SoftBank Group Corp. ('SBG') announced that on April 28, 2017 its Board of Directors passed a resolution to submit the following proposal regarding dividend from surplus with a record date of March 31, 2017 to the 37th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled on June 21, 2017. The amount of dividend per share is in line with the forecast of dividend announced in 'Dividend Payout (Year-end Dividend) and Dividend Forecast for the Fiscal Year Ending March 2017,' dated April 21, 2016.
Fiscal year ended March 2017
Reference:
Fiscal year ended March 2016
Year-end
(Actual) Interim
Year-end
Interim
Dividend to be distributed
(as of April 21, 2016) Latest forecast
Record date
March 31, 2017
March 31, 2017
September 30, 2016
March 31, 2016
September 30, 2015
Dividend per share
JPY 22.00
JPY 22.00
JPY 22.00
JPY 21.00
JPY 20.00
Total cash dividend
JPY 23,964 million
-
JPY 23,957 million
JPY 24,085 million
JPY 23,477 million
Payable date
June 22, 2017
-
December 12, 2016
June 23, 2016
December 14, 2015
Dividend resource
Retained earnings
-
Retained earnings
Retained earnings
[Note]
*
The total amounts of cash dividend are rounded off to the nearest million yen.
Dividend per share
Interim
Year-end
Total
Fiscal year ended March 2017 (actual and plan)
JPY 22.00
(planned)
JPY 22.00
(planned)
JPY 44.00
Fiscal year ended March 2016 (actual)
JPY 20.00
JPY 21.00
JPY 41.00
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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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