Notice regarding dividends (increase in dividends) from surplus

We would like to inform you that at the board of directors meeting held today, the Company resolved to pay dividends from surplus with March 31, 2020 as the record date as shown below.
The issue of dividends from surplus will be discussed at the 32nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 26, 2020.

Record

1. Regarding the year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending March 2020

(1) Contents of dividends from surplus

	Determined amount	Latest dividend forecast (Published on April 24, 2019)	Previous period results (Fiscal year ending March 2019)
Reference date	March 31, 2020	Same as left	March 31, 2019
Dividend per share	20 yen 00 sen	10 yen	20 yen 00 sen
Total dividend amount	403 million yen	－	396 million yen
Effective date	June 29, 2020	－	June 18, 2019
Dividend source	an earned surplus	－	an earned surplus

*Total dividends are rounded down to the nearest million yen.

(2) Reason for distribution of surplus

Our company positions the interests of our shareholders as one of our most important management policies, and strives to continuously improve our corporate value while strengthening our corporate structure. As a policy for returning profits to shareholders, we basically consider the distribution of results through dividends, and pay stable and continuous dividends while comprehensively taking into account each fiscal year's consolidated results, investment plans, cash on hand, etc. The policy is to implement the following. Additionally, the Company's policy is to pay dividends from surplus twice a year: an interim dividend and a year-end dividend.
Regarding the year-end dividend, we announced it on April 24, 2019, as we have achieved the operating profit forecast of 3,000 million yen for the fiscal year ending March 2020, and we expect continued growth in the future. The ordinary dividend per share will be 20 yen, an increase of 10 yen from the year-end dividend forecast.
At the end of the second quarter, we paid an interim dividend of 10 yen per share, making the annual dividend for the current period 30 yen.

(Reference) Breakdown of annual dividends

	Dividend per share (yen)
Reference date	End of second quarter	end of term	yearly
Actual results for the current period	10 yen	20 yen 00 sen	30 yen 00 sen
Previous period results (Fiscal year ending March 2019)	0 yen 00 sen	20 yen 00 sen	20 yen 00 sen

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