The Board of Directors of Asahi Kasei Corp. has today made a resolution as shown below regarding the payment of dividends from surplus with a date of record of March 31, 2018.
1．Substance of dividend payments
(announced on February 7, 2018)
2．Reason of the resolution
The company's basic policy is to strive for stable dividends and increased dividends through continuous earnings growth while maintaining an appropriate internal reserve to perform well-balanced investment for growth and return to shareholders.
The dividend at the end of fiscal 2017 is now ¥20 per share in consideration of the above stated policy. As a result, the annual dividend per share increased by ¥10 from a year ago to ¥34 per share, as shown in the following table.
In accordance with Asahi Kasei's Articles of Incorporation, dividends from surplus are determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.
