Medley, Inc.

Medley, which operates platforms for healthcare and nursing care, announced on the 13th that it has revised its year-end dividend forecast for the fiscal year ending December 2026 from zero to 18 yen, marking the company's first dividend since its founding. Its full-year consolidated net profit forecast was left unchanged at 1.8 billion yen, up 84.5 percent year on year. The company said it judged that further enhancement of shareholder returns is possible given the solid trend in earnings and the likelihood of future profit growth. From next fiscal year onward, it will adopt a basic policy targeting a payout ratio of 30 percent, and will continue to carry out share buybacks flexibly. Consolidated net profit for the January to June period of 2026, announced at the same time, was about 1.4 billion yen, up 131.2 percent year on year. In addition to steady growth in the number of client workplaces and worker members for its recruitment system Job Medley, the number of medical institutions using its medical platform business also increased, lifting revenue 22.8 percent year on year to about 22.6 billion yen. The company also announced that it will cancel 930,000 treasury shares on August 31 to dispel concerns about future share dilution. That represents 2.84 percent of total shares outstanding.