Change in Dividends Per Share
(Including Special Commemorative Dividend)

2020/03

2021/03

2022/03

2023/03

2024/03

Year-end Dividend (Yen)

20.0

21.0

37.0

38.0

29.0


Note: The year-end dividend for FY2016 include a commemorative dividend of ¥1.00.

Share Buybacks

Period in which

buybacks were made

Number of

shares

(thousands)

Aggregate purchase price of

shares (Millions of Yen)

Method of buybacks

2009/3

From May 16, 2008

through May 26, 2008

1,500

1,113

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

From Nov. 14, 2008

through Nov. 20, 2008

2,000

1,054

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2010/3

From May 15, 2009

through Jun. 3, 2009

2,500

1,366

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2011/3

From May 14, 2010

through Jun. 1, 2010

2,500

1,178

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2012/3

From Nov. 10, 2011

through Dec. 5, 2011

2,200

1,070

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2013/3

From Aug. 2, 2012

through Aug. 21, 2012

2,800

1,565

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2014/3

From Nov. 7, 2013

through Nov. 27, 2013

1,500

1,471

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2018/3

From Nov. 10, 2017

through Nov. 24, 2017

1,592

2,000

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2020/3

From Nov. 18, 2019

through Jan. 9, 2020

1,925

2,000

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

2024/3

From Nov. 13, 2023

through Feb. 2, 2024

2,447

2,999

Purchased through the

Tokyo Stock Exchange

Financial policy (Medium-Term Management Plan for 2025)

The Takara Group's financial policy is to create cashflow by increasing the efficiency of assets and through the sale of strategic shareholdings while enhancing global cash management, for the purpose of accelerating investments in growth and high-priority fields based on the maintenance of sound financial fundamentals. In addition, The Takara Group expand monitoring from the perspective of investment efficiency. The Company’s specific policy on shareholder returns is to provide shareholder returns commensurate with profit levels (payout ratio of about 35%).