The Company has made a fundamental policy to maintain a dividend payout ratio of approximately 30% based on the assumption of a long-term stable dividend, while maintaining financial discipline and preferential securing of growth investment quotas, and to provide flexible shareholder returns including the acquisition of treasury stock with a total payout ratio up to 100%.

Please see the following page for the status of interim dividends, dividends at the end of fiscal year, and dividend payout ratios.