DRIVEN BASE

Dividend on Stock

Basic information on Record date, Dividends and Acquisition of Treasury Stock

Record Dates

Voting rights for annual general meeting of shareholders The end of March
Year-end dividend The end of March
Interim dividend The end of September

Dividends

  FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26
Interim dividends per share Yen 20.00 Yen 22.50 Yen 25.00 Yen 32.00 Yen 32.00
Year-end dividends per share Yen 21.25 Yen 23.75 Yen 30.00 Yen 32.00 Yen 35.00
Annual dividends per share Yen 41.25 Yen 46.25 Yen 55.00 Yen 64.00 Yen 67.00
Dividend on equity 3.1% 3.2% 3.3% 3.5% 3.5%

Acquisition of treasury stock

  FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26
Number of shares acquired (millions of shares) 48 58 85 94 128
Purchase amount (Billions of yen) 97.5 100.0 200.0 196.6 253.4

(Note) The Company split its common stock into 4 shares with the effective date of October 1, 2023.
The above calculation is based on the assumption that the stock split was carried out at the beginning of the FY22.