April 27, 2016
Company name: FANUC CORPORATION Representative: Yoshiharu Inaba, President and CEO (Stock Code: 6954, 1st Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange) Contact: Keisuke Fujii , Manager, Public Relations
Tel: (0555) 84 - 5555
Notice Concerning Distribution of Dividends of Surplus to Shareholders (for the six months ended March 31, 2016)
At the meeting held on April 27, 2016, the Board of Directors of FANUC CORPORATION resolved to propose an agenda asking for authorization to distribute dividends (for the six months ended March 31, 2016) from surplus, with record date dated March 31, 2016, at the 47th Annual General Shareholders' Meeting to be held in June, 2016.
1.Details of dividends
Record date | March 31, 2016 | September 30, 2015 | March 31, 2015 | |
Resolution | Previous Forecast | Past record | Past record | |
Dividends per share | Yen 208.21 | - | Yen 281.86 | Yen 491.93 |
Payout ratio | 60.0% | - | 60.0% | 60.0% |
Total amount of dividends | Millions of Yen 40,526 | - | Millions of Yen 55,142 | Millions of Yen 96,244 |
Effective date | June 30, 2016 | - | December 1, 2015 | June 29, 2015 |
Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings | Retained earnings |
2.Reason for the dividend Amount
FANUC CORPORATION has a basic policy, "to implement a dividend payout ratio of 60% of our consolidated net profit in order to further enhance the distribution of profits to our shareholders in the long term", and with the report of the consolidated net profit for the period ended March 2016, the dividend amount for the six months ended March 31, 2016 has been determined in line with this policy.
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Original Document: http://www.fanuc.co.jp/en/ir/announce/pdf/notice20160427_e.pdf