Dividend and Share Buybacks
FYE 2024 Shareholder Returns Policy
- Dividends
-Dividend per share is ¥160 per share, an increase of ¥20 from the previous fiscal year. - Share buybacks
-Decided to execute additional ¥75.0 billion of share buybacks (Annual Total : ¥100.0 bil.*) in consideration of the market conditions and situation of cash allocation.
*Executed ¥25.0 bil. of share buybacks by September 22, 2023. Decided to execute additional ¥75.0 bil. of share buybacks on November 6, 2023. (Period : From November 7, 2023 to February 29, 2024)
Dividend Information
ITOCHU intends to pay a full-year dividend of ¥160.0 per share, comprising an interim dividend of ¥80.0 per share and a year-end dividend of ¥80.0 per share for FYE 2024.
Fiscal Year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (Planned) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Interim |
¥32.0 |
¥37.0 |
¥42.5 |
¥44.0 |
¥47.0 |
¥65.0 |
¥80.0 |
Year-end |
¥38.0 |
¥46.0 |
¥42.5 |
¥44.0 |
¥63.0 |
¥75.0 |
¥80.0 |
(Annual Total) |
¥70.0 |
¥83.0 |
¥85.0 |
¥88.0 |
¥110.0 |
¥140.0 |
¥160.0 |
Dividend per share and Payout ratio are as follows.
Share Buybacks
Buyback period | Method of acquisition | Total number of shares repurchased | Total amount *1 |
---|---|---|---|
|
|
17,000,000 shares (Maximum) |
¥75.0 billion (Maximum) |
|
|
4,459,000 shares |
¥25.0 billion |
|
|
6,169,600 shares |
¥25.0 billion |
|
|
8,611,700 shares |
¥35.0 billion |
|
|
15,757,200 shares |
¥60.0 billion |
|
|
5,213,100 shares |
¥13.5 billion |
|
|
-*2
|
-*2
|
|
|
50,256,100 shares |
¥100.0 billion |
|
(b) Purchase on the TSE |
15,097,200 shares |
¥30.0 billion |
|
|
17,120,000 shares |
¥27.9 billion |
|
|
12,000,000 shares |
¥16.2 billion |
|
|
78,000,000 shares |
¥100.7 billion |
* Rounded off amount.
* There was no share buybacks during the period.
Payout ratio (forecast)