The Company aims at 30%+α payout ratio in 2025 as a basic policy for the purpose of improving and making stable shareholder returns in its long-term business plan, Vision 2025.
FY2020 (For the Year Ended February, 2021) |
FY2021 (For the Year Ended February, 2022) |
FY2022 (For the Year Ended February, 2023) |
FY2023 (For the Year Ended February, 2024) |
FY2024 (For the Year Ended February, 2025) |
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Annual Dividends per Share |
24.0 | 52.0 | 64.0 | 64.0 | (Forecast) 68.0 |
Interim Dividends |
12.0 | 26.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | (Forecast) 34.0 |
Year-end Dividends |
12.0 | 26.0 | 32.0 | 32.0 | (Forecast) 34.0 |
Payout Ratio (%) |
33.1 | 35.4 | 32.3 | 33.0 | (Forecast) 32.9 |
*No stock splits or consolidations were made during the period above.
The record dates for dividends are as follows.
Year-end dividends | Record date for payment | : End of February |
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Interim dividends | Record date for payment | : August 31 |
Buyback Period | Number of Shares | Total Value* |
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April 15, 2019 – May 20, 2019 | 2,000,000 shares | 7.74 billion yen |
April 13, 2018- April 23, 2018 | 2,000,000 shares | 9.39 billion yen |
* Figures less than 100 million yen are rounded.
Excluding acquired shares disposed of in response to a request for additional purchase of shares less than one unit