For Immediate Release
Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Joji Nakayama, Representative Director, President and CEO
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Please address inquiries to Noriaki Ishida, Executive Officer,
Vice President, Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com
Daiichi Sankyo Announces Dividend Forecasts for Fiscal 2015 (Commemorative Dividend to Mark 10th Anniversary)
Tokyo, Japan (May 14, 2015) – Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited (hereafter, Daiichi Sankyo) today announced that the Board of Directors approved a resolution on May 14, to pay a commemorative dividend to mark the Company’s 10th anniversary. The commemorative dividend (¥10 per share) will be paid in addition to the ordinary interim dividend for fiscal 2015 (from April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016).
1. Reasons for dividend forecasts (commemorative dividend)
Daiichi Sankyo will mark its 10th anniversary on September 28, 2015. To express gratitude to shareholders for their continuous support, Daiichi Sankyo intends to pay a commemorative dividend of ¥10 in addition to the ordinary interim dividend of ¥30 at the end of the second quarter. As a result, Daiichi Sankyo plans to pay a full-year fiscal 2015 dividend of ¥70 per share.
2. Details of dividend forecast
(Yen)
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Second quarter
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Fiscal year-end
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Full-year
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Fiscal 2015
(Forecast)
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40
(ordinary interim dividend: 30)
(commemorative dividend: 10)
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30
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70
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(Reference)
Results of
Fiscal 2014
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30
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30
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60
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