Shareholder Return (Dividend)

Policy for Decisions on Dividends

The Company acknowledges that profit return to shareholders is one of the important policies of business management and adopts the basic policy of conducting stable and continuous dividends from surplus in line with growth of its consolidated business results.

The Company intends to further improve its business results by allocating internal reserves to strategies to develop business aggressively to respond to the changes in the Company's business environment while securing its financial soundness.

Transition of Dividends per Share

(yen)
2020/12
2021/12
2022/12
2023/12
(Forecast)
2024/12
(Plan)
Fiscal-year 9.0 11.5 13.5 16.0 19.0
Amounts are based upon share splits including one implemented on Apr. 1, 2021.
Fiscal-year
(yen)

Status of Acquisition of Treasury Stock

(1) Status of acquisition by resolution of the General Meeting of Shareholders

Non.

(2) Status of acquisition by resolution of the Board of Directors

Classification
Number of Share
Total Value (yen)
Resolutions at the Board of Directors meeting (March 29, 2022)
(Acquisition period: April 1, 2022-April 8, 2022)
35,200
119,680,000
Treasury stock acquired before the current fiscal year
-
-
Treasury stock acquired during the current fiscal year
35,200
93,158,400
Total number and value of remaining resolution shares
-
-
Unexercised ratio (%) as of the end of the current fiscal year
-
-
Treasury stock acquired during this period
-
-
Unexercised percentage as of submission date (%)
-
-

(3) Details not based on resolutions of the General Meeting of Shareholders or the Board of Directors

Classification
Number of Share
Total Value (yen)
Treasury stock acquired during the current fiscal year
147
352,420


(4) Treatment status and holding status of treasury stock to be acquired

Classification
Number of Share
(shares)
Total Disposal Price
(yen)
Acquisition of treasury stock for subscriber
Acquisition of treasury stock that was canceled
Transfer related to merger, stock swap and company split Acquired treasury stock
Other
(Disposition as Restricted share-based compensation)
35,122
99,570,870
Number of Treasury Stock Held
4,444,037