SOMPO : Notification of Dividends from Surplus (Dividend Increase)(PDF/11KB)

[English Translation]

May 19, 2017

Company Name : Sompo Holdings, Inc. Representative : Kengo Sakurada, Group CEO

Representative Director,

President and Executive Officer

(Stock Code: 8630, the first section of Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.)

Notification of Dividends from Surplus (Dividend Increase)

Sompo Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") announces that its Board of Directors met on May 19, 2017 and adopted the following resolution regarding the dividends from surplus with a record date of March 31, 2017.

The Company will suggest this dividends from surplus at the 7th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 26, 2017.

1. Details of Dividends

   Expected dividends	Previous forecast on dividends (*)	Dividends paid for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2016
   Record date	March 31, 2017	March 31, 2017	March 31, 2016
   Dividend per share	¥50	¥40	¥40
   Total dividends	¥19,700,568,800	-	¥16,166,500,560
   Effective date	June 27, 2017	-	June 28, 2016
   Source of dividends	Retained earnings	-	Retained earnings

   (*) Forecast announced on May 20, 2016.

2. Reasons

While maintaining financial soundness and improving capital efficiency by investing in growth fields, the Company has a basic policy of paying stable dividends, with the option of share buybacks according to capital condition.

During the Company's mid-term management plan started in the fiscal year 2016, the Company's medium-term target for total payout ratio is at a level of 50% of adjusted consolidated profit.

In accordance with this shareholder return policy, the performance for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, etc., the Company has revised its the year-end prospective dividend per share to ¥50, an increase by ¥10. As the result, the annual dividend per share will be ¥90.

(Reference) Breakdown of annual dividends