Introduction of Interim Dividends
First written in FY2016. 7 of 27 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
0 other companies' latest entry also says "Softened".
- FY2026SoftenedAnnual report
「The Company plans to submit a resolution at the annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for 27 October 2026 to pay a dividend of ¥30 per share for the current consolidated fiscal year, including an interim dividend of ¥15.」
The company continued its twice-yearly interim dividend system, but the annual dividend decreased from ¥40 per share in the previous fiscal year to ¥30, and the interim dividend decreased from ¥20 to ¥15. - 2026-09-04AdvancedRevision of earnings forecasts
「We will implement reforms across the group to develop human resources, optimize the organizational structure and foster a consistent corporate culture, thereby building a stronger management foundation.」
In addition to developing human resources, the company identified organizational optimization and corporate-culture reform as specific measures to strengthen its management foundation. - FY2026-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「Regarding the interim dividend for the 43rd fiscal year (from 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026), at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 5 March 2026, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2026, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥64 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥15.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 6 April 2026.」
The company continued its interim dividend system, but the dividend per share decreased from ¥20 in the previous fiscal year to ¥15, and total dividends decreased from ¥85 million to ¥64 million. - FY2025SoftenedAnnual report
「(Details of the resolution on dividends from surplus for the fiscal year ended July 2025)」
The company continued its interim dividend system, but the interim dividend for the fiscal year ended July 2025 decreased to ¥20 per share from ¥26 in the previous fiscal year. The annual dividend is also expected to be ¥40 per share. - FY2025-H1SoftenedAnnual report
「Regarding the interim dividend for the 42nd fiscal year (from 1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025), at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 4 March 2025, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2025, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥85 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥20.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 4 April 2025.」
The company continued its interim dividend system, but the dividend per share decreased from ¥26 in the previous fiscal year to ¥20, and total dividends decreased from ¥110 million to ¥85 million. - FY2024SoftenedAnnual report
「For the dividend for the consolidated fiscal year, we decided to maintain the revised dividend forecast announced on 4 March 2024 and pay ¥46 per share, including an interim dividend of ¥26.」
While maintaining the interim dividend at ¥26 per share, the annual dividend decreased from ¥52 in the previous fiscal year to ¥46. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Regarding the interim dividend for the 41st fiscal year (from 1 August 2023 to 31 July 2024), at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 4 March 2024, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2024, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥110 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥26.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 4 April 2024」
The company continued its interim dividend system and resolved to pay an interim dividend of ¥110 million in total, or ¥26 per share, for the current period, with payments beginning on 4 April 2024. - FY2023-Q3AchievedAnnual report
「Regarding the interim dividend for the 40th fiscal year (from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023), at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 3 March 2023, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2023, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥110 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥26.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 4 April 2023」
Regarding the interim dividend for the current period, the dividend of ¥110 million in total, or ¥26 per share, became payable from 4 April, and implementation was reached. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 40th fiscal year (from 1 August 2022 to 31 July 2023), the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 3 March 2023 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 31 January 2023: (1) Total dividends: ¥110 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥26.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment commencement date: 4 April 2023」
The company continued its interim dividend system and resolved to pay an interim dividend of ¥110 million in total, or ¥26 per share, for the current period. - FY2022AchievedAnnual report
「For the dividend for the consolidated fiscal year, we decided to pay ¥52 per share, including an interim dividend of ¥26, as originally planned.」
With an interim dividend of ¥26 and a year-end dividend of ¥26, the company reached the stage of paying an annual dividend of ¥52 per share. - FY2022-Q3AchievedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 4 March 2022, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2022, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥110 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥26.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 4 April 2022」
The interim dividend of ¥26 per share, totaling ¥110 million, became payable from 4 April, and implementation for the current period was reached. - FY2022-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 4 March 2022, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2022, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥110 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥26.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 4 April 2022」
The company continued the interim dividend and resolved to increase the dividend per share from ¥20 in the previous fiscal year to ¥26. - FY2022-Q1RaisedAnnual report
「Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 26 October 2021 Common shares 131 31 31 July 2021 27 October 2021」
While continuing its interim dividend system, the company’s annual dividend for the fiscal year ended July 2021 increased to ¥31 per share from ¥30 in the previous fiscal year. - FY2021-Q3AchievedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 5 March 2021, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2021, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥84 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥20.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 5 April 2021」
The interim dividend was recorded as ¥84 million in total and ¥20 per share, with payments beginning on 5 April 2021, indicating that implementation of the current period’s interim dividend had been reached. - FY2021-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「Regarding the interim dividend for the 38th fiscal year (from 1 August 2020 to 31 July 2021), at a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 5 March 2021, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2021, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥84 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥20.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 5 April 2021」
The company continued the interim dividend, and the dividend per share increased from ¥10 in the previous fiscal year to ¥20. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on performance for the current period, the company decided to pay a dividend of ¥20 per share, an increase of ¥10 from the initial plan of ¥10 per share for the year-end dividend. Combined with the interim dividend of ¥10 per share already paid, the annual dividend was ¥30 per share, including an interim dividend of ¥10.」
The company continued the interim dividend and increased the year-end dividend by ¥10 from the initial plan to ¥20, bringing the annual dividend to ¥30 per share. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 4 March 2020, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2020, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥42 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥10.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 6 April 2020」
The company resolved to continue the interim dividend, paying ¥10 per share, or ¥42 million in total, for the current period. - FY2019SoftenedAnnual report
「For the dividend for the consolidated fiscal year, we decided, in accordance with the basic policy described above, to pay ¥20 per share, including an interim dividend of ¥10.」
While continuing to pay an interim dividend, the annual dividend decreased from ¥34 per share in the previous fiscal year to ¥20, and the interim dividend decreased from ¥17 to ¥10. - FY2019-Q2SoftenedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 4 March 2019, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2019, as follows. (1) Total dividends: ¥42 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥10.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 8 April 2019」
While continuing to pay an interim dividend, the dividend per share decreased from the previous ¥17 to ¥10. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Annual General Meeting of Shareholders, 25 October 2018; common shares; ¥72.248 million; ¥17 per share; 26 October 2018」
The company continued the policy of interim and stable dividends introduced in the previous fiscal year, paying a dividend of ¥17 per share for the current period. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「For the dividend for the consolidated fiscal year, we decided, in accordance with the basic policy described above, to pay ¥34 per share, including an interim dividend of ¥17.」
The company continued the interim dividend introduced in the previous fiscal year, paying an annual dividend of ¥34 per share, including an interim dividend of ¥17. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「(1) Total dividends: ¥72 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥17.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 9 April 2018」
The company continued the interim dividend introduced and paid in the previous fiscal year, paying a total of ¥72 million, or ¥17 per share, for the current period. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「(1) Total dividends: ¥72 million (2) Dividend per share: ¥17.00 (3) Effective date of dividend payment claim and payment start date: 9 April 2018」
The company resolved to continue the interim dividend introduced and paid in the previous fiscal year, paying a total of ¥72 million, or ¥17 per share, for the current period. - FY2017AchievedAnnual report
「For dividends for the current consolidated fiscal year, the company paid its first interim and commemorative dividends to provide shareholders with more opportunities to receive returns. The interim dividend was ¥17 per share, including a ¥2 commemorative dividend. The company also decided to pay a year-end dividend of ¥17 per share, including a ¥2 commemorative dividend, as announced on 4 September 2017 under the basic policy described above. Accordingly, the annual dividend was ¥34 per share, including a ¥4 commemorative dividend.」
The company paid the interim dividend included in its introduction policy, bringing the annual dividend to ¥34 per share. - FY2017-Q3AchievedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 3 March 2017, the company resolved to pay an interim dividend to shareholders recorded on the shareholder register as of 31 January 2017, as follows.」
The interim dividend included in the company’s introduction policy entered the implementation stage, with a total payment of ¥72 million, or ¥17 per share, and payments beginning on 7 April 2017. - FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 34th fiscal year (from 1 August 2016 to 31 July 2017), the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 3 March 2017 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 31 January 2017.」
Regarding the interim dividend included in the company’s introduction policy, the Board of Directors resolved to pay a total of ¥72 million, or ¥17 per share, with payments beginning on 7 April 2017. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「Until now, the company had paid dividends from surplus only once a year, as a year-end dividend. To provide shareholders with more opportunities to receive returns, it has decided to begin paying interim dividends from the next consolidated fiscal year.」
The company has changed from paying a year-end dividend once a year to a policy of also paying an interim dividend from the next consolidated fiscal year.