The Company regards returning a portion of its income to its shareholders as one of its most-important management policies.The target of Consolidated Dividend Payout Ratio is 35% or more.Moreover Consolidated Dividend to Equity Attributable to Owners of the Parent (DOE) is added as an indicator in order to provide stayble dividend and the target of that is 2.0% or more.
| Dividends per Share (Yen) | Payout Ratio (%) | Remarks | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interium dividend | Year-end dividend |
Annual dividend |
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| 158th | Fiscal Year Ended December 31,2022 |
85 | 85 (Forecast) |
170 (Forecast) |
- | ＊Cancellation of treasury shares (3.51 million shares) |
| 157th | Fiscal Year Ended December 31,2021 |
50 | 113 | 163 | 35.2 | ＊Repurchase of treasury shares (About 20 billion yen) |
| 156th | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2020 |
30 | 60 | 90 | 35.4 | |
| 155th | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2019 |
30 | 30 | 60 | 24.8 | ＊Repurchase of treasury shares (About 15 billion yen) ＊Cancellation of treasury shares (6.9 million shares) |
| 154th | Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018 |
30 | 30 | 60 | 33.3 | ＊Repurchase of treasury shares (About 5 billion yen) |
| Purchase Period |
Total Number of Shares Repurchased |
Total Amount of Repurchase Price |
|---|---|---|
| From May 17, 2021 to December 23, 2021 | 3,513,400 shares | 19,999,129,457 yen |
| From February 14, 2019 to Augusut 8, 2019 | 4,970,800 shares | 14,999,942,868 yen |
| From November 14, 2018 to December 14, 2018 | 1,742,100 shares | 4,999,765,874 yen |
| Cancellation Date | Type of Shares | Total Number of Shares Cancelled | Ratio of Total Number of Shares cancelled to Total Number of Shares Issued |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 31, 2022 | Common stock of the Company | 3,513,400 shares | 3.68% As of the end of December 2021 |
| October 13, 2019 | Common stock of the Company | 6,900,000 shares | 6.76% As of the end of September 2019 |
| Interim Dividend | Year-end Dividend | |
|---|---|---|
| Date of Record | June 30,2022 | December 31, 2022 |
| Payment Date | September 13,2022 | Late March 2023(Plan) |