Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, stock information as of March 31, 2024

Ticker code Stock exchange listings Number of shares authorized Number of shares issued
4568 Tokyo
(Prime market)
8,400,000,000 1,947,034,029

Number of shareholders

92,037

Distribution of Shares

Owners Number of shares held
(Shares Thousand)
Ratio of share Contribution
(%)
Government and Public 1 0.00
Financial institutions 746,773 38.35
Financial instruments firms 24,953 1.28
Domestic corporations 46,427 2.38
Foreign individuals and foreign corporations 912,668 46.87
Individuals and others 186,673 9.59
Treasury stock 29,537 1.52
Total 1,947,034 100

Notes:

  • 1. The 29,537,816 treasury shares are listed on the shareholder list, and the actual number of shares held was 29,531,339 as of March 31, 2024.

Principal Shareholders

Ranking Name of Shareholders Number of Shares Held
(Shares Thousand)
Ratio of Share Contribution
(%)
1 The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 320,049 16.69
2 Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 163,473 8.53
3 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385632 117,255 6.11
4 Nippon Life Insurance Company 85,863 4.48
5 STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505001 53,230 2.78
6 SSBTC CLIENT OMNIBUS ACCOUNT 52,935 2.76
7 STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT - TREATY 505234 36,407 1.90
8 GOVERNMENT OF NORWAY 29,150 1.52
9 JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 26,213 1.37
10 Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. as trustee for Mizuho Bank, Ltd. Retirement Benefit Trust Account re-entrusted by Mizuho Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. 25,014 1.30
Total 909,593 47.44

Notes:

  • 1. As of March 31, 2024. Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. holds 29,531 thousand shares of treasury stock, which are excluded from the above list.
  • 2. Treasury shares are not included in the computing of equity stake.

Stock information

Business year From April 1 to March 31 of the following year
Settlement day for shareholder dividends March 31 (year end) and September 30 (interim)
(Shareholders can choose to receive dividend payments through postal money transfer, or deposit into bank account or postal savings account.)
Annual general meeting of shareholders June each year
Stock trading unit 100 shares
Share registrar Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Mailing address and telephone number Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation
Corporate Agency Division
Shin-TOKYO Post Office
post office box No.29 137-8081, JAPAN
Tel: 0120-232-711(toll free)
Web site for public notifications

https://www.daiichisankyo.co.jp/
investors/shareholders/notification/

(in Japanese only)
Notifications of Daiichi Sankyo are to be published on the above website. In the event that this cannot be achieved due to unavoidable reasons such as a system failure, however, notifications will be published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

Dividend History

(JPY)

Interim Year-End Total Cash Dividend per share
FY2020 40.5 13.5
(after split*1)
On October 1, a three-for-one share split

- *2
FY2021
13.5 13.5 27.0
FY2022
15 15 30
FY2023 20 (Estimate) 30 (Estimate) 50
FY2024 (Estimate) 30 (Estimate) 30 (Estimate) 60

*1. Effective October 1, 2020, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. has implemented a three-for-one share split of its ordinary shares. The dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 presents the amount prior to the share split for the end of the second quarter and the amount after the share split for the end of the fiscal year.
*2. The annual dividends per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 is not stated because the amounts cannot be simply combined due to the implementation of the share split. When calculated based on the assumption of no share split, the year-end dividend is ¥40.5 and the annual dividend per share is ¥81.0.

Dividend History from FY2013

(JPY)

Interim Year-End Total Cash Dividend per share
FY2014 30 30 60
FY2015 40 30 70
FY2016 35 35 70
FY2017 35 35 70
FY2018 35 35 70
FY2019 35 35 70
FY2020*1 40.5 13.5
(after split*1)
-*2
FY2021 13.5 13.5 27.0
FY2022 15 15 30
FY2023 20 (Estimate) 30 (Estimate) 50
FY2024 (Estimate) 30 (Estimate) 30 (Estimate) 60

*1. Effective October 1, 2020, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. has implemented a three-for-one share split of its ordinary shares. The dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 presents the amount prior to the share split for the end of the second quarter and the amount after the share split for the end of the fiscal year.
*2. The annual dividends per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021 is not stated because the amounts cannot be simply combined due to the implementation of the share split. When calculated based on the assumption of no share split, the year-end dividend is ¥40.5 and the annual dividend per share is ¥81.0.

Notice Regarding Interim Dividend for the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2024

The Board of Directors meeting held on October 31, 2023, resolved the payment of interim dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 as follows.

1. Interim Dividend: JPY 20 per share of common stock of the Company
2. Date when dividends of surplus become effective: Friday, December 8, 2023

 

Procedures for Selling and Purchasing Fractional Unit Shares

Selling your stock

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