CANON INC. July 27, 2015
Canon Inc.
Chairman & CEO: Fujio Mitarai
Securities code: 7751
[Tokyo (First section) and other Stock Exchanges]
Inquiries: Shinichi Aoyama
Deputy Senior General Manager
Group Management Center
Finance & Accounting Headquarters
+81-3-3758-2111
Notice Regarding Retained Earnings Dividend
At a Board of Directors meeting held on July 27, 2015, Canon Inc. (the "Company") passed a resolution regarding distribution of a retained earnings dividend, record date June 30, 2015, as follows.
1. Dividend Details
Determined amount | Most recent dividend forecast (Announced April 27, 2015) | Previous period result (First half of fiscal year 2014) | |
Record date | June 30, 2015 | June 30, 2015 | June 30, 2014 |
Dividend per share | 75 yen | Undetermined | 65 yen |
Total dividend amount | 81,906 million yen | 71,885 million yen | |
Effective date | August 26, 2015 | August 26, 2014 | |
Dividend resource | Retained earnings | Retained earnings |
2. Reason
The Company works to provide a stable return and actively return profits to shareholders, mainly in the form of a dividend, taking into consideration medium-term profit forecasts along with planned future investments, cash flow and other factors.
The Company plans to distribute an interim dividend of ¥75 per share for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015, (interim dividend for the previous period: ¥65 per share), to provide a stable return to shareholders. The year-end dividend, however, has yet to be decided.
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