- October 29, 2019
- Press Release
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Company Name: Capcom Co., Ltd.
Representative: Haruhiro Tsujimoto, President and COO
(Code No. 9697 First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact: Public Relations and Investor Relations Section
Phone Number: +81-6-6920-3623
Notice Regarding Dividends from Retained Earnings (Upward Revision) <
Capcom Co., Ltd. announces that at the Board of Directors meeting held today, it has approved the following regarding distribution of dividends from retained earnings (interim dividend) with a record date of September 30, 2019.
1. Dividend allocation
| Resolved | Immediate forecast as of May 7, 2019 |
Previous year (FY ended Mar. 31, 2019) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2019 | Sep. 30, 2018 |
| Dividend per share | ¥20 | ¥15 | ¥15 |
| Total amount of dividends | ¥2,135 million | – | ¥1,642 million |
| Payable date | Nov. 14, 2019 | – | Nov. 13, 2018 |
| Source of dividends | Retained earnings | – | Retained earnings |
2. Reason
Capcom management sees returning profits to shareholders as an issue of the utmost importance; thus, with consideration given to future business developments and changes in the management environment, we strive to pay stable dividends with a consolidated dividend payout ratio of 30% as our basic policy.
Based on the above-stated policy, we have decided to increase the interim dividend for the current fiscal year by ¥5 per share, for a dividend of ¥20 per share, in order to further realize shareholder returns and improve shareholder value.
With this change, and together with the year-end dividend (¥20 per share), the full-year dividend will be ¥40 per share.
(Reference) Full-year dividend
| Dividend per share | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | Interim dividend End of 2nd quarter |
Year-end dividend End of fiscal year |
Full-year dividend (Total) |
| Previous forecast (May. 7, 2019) |
¥15 | ¥20 | ¥35 |
| Revised forecast | – | ¥20 | ¥40 |
| Current year | ¥20 | – | – |
| Previous year (FY ended Mar. 31, 2019) |
¥15 | ¥20 | ¥35 |
