May 28, 2021
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. announces that a meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 28, 2021 has determined the amount of dividends to be paid. The record date for the dividends is March 31, 2021. The amount will be proposed at the 85th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2021.
| Decided amount | Latest dividend forecast (announced on May 6, 2021) |
Previous fiscal year (ended March 2020) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | March 31, 2021 | March 31, 2021 | March 31, 2020 |
| Dividend per share | 34.00 yen | 34.00 yen | 31.00 yen |
| Total amount of dividends | 3,828 million yen | ― | 3,490 million yen |
| Effective date | June 30, 2021 | ― | June 30, 2020 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | ― | Retained earnings |
The basic policy of the Company is to continue stable dividends to the shareholders. Responding to the support it has received from its shareholders, the Company will pay a year-end dividend of 34 yen per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021. This will result in an annual dividend of 66 yen per share, combined with the interim dividend (at the end of the first half) of 32 yen per share.
(For reference) Breakdown of annual dividend
| Dividend per share | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | End of first half | Year end | Annual |
| Dividends forecast | 34.00 yen | 66.00 yen | |
| This fiscal year (ended March 2021) | 32.00 yen | ||
| Previous fiscal year (ended March 2020) | 31.00 yen | 31.00 yen | 62.00 yen |