Calculated by dividing the total amount of dividends by the total equity attributable to owners of parent.
Progressive dividend: A dividend policy in which the dividend per share is increased every year or at least kept at the same level.
Interim Dividend
Year-end Dividend
Date of record
June 30
December 31
Payment date
Late August - Early September
The following business day of the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Historical Data on Dividends per Share
The dividend per share figures are listed as reference values after adjusting the dividend per share before the effective date of the stock split (3 shares per share) on October 1, 2024. (The second decimal place is rounded down.)The figures in parentheses show the values before the adjustment.In addition, due to the adjustment, the total value of the annual dividend per share may not match the sum of the values shown for each dividend per share.
(yen / %)
＜ IFRS ＞
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
Interim Dividend
17.6 (53.0)
18.0 (54.0)
18.3 (55.0)
18.6 (56.0)
22.0 (66.0)
Year-end Dividend
17.6 (53.0)
18.3 (55.0)
19.3 (58.0)
21.6 (65.0)
27.0（E）
Total Dividend
35.3(106.0)
36.3(109.0)
37.6(113.0)
40.3(121.0)
49.0（E）
Dividend payout ratio
53.9
36.0
34.6
37.0
40.6（E）
The dividend per share figures are listed as reference values after adjusting the dividend per share before the effective date of the stock split (3 shares per share) on October 1, 2024. (The second decimal place is rounded down.) In addition, due to the adjustment, the total value of the annual dividend per share may not match the sum of the values shown for each dividend per share.
