Returning Shareholders and Dividend Policy

Dividend status

  2020 2021 2022 2023
Dividend per share (yen) 30.0 30.0 30.0 40.0
Dividend payout ratio (%) 38.5 29.1 28.7 13.4

Status of Shares Buybacks

Period Method of
Buyback
Aggregate Number
of Shares Buyback
(thousand Shares)
Aggregate Price
of Shares Buyback
(millions of yen)
22 Feb 2024 ~ 13 Mar 2024 Purchase
on the Tokyo
stock Exchange
17,465 40,000
16 Mar 2023 ~ 16 Jun 2023 6,087 11,999
15 Jun 2022 ~ 09 Sep 2022 24,218 49,999
02 Feb 2016 ~ 13 Mar 2023 9,013 19,999
22 May 2007 ~ 31 Oct 2007 5,000 4,740

Status of Cancellation of Treasury Shares

Date of Cancellation Total number of treasury stock to be cancelled (Thousand shares) Total Number of Shares Outstanding Prior to the Cancellation
29 Mar 2024 28,202 11.8
30 Jun 2023 34,000 12.5