OceanJ on 09 January 2013
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Previous Dividends and Forecast
| Dividend per share (in yen) | Annual dividends in total (in mil yen) | Consolidated payout ratio (%) | Consolidated dividends on net assets (%) | Adopted standard for annual dividends in total [Dividend Policy] |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim (End of 2nd quarter) | Year-end | Annual | |||||
| The 66th Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2006) |
70 (*1) |
320 | 390 | 49,886 | 51.2 | 5.3 | 50% consolidated payout ratio |
| The 67th Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2007) |
70 (*1) |
620 | 690 | 88,253 | 50.6 | 8.5 | 50% consolidated payout ratio |
| The 68th Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2008) |
140 (*1) |
1,120 | 1,260 | 161,141 | 62.6 | 13.8 | 33% of consolidated operating income |
| The 69th Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2009) |
660 | 780 | 1,440 | 184,154 | 66.0 | 14.8 | 33% of consolidated operating income |
| The 70th Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2010) |
270 | 660 | 930 | 118,930 | 52.0 | 9.2 | 33% of consolidated operating income |
| The 71st Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2011) |
140 | 310 |
450 |
57,545 | 74.1 |
4.4 | 33% of consolidated operating income |
| The 72nd Fiscal Year (Year ended Mar. 2012) |
0 | 100 (*2) |
100 (*2) |
12,787 | - | 1.0 | - |
| The 73rd Fiscal Year (Year ending Mar. 2013) |
0 | 100 (*3) |
100 (*3) |
- | 213.1 (*3) |
- | - (*3) |
(*1) For those fiscal years, interim dividends per share were not performance based.
(*2) No year-end dividends are supposed to be distributed based on the following dividend policy. However, as the minimum dividend was set for the 72nd fiscal year during the term, 100 yen per share was distributed.
(*3) Forecasts are based on the following dividend policy and 
the financial forecasts contained in the earnings release dated October 24, 2012. The minimum annual dividends per share are set to be 100 yen for the 73rd fiscal year.
