SoftBank Corp. announces that its Board of Directors resolved the matter of implementation of interim dividend on October 23, 2014. This applies to shareholders on record as of the base date of September 30, 2014. No amendments are made to the forecast of dividends announced in the "SoftBank Corp. consolidated financial report for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014" dated May 7, 2014.
1. Details of dividend
Resolution Content
Latest Forecast (Announced on May 7, 2014)
(Reference) Actual for Fiscal Year Ended March 2014
Six-month Period
Year-end
Base date
September 30, 2014
Same as on the left
September 30, 2013
March 31, 2014
Dividend per share
JPY 20.00
Same as on the left
JPY 20.00
JPY 20.00
Total amount of dividends
JPY 23,778 million
-
JPY 23,839 million
JPY 23,769 million
Effective date
December 15, 2014
-
December 16, 2013
June 23, 2014
Resource of dividend
Retained earnings
-
Retained earnings
[Note]
* Total amount of dividends is rounded to the nearest unit.
2. Dividend breakdown
Dividend per Share
Base Date
Six-month Period
Year-end
Total
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 (forecast)
-
JPY 20.00
JPY 40.00
Fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 dividend
JPY 20.00
-
-
Fiscal year ended March 31, 2014 dividend
JPY 20.00
JPY 20.00
JPY 40.00
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SoftBank Group Corp. is one of the largest telecommunications operators in Japan. Net sales (not including sold divisions) break down by activity as follows:
- fixed and mobile telecommunications services in Japan (92.2%; SoftBank): fixed and mobile telephony services, broadband transmission services, data transmission services, sales of handsets and accessories, etc.;
- design and development of microprocessors and Internet of Things solutions (3.7%; Arm);
- other (4.1%).
Japan accounts for 92.3% of net sales.
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