Shareholder and Share Information
Shareholder’s Equity
(as of March 31, 2019)
| Total number of shares authorized to be issued | 1,214,916,736 |
|---|---|
| Total number of shares issued | 399,634,778 |
| Number of shareholders | 49,635 |
Principal Shareholders
(as of March 31, 2019)
| Shareholders | Number of shares held (thousand shares) |
Shareholding ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 55,075 | 15.62 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 26,482 | 7.51 |
| Sanko Kigyo Kabushiki Kaisha | 20,000 | 5.67 |
| Seiko Holdings Corporation | 12,000 | 3.40 |
| Yasuo Hattori | 11,932 | 3.38 |
| Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. (security investment trust account) | 8,795 | 2.49 |
| The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited | 8,736 | 2.47 |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Retirement benefit trust (Mizuho Bank, Ltd. account) | 8,153 | 2.31 |
| Seiko Epson Corporation Employees’ Shareholding Association | 7,274 | 2.06 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 5) | 4,876 | 1.38 |
- * Seiko Epson owns 47,233,041 treasury shares but has been excluded from the list of major shareholders. The shareholding ratio is calculated after deducting treasury shares. The shares (164,598) owned by the BIP Trust director compensation plan are not included in treasury shares.
- * Shares held are rounded off to the nearest thousand.
- * Yasuo Hattori passed away on March 15, 2019. His name appears on the list of major shareholders because share transfer procedures had not been completed as of March 31, 2019.
Distribution of Ownership among Shareholders
as of March 31, 2019
*1 Including the treasury stock
Inclusion in Social Responsible Investment (SRI) and ESG Indexes
In 2019 Seiko Epson has again been selected as a constituent of the SRI indexes on the right, as well as to the FTSE Blossom Japan Index and the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN), which have been selected when the GPIF began ESG investing.
Monthly Share Price and Volume Trend
- * A 2-for-1 split of the Company’s common shares was completed, effective April 1, 2015.
- * The share price chart has been split adjusted.
