By Shota Enokida

Yomiuri Shimbun Staff Writer

Daiwa Securities Group Inc. plans to roll out a system to give employees 100,000 yen worth of company stock without transfer restrictions annually, the company announced on Friday.

The firm aims to pass on the benefits of rising stock prices to its employees while also increasing their awareness of the importance of improving business performance.

The company will confer the shares through a third-party allotment, issuing them to the group's employee stock ownership association, which has approximately 15,000 voluntary participants across the group.

Amid rising inflation, the company also hopes that granting shares rather than cash, which loses value in real terms, will help employees build their personal wealth.

While an increasing number of companies are introducing equity-based compensation for employees, initiatives to continuously grant shares without transfer restrictions are rare.

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April 06, 2026 05:45 ET (09:45 GMT)

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