Investor Relations

Dividends per Share

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.