Dividends & Returns
Basic Policy
The Company regards the return of profits to shareholders, including the payment of dividends, as its most important management responsibility. The Company’s basic policy is to return profits to shareholders in proportion to earnings while realizing capital investment to strengthen the business base necessary to increase corporate value and achieve a sound financial position.
Dividend Policy and Results
For the time being, the Company’s policy is to determine dividends from retained earnings based on an amount equivalent to 30% of non-consolidated net income, and in the future, based on 30% of consolidated net income (net income attributable to shareholders of the parent company), with the aim of providing a continuous return of profits to shareholders.
■Dividend Results
| Accounting Period | Dividend per share | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim | Year-end | Commemorative and Special | Annual Total | |
| Year ended December 31, 2023 | 0.00 yen | 110.00 yen | 0.00 yen | 110.00 yen |
| Year ended December 31, 2022 | 0.00 yen | 54.00 yen | 0.00 yen | 54.00 yen |
| Year ended December 31, 2021 | 0.00 yen | 17.00 yen | 0.00 yen | 17.00 yen |
Stock Buy-back
| Acquisition period | Number of shares acquired | Total amount of acquisition | Method of Acquisition |
|---|
| February 15, 2019 ~April 9, 2019 |
185,000 shares | 119,686,300 yen | Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
※Excluding acquisition based on Article 155, Item 7 of the Companies Act (purchase of odd-lot shares)
