets and KPIs to achieve by 2030, thus clarifying our vision for ourselves.

Labor shortage and technological progress have brought about major changes to the environment surrounding "working." Further, reflecting the power shift of individuals, including labor mobility and the diversification of workstyles and values related to work, we are entering an era when people seek Career Well-being, meaning the happiness felt by a worker through their own work.

The PERSOL Group aims to create better work opportunities for one million people by 2030 toward achieving its group vision, "Work and Smile," based on its corporate philosophy of Providing Opportunity, Individual Growth and Social Contribution.

The PERSOL Group pledges to achieve "Work and Smile" for all as a “Career Well-being” Creation Company, which expands the happiness of individuals and society by extending the possibilities of each individual and the freedom of working.

The PERSOL Group pledges to stick by individuals, companies, organizations and our community to support their growth, so that we can make a world where everyone can “Work and Smile”.