Return to Shareholders

The Company positions the return to shareholders as an important managerial issue. With the aim of maintaining a total return ratio between 30% and 50%, we will pay stable and consistent dividends and flexibly repurchase shares after comprehensive consideration of our business performance, investment plans, and the business environment.

The Company has determined to pay a final dividend of ¥58 per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, revising upward its latest ordinary dividend payment forecast of ¥38 per share by ¥10 to ¥48 given the better-than-projected consolidated financial results for the fiscal year and other reasons, and adding the 70th commemorative dividend of ¥10.
This will bring the Company’s annual dividend per share to ¥106 (Ordinary dividend: ¥86.00, Commemorative dividend: ¥20.00) including an interim dividend per share of ¥48 which the Company has already paid.