Expanding Opportunities for Shareholder Returns Through the Introduction of an Interim Dividend
First written in FY2019. 12 of 21 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2020-Q2. Latest entry: 2026-08-06.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 1 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Raised".
- FY2026-H1RestatedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 84th fiscal year, from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 13 November 2025 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2025: ① total dividends: ¥100 million; ② dividend per share: ¥10; ③ effective date of the right to claim payment and payment commencement date: 2 December 2025.」
Under the twice-yearly dividend policy, the company also resolved to pay an interim dividend of ¥10 per share for the 84th fiscal year, continuing the payment at the same level as in the previous corresponding period. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The annual dividend for the fiscal year is expected to be ¥45 per share, representing a consolidated payout ratio of 25.9%.」
Under the twice-yearly dividend policy, a year-end dividend of ¥35 is planned in addition to the ¥10 interim dividend, bringing the expected annual dividend to ¥45 from ¥42 in the previous fiscal year. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 83rd fiscal year, from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 13 November 2024 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2024.」
Under the twice-yearly dividend policy, an interim dividend was also approved for the 83rd fiscal year, making its continuation in the following fiscal year concrete. The dividend was ¥10 per share. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「We have adopted a policy of paying dividends twice a year, consisting of interim and year-end dividends.」
Under the twice-yearly dividend policy, an interim dividend of ¥10 and a year-end dividend of ¥32 were paid for the 82nd fiscal year, confirming the policy's continued implementation. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 82nd fiscal year, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 14 November 2023 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2023: ① total dividends: ¥102 million; ② dividend per share: ¥10.00; ③ effective date of the right to claim payment and payment commencement date: 4 December 2023.」
For the interim dividend for the 82nd fiscal year, implementation progressed beyond the approval of ¥10 per share to the commencement of payment on 4 December 2023. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 82nd fiscal year, from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 14 November 2023 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2023.」
Under the twice-yearly dividend policy, payment of an interim dividend was also approved for the 82nd fiscal year. The dividend was increased to ¥10 per share from ¥7 in the same period of the previous year. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「At its meeting held on 11 November 2022, the Board of Directors resolved to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2022: ① total dividends: ¥71 million; ② dividend per share: ¥7.00.」
Under the twice-yearly dividend policy, an interim dividend of ¥7 was also paid for the 81st fiscal year, confirming the policy's continued implementation. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 81st fiscal year, from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 11 November 2022 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2022.」
The payment of an interim dividend for the 81st fiscal year was approved, continuing implementation of the twice-yearly dividend policy. - FY2022AchievedAnnual report
「In addition, to expand opportunities to return profits to shareholders and encourage them to continue holding the shares, we have adopted a policy of paying dividends twice a year, consisting of interim and year-end dividends.」
For the 80th fiscal year, an interim dividend of ¥5 and a year-end dividend of ¥12 were paid, implementing the twice-yearly dividend policy in the fiscal year. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「At its meeting held on 10 November 2021, the Board of Directors resolved to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2021: ① total dividends: ¥51 million; ② dividend per share: ¥5.00; ③ effective date of the right to claim payment and payment commencement date: 6 December 2021.」
After not paying an interim dividend in the previous fiscal year, the company approved an interim dividend of ¥5 per share for the 80th fiscal year, making the twice-yearly dividend policy concrete. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 80th fiscal year, from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 10 November 2021 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2021: ① total dividends: ¥51 million; ② dividend per share: ¥5.00; ③ effective date of the right to claim payment and payment commencement date: 6 December 2021.」
After resolving not to pay an interim dividend in the previous fiscal year, the company approved an interim dividend of ¥5 per share for the 80th fiscal year and returned to implementing dividends twice a year. - FY2021SoftenedAnnual report
「As conditions are expected to remain uncertain, regrettably, no interim dividend was paid, as announced on 12 November 2020.」
Although the policy of paying dividends twice a year has been maintained, no interim dividend was paid for the fiscal year, reducing the actual opportunity to return profits. - FY2021-Q3SoftenedAnnual report
「Regarding the interim dividend for the 79th fiscal year, from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 12 November 2020 not to pay an interim dividend.」
Of the twice-yearly dividends paid in the previous fiscal year, the interim dividend for the 79th fiscal year was cancelled, reducing opportunities to return profits in the current fiscal year. - FY2020AchievedAnnual report
「In addition, from the fiscal year ending March 2020, we changed our policy to pay dividends twice a year, consisting of interim and year-end dividends, to expand opportunities to return profits to shareholders and encourage them to continue holding the shares.」
The policy of paying dividends twice a year was implemented from the fiscal year ending March 2020, with an interim dividend of ¥10 and a year-end dividend of ¥12 paid. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 78th fiscal year, from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 12 November 2019 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2019: ① total dividends: ¥103 million; ② dividend per share: ¥10.00; ③ effective date of the right to claim payment and payment commencement date: 9 December 2019.」
Under the policy of paying dividends twice a year, the company has moved to the stage of actually paying an interim dividend of ¥10 per share. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to the interim dividend for the 78th fiscal year, from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020, the Board of Directors resolved at its meeting held on 12 November 2019 to pay an interim dividend as follows to shareholders recorded in the shareholder register as of 30 September 2019: ① total dividends: ¥103 million; ② dividend per share: ¥10.00; ③ effective date of the right to claim payment and payment commencement date: 9 December 2019.」
Regarding the policy of paying dividends twice a year from the fiscal year ending March 2020, an interim dividend of ¥10 per share was approved, moving the policy into the implementation stage. - FY2019First statedAnnual report
「To expand opportunities to return profits to shareholders and encourage them to continue holding the shares, we changed our policy to pay dividends twice a year, consisting of interim and year-end dividends, and decided to begin paying interim dividends from the fiscal year ending March 2020.」
The policy changed from an annual year-end dividend to dividends twice a year, with interim dividends beginning in the fiscal year ending March 2020.