Basic Policies for Returning Profits to Shareholders
The Company’s basic policy is to reflect earnings growth in returning profits to shareholders. The Company will strive to increase dividends, with benchmarks of ¥50.00 per year and a consolidated payout ratio of 35%.
Forecast dividends per share for the fiscal year ending February 2009
| (As of April 10, 2008) | (yen) |
| Interim Cash Dividends per Share (Forecast) |
Year-End Cash Dividends per Share (Forecast) |
Total Cash Dividends per Share (Forecast) |
|---|---|---|
| 27.00 | 27.00 | 54.00 |
Dividends per share for the fiscal year ended February 2008
(yen)
| Interim Cash Dividends per Share |
Year-End Cash Dividends per Share |
Total Cash Dividends per Share |
|---|---|---|
| 26.00 | 28.00 | 54.00 |
Dividends per share for the fiscal year ended February 2007
(yen)
| Interim Cash Dividends per Share |
Year-End Cash Dividends per Share |
Total Cash Dividends per Share |
|---|---|---|
| 25.00 | 27.00 | 52.00 |
Dividends per share for the fiscal year ended February 2006
(yen)
| Interim | Year-End | Annual | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash Payment upon Stock-Transfer | Seven & i Holdings Year-End Dividends per Share | Stock-Transfer Ratio | Year-End Dividends Adjusted for Stock-Transfer Ratio | Actual Cash Dividends per Share | |
| Seven-Eleven Japan Co., Ltd. |
21.50 | 28.50 | 1.00 | 28.50 | 50.00 |
| Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. |
16.00 | 1.20 | 34.20 | 50.20 | |
| Denny's Japan Co., Ltd. |
15.50 | 0.65 | 18.525 | 34.025 | |
Cash payments upon stock-transfer were made by Seven & i Holdings to the shareholders of Seven-Eleven Japan, Ito-Yokado, and Denny's Japan recorded in the registers of shareholders as of August 31, 2005, instead of the interim dividends payments for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2006. The amount of cash payments upon stock-transfer and annual dividends adjusted for the tranfer ratios are shown. The year-end dividends of 28.50 yen comprise ordinary dividends of 21.50 yen and memorial dividends of 7.00 yen.
