For the retained earnings, the target payout ratio for profit distributions is more than 20% based on the dividends from FY2009 financial statements according to policy changes from emphasizing stable dividends to policies linked to business performance.
| Per Share Interim Dividend | Per Share Periodic Dividend |
Per Share Annual Dividend |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Period ending March 2010 (FY2009) | 7 yen | (10 yen) | (17 yen) |
| Per Share Interim Dividend | Per Share Periodic Dividend | Per Share Annual Dividend | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |