The Company strives to carry out its operations worldwide from a global perspective and to increase its corporate value. With respect to the redistribution of profits to its shareholders, which we consider to be one of the most important management issues, the Company’s basic policy is to determine such distributions after taking into account, among others, its retained earnings for future growth and consolidated earnings performance based on a long-term perspective. With respect to dividends, the Company will strive to pay stable and continuous dividends aiming at a consolidated dividend payout ratio of approximately 30%. The Company may also acquire its own shares at a timing that it deems optimal, with the goal of improving efficiency of the Company’s capital structure and implementing a flexible capital strategy.
The Company’s basic policy for dividends is to make semiannual distributions (an interim dividend and a year-end dividend). The Company may determine dividends from surplus by a resolution of the Board of Directors.
| FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 （Expected） |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dividend Per Share(yen) | 1Q | 9.00 | 9.33 | 3.67 | - | - | - |
| 2Q | 9.33 | 9.33 | 6.33 | 18.33 | 20.00 | 29.00 | |
| 3Q | 9.33 | 9.33 | 8.67 | - | - | - | |
| FY-End | 9.33 | 9.33 | 18.00 | 21.67 | 20.00 | 29.00 | |
| Total | 37.00 | 37.33 | 36.67 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 58.00 | |
| Amount of Dividends(million yen) | 195,545 | 195,871 | 189,999 | 206,386 | 202,134 | - | |
| Payout Ratio(%) | 32.1 | 43.1 | 28.9 | 29.2 | 31.2 | - | |
| Dividend on Equity Ratio(%) | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | - | |
- Expectation as of February 8, 2024.
- With the effective date of October 1, 2023, implemented the stock split into 3 shares per share. The interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, which has a dividend record date of September 30, 2023, is paid based on the shares before the stock split.
|
Period of Aquisition |
Method |
Total Number of Shares Acquired |
Total Amount of Shares Acquired |
|
Feb 13, 2023 - Apr. 11, 2023 |
Market Purchases |
20,132,500 |
69,999,845,800 |
|
Aug. 12, 2022 - Jan. 11, 2023 |
Market Purchases |
29,939,900 |
99,999,843,700 |
|
Aug. 5, 2021 - Dec. 15, 2021 |
Market Purchases |
18,000,000 |
60,783,241,700 |
|
Nov. 11, 2019 - Mar. 19, 2020 |
Market Purchases |
33,000,000 |
96,276,293,800 |
|
May 7, 2018 - Jul. 20, 2018 |
Market Purchases |
18,000,000 |
62,142,709,700 |
|
Nov. 2, 2017 - Dec. 4, 2017 |
Market Purchases |
24,000,000 |
87,073,672,900 |
- With the effective date of October 1, 2023, implemented the stock split into 3 shares per share. The interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, which has a dividend record date of September 30, 2023, is paid based on the shares before the stock split.
- The Board of Directors at its meeting held on February 8, 2024 resolved to cancel 154,285,290 (shares) of its own shares on February 29, 2024. The total number of shares issued after the cancellation is 5,280,000,000 shares.
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Dividend per Share (Yen) |
Fiscal Year |
Change from Previous Fiscal Year |
Total amount of shares acquired Yen(billion) |
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|
1st quarter end |
2nd quarter end |
3rd quarter end |
4th quarter end |
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|
FY2021 |
11 |
19 |
26 |
54 |
110 |
-2 |
- |
|
FY2020 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
112 |
＋1 |
96.2 |
|
FY2019 |
27 |
28 |
28 |
28 |
111 |
＋11 |
62.1 |
|
FY2018 |
24 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
100 |
＋8 |
87.0 |
|
FY2017 |
22 |
22 |
24 |
24 |
92 |
＋4 |
- |
|
FY2016 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
88 |
- |
- |
|
FY2015 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
22 |
88 |
＋6 |
- |
|
FY2014 |
20 |
20 |
20 |
22 |
82 |
＋6 |
- |
|
FY2013 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
19 |
76 |
＋16 |
- |
|
FY2012 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
60 |
＋6 |
- |
|
FY2011 |
12 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
54 |
＋16 |
- |
|
FY2010 |
8 |
8 |
10 |
12 |
38 |
- |
- |