Stock Information

Shareholder Returns/Dividends

We regard return of profits to shareholders as one of the most important management tasks. With a recognition that increasing corporate value through investments for growth is the common interests of our shareholders, we have established a basic policy that we should first give priority to business investments leading to sustainable corporate value improvement and then make shareholder returns in line with profit growth with the target total payout ratio to consolidated profit attributable to owners of parent before amortization of goodwill (See Note 1) of approximately 40%.

  • (Note 1) Total payout ratio to consolidated profit attributable to owners of parent before amortization of goodwill
Total payout ratio to consolidated profit attributable to owners of parent before amortization of goodwill

Fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 (forecast)

(As of May 10, 2023)

  • (Note 2) We maintain the current shareholder return policy of distributing profit with the target total payout ratio to annual profit before amortization of goodwill of approximately 40% through the payment of cash dividends and share buyback.
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Acquisition of treasury stock

(As of May 24, 2023)

Repurchase Period Method of Repurchase Purpose Total Number of Repurchased Shares Total Repurchase Amount Materials
June 1, 2022 -
December 13, 2022
Market purchase - 2,288,000 ¥7,999,818,394 PDF
(93KB)
May 17, 2022 -
May 18, 2022
Market purchase Additional Contribution to Board Benefit Trust (BBT) 252,900 ¥999,727,301 -
March 1, 2022 -
March 14, 2022
Market purchase - 339,800 ¥999,980,395 PDF
(553KB)
November 2, 2021 -
November 15, 2021
Market purchase - 922,800 ¥2,999,930,500 PDF
(78KB)
August 31, 2020 -
October 7, 2020
Market purchase - 300,000 ¥331,690,100 -
Date of Cancellation Number of Shares Cancelled Ratio of Total Number of Issued Shares before the Cancellation Total Number of Issued Shares after the Cancellation Materials
May 24, 2023 3,550,600 5.5% 61,024,400 PDF (101KB)

Special Benefits for Shareholders

We do not have a system of special benefits for shareholders.