Dividends

Dividend Policy

Based on the “Capital Management Policy”, the Company aims to maintain an increasing trend of dividends by enhancing profitability over the medium term, while maintaining a stable level of dividend per share.

Capital Management Policy

  • • Allocate resources to high-growth areas both in Japan and overseas, aiming to become a global insurance and financial services group, while seeking to enhance the growth and business diversification of the Group.
  • • Enhance the risk/capital management structure to secure financial soundness of the Group, while going on with further reduction of risk-weighted assets and good use of capital, with a view to improving the capital efficiency of the Group.
  • • Return to shareholders approximately 50% of Group Core Profit over the medium-term through dividends and share buyback.

Track Record of Dividends (ref.)

The charts below show the track record of the Company in dividends per share.

As of September 30, 2010, dividends for FY2010 (Year- interim and year-end ) represents the forecast by the Company.

Track Record of Dividends for FY2002-2007

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Track Record of Dividends for FY2008-2009

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* The FY2007 dividend per share of ¥16.0 is equivalent to ¥53.3 on an MSIG basis.