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Services

QUICK CO.,LTD.

Quick Co., Ltd. is a diversified human resources services group operating across five business segments: staffing and placement services (temporary staffing, permanent placement, and contract work), recruiting solutions (job advertising agency and recruitment consulting), regional information services (free local magazines and posting services in Hokuriku and Niigata), HR platform services (operating 'Nihon no Jinjibu,' Japan's leading HR knowledge portal), and overseas HR services. The company serves a broad range of industries through proprietary media assets including the nursing-specialist job site 'Kangoo!,' automotive, pharmaceutical, and construction sector job portals, as well as HR consulting and training. Its competitive strength lies in its multi-channel, industry-specialized approach to talent matching combined with a large portfolio of owned digital and print media properties.

Market Cap

¥47.2B

US$301M

¥29.6B

US$189M

Stock¥850▼-4.39%

US$1 = ¥156.80 (2026-10-23)

LTM EV/EBITDA

5.6

LTM EV/EBIT

6.3

LTM PER

10.9

LTM PBR

2.3

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Performance & Balance

Revenue 5Y (¥B)

EBITDA 5Y (¥B)

Net Income 5Y (¥B)

Capital Structure

100%

EquityD/E 0.00xDebt

Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▲ Net Cash

CashInv. Sec.Debt

Shareholders

Top 10 hold 48.1%

as of 2026-03-31 · Source: Annual Securities Report

Atom Planning Co., Ltd.

16.91%

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

10.49%

BBH FOR FIDELITY LOW-PRICED STOCK FUND (Standing Proxy: MUFG Bank, Ltd.)

5.21%

AVI JAPAN OPPORTUNITY TRUST PLC (Standing Proxy: Mizuho Bank, Ltd.)

3.29%

Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)

2.63%

Tsutomu WANO

2.45%

QUICK CO.,LTD. Employee Stock Ownership Association

2.27%

Nobuaki NAKAJIMA

1.89%

Jo HAYASHI

1.49%

MURAKAMI TAKATERU (Standing Proxy: Mita Securities Co., Ltd.)

1.43%

Management

13 officers

Tsutomu WANO

Director, Honorary Chairman

May 1976 Joined Nihon Recruit Center Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) Jun 1978 Joined Shushoku Joho Center Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.) Sep 1980 Co-founded Quick Planning Co., Ltd. (currently Quick Co., Ltd.); assumed office as Representative Director, President concurrently Feb 1983 Co-founded Yugen Kaisha Quick (currently Atom Planning Co., Ltd.); assumed office as Representative Director, President concurrently (current) Apr 2000 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman of I-Q Co., Ltd. (currently HR Vision Co., Ltd.) Feb 2003 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of K.C.C. Co., Ltd. (currently Colorful Company Co., Ltd.) Feb 2003 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of Career System Co., Ltd. Apr 2005 Assumed office as Group CEO of the Company Apr 2010 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman of K.C.C. Co., Ltd. (currently Colorful Company Co., Ltd.) Jun 2019 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman of the Company Jun 2025 Assumed office as Director, Chairman of the Company Jun 2026 Assumed office as Director, Honorary Chairman of the Company (current)

1949-05-07

Ichiro KAWAGUCHI

Representative Director, Chairman, Group CEO

Apr 1979 Joined Nihon Recruit Center Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) Jun 1999 Assumed office as Managing Director, Trans Cosmos Inc. Sep 2005 Joined the Company; General Manager, Placement Sales Division and Kansai Sales Department Apr 2006 General Manager, Placement Business Division and Kansai Sales Department Aug 2008 General Manager, Placement Business Division and Placement Sales Department Apr 2010 General Manager, Placement Business Division and West Japan Sales Department Apr 2011 General Manager, Placement Business Division Jun 2016 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer Jun 2017 Assumed office as Managing Director, Executive Officer Jun 2019 Assumed office as Representative Director, President Apr 2020 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of Career System Co., Ltd. Dec 2021 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman of Quick Care Jobs Co., Ltd. Jun 2026 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman, Group CEO of the Company (current)

1956-10-13

Yoshitaka NAKAI

Representative Director, President

Apr 1981 Joined Tokai Kogyo Co., Ltd. Mar 1989 Joined the Company Apr 1998 General Manager, Nagoya Recruiting Sales Department Apr 2002 Assumed office as Executive Officer; General Manager, Tokyo Recruiting Sales Department Jun 2005 Assumed office as Director Oct 2006 General Manager, East Japan Recruiting Business Division and General Manager, General Placement Sales Department Apr 2010 Assumed office as Director of K.C.C. Co., Ltd. (currently Colorful Company Co., Ltd.) Apr 2011 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer of the Company Apr 2011 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of K.C.C. Co., Ltd. (currently Colorful Company Co., Ltd.) (current) Apr 2019 General Manager, Recruiting Business Division and General Manager, Tokyo Sales Department Apr 2021 General Manager, Recruiting Business Division Apr 2022 Assumed office as Representative Director, Chairman of Career System Co., Ltd. Jun 2022 Assumed office as Managing Director, Executive Officer of the Company Jun 2026 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of the Company (current)

1962-10-14

Jo HAYASHI

Director, Executive Officer

Apr 1985 Joined the Company Oct 1994 General Manager, Tokyo Recruiting Sales Department Apr 2000 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of I-Q Co., Ltd. (currently HR Vision Co., Ltd.) (current) Apr 2005 Assumed office as Executive Officer of the Company Jun 2006 Assumed office as Director of the Company Apr 2011 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer of the Company (current)

1962-07-05

Kenta KIJIMA

Director, Executive Officer; General Manager, Administration Division and Accounting Department

May 2001 Joined the Company Apr 2010 General Manager, Metropolitan Sales Department II, Placement Business Division Apr 2011 General Manager, Sales Department II, Placement Business Division Apr 2018 Assumed office as Executive Officer Jul 2018 General Manager, Sales Department I, Placement Business Division Apr 2020 Assumed office as Senior Executive Officer Apr 2021 General Manager, Administration Division and Accounting Department (current) Jun 2022 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer (current)

1974-03-16

Yuki SHIBASAKI

Director, Executive Officer; General Manager, Placement Business Division and General Manager, Sales Department X

Apr 2008 Joined the Company Apr 2018 Deputy General Manager, Sales Department I, Placement Business Division Apr 2020 Assumed office as Executive Officer Apr 2021 General Manager, Sales Department I, Placement Business Division Apr 2023 General Manager, Placement Business Division (current); concurrently General Manager, Sales Department I Jun 2023 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer (current) Oct 2023 General Manager, Sales Department II, Placement Business Division Apr 2026 General Manager, Sales Department X, Placement Business Division (current)

1986-02-18

Naotaka OKADA

Director, Executive Officer; General Manager, Recruiting Business Division

Apr 1998 Joined Recruit Avic Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.) Apr 2011 General Manager, Professional Services Division III, Recruit Agent Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.) Apr 2017 Assumed office as Executive Officer, Recruit Career Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.); General Manager, Market Sales Division, Mid-career Media Business Apr 2019 Seconded to Recruit Career Consulting Co., Ltd. as Executive Officer; General Manager, Headquarters Apr 2021 Joined the Company; assumed office as Executive Officer; Deputy General Manager, Recruiting Business Division Apr 2023 General Manager, Recruiting Business Division (current) Jun 2023 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer (current) Apr 2024 General Manager, Business Promotion Department, Recruiting Business Division

1975-11-02

Tsutomu OHARA

Director, Executive Officer; CMO; General Manager, Web Business Planning and Development Division; General Manager, Planning and Development Department I

Jan 2004 Joined the Company Apr 2010 General Manager, Market Planning Department, Placement Business Division Oct 2017 General Manager, Web Business Planning and Development Office Apr 2018 Assumed office as Executive Officer Apr 2020 Assumed office as Senior Executive Officer Apr 2023 Assumed office as CMO (current) Oct 2023 General Manager, Web Business Planning and Development Division (current) Jun 2025 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer (current) Apr 2026 General Manager, Planning and Development Department I (current)

1971-03-14

Shigeko NAKAI

Director

Apr 1986 Joined the Company May 1987 Joined Bunsai Gakuen Osaka Gaigo Senmon Gakko (school corporation) Feb 1996 Established Heart & Career Co., Ltd.; assumed office as Representative Director May 2011 Established Shellmail Co., Ltd.; assumed office as Representative Director (current) Jun 2016 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current)

1962-06-26

Miho SAKAI

Director

Apr 1989 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) Apr 2009 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of Froma Career Co., Ltd. Apr 2015 Assumed office as Executive Officer, Recruit Jobs Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.) Jun 2022 Assumed office as Director of Optional Co., Ltd. (current) Nov 2022 Assumed office as Outside Director of Festaria Holdings Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Assumed office as Director of the Company (current)

1966-05-31

Toshihiro KONO

Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Apr 1972 Joined Fujimoto Sangyo Co., Ltd. (currently Sumitomo Shoji Chemicals Co., Ltd.) Oct 1980 Joined Danco Co., Ltd. (currently Richemont Japan GK) Oct 1993 General Manager, Organization & Human Resources Department, Dunhill Group Japan Co., Ltd. (currently Richemont Japan GK) Jun 2012 Assumed office as Corporate Auditor of the Company Jun 2021 Assumed office as Director (Full-time Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)

1949-05-03

Hiroyuki ROKUGO

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Apr 1985 Joined Recruit Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.) Apr 1999 General Manager, Nagoya Branch, Recruit Avic Co., Ltd. (currently Recruit Co., Ltd.) Apr 2005 Assumed office as Executive Officer of Recruit Avic Co., Ltd. Jul 2006 Assumed office as Executive Officer of Meitec Next Co., Ltd. Jun 2007 Assumed office as Director of Meitec Next Co., Ltd. Jun 2010 Assumed office as Representative Director, President of Meitec Next Co., Ltd. Apr 2014 Chairman, Mingdake (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.; Chairman, Mingdake (Shanghai) Talent Service Co., Ltd. Jun 2015 Assumed office as Director of Meitec Corporation (currently Meitec Group Holdings, Inc.) Apr 2017 Assumed office as Director, Executive Officer of Meitec Corporation (currently Meitec Group Holdings, Inc.) Jun 2024 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)

1961-07-05

Masafumi NISHIMURA

Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member)

Apr 1995 Joined The Hyakugo Bank, Ltd. Oct 1999 Joined Ota Showa & Co. (currently EY ShinNihon LLC) Nov 2007 Joined Boston Consulting Group K.K. (currently Boston Consulting Group GK) Jul 2008 Opened Nishimura CPA Office; Principal (current) Nov 2013 Established Berda Consulting Co., Ltd.; assumed office as Representative Director (current) Nov 2013 Established Berda Tax Accountant Corporation; Representative Partner Jun 2026 Assumed office as Director (Audit and Supervisory Committee Member) of the Company (current)

1973-03-29

Large Shareholding Reports

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

2026-06-19

4.40%→5.67%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

2026-06-19

6.60%→8.05%

FMR LLC

2026-06-19

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FMR LLC

2026-06-19

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FMR LLC

2026-06-19

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Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

2026-06-19

3.49%→4.40%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

2026-06-19

5.67%→6.60%

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

2026-06-08

3.49%

Disclosures

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Primary Source Filings

TDnet

2026-07-31

Q1 Earnings Flash

FY ending Mar 2027

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