Meiji Holdings
Japanese multinational holding company
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Meiji Holdings Company, Ltd. (明治ホールディングス株式会社) is a Japanese holding company established on April 1, 2009, after the stock transfer from Meiji Seika and Meiji Dairies and is the fourth largest confectionery company in the world.[3]
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 Headquarters in Kyōbashi, Chūō, Tokyo | |
Native name | 明治ホールディングス株式会社 |
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Romanized name | Meiji Hōrudingusu Kabushiki Gaisha |
| Type | Public (K.K) |
| TYO: 2269 | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | April 1, 2009 |
| Founder | Meiji Seika Meiji Co.  |
| Headquarters | 4-16, Kyobashi Nichome, Chuo, Tokyo , |
| Key people | Katsunari Matsuda (CEO, President & Chairman)[1] |
| Revenue |  ¥1,252,706 million (consolidated, March 2020)[2] |
 ¥102,708 million (consolidated, March 2020)[2] | |
| ¥67,313 million (consolidated, March 2020)[2] | |
| Total assets | ¥998,637 million (consolidated, March 2020)[2] |
| Total equity | ¥562,747 million (consolidated, March 2020)[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Meiji Seika Meiji Dairies |
| Website | www.meiji.com |
Reorganization
Meiji Holdings held a press conference on September 14, 2010, and announced the reorganization of the Meiji Group.[citation needed] On April 1, 2011, Meiji Holdings reorganized Meiji Seika and Meiji Dairies to a food company, Meiji Co., Ltd., and a pharmaceutical company, Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.; Meiji Dairies took over the food and healthcare business of Meiji Seika to form Meiji Co., and Meiji Seika was renamed Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd.[4] According to the International Cocoa Organization, Meiji is the 9th largest confectionery producer in the world.[5]
