We consider the proper return of profits to our shareholders to be one of our most important issues. For the fiscal year 2009, we paid an interim dividend of \7, and a year-end dividend of \13, thus the payout ratio was 20.8%. In the 2009 mid-term plan, we aimed to improve our corporate value further and to expand investment in plants and equipment, and thus were able to attain a payout ratio higher than 20%. We will continue to keep these same dividend policies in the future.
| Interim Dividend Per Share |
Periodic Dividend Per Share |
Annual Dividend Per Share |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Period ending March 2012 (FY2011) | 16 yen | (12 yen) | (28 yen) |
| Interim Dividend Per Share |
Periodic Dividend Per Share |
Annual Dividend Per Share |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Period ending March 2011 (FY2010) | 12 yen | 20 yen | 32 yen |
| Period ending March 2010 (FY2009) | 7 yen | 13 yen | 20 yen |
| Period ending March 2009 (FY2008) | 13 yen | 0 yen | 13 yen |
| Period ending March 2008 (FY2007) | 15 yen | 15 yen | 30 yen |
| Period ending March 2007 (FY2006) | 11 yen | 16 yen | 27 yen |
| Period ending March 2006 (FY2005) | 0 yen | 14 yen | 14 yen |
| Period ending March 2005 (FY2004) | 0 yen | 8 yen | 8 yen |
| Period ending March 2004 (FY2003) | 0 yen | 6 yen | 6 yen |
| Period ending March 2003 (FY2002) | 0 yen | 5 yen | 5 yen |
