It was decided at a Board of Directors held today (April 24, 2012) to pay dividends at the record date of March 31, 2012, as detailed below and bring it up at the 11th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on June 21, 2012.
Osaka Securities Exchange Co., Ltd. (OSE) became a demutualized Financial Instruments Exchange in April 2001, for the first time in Japan. As the only listed Financial Instruments Exchange in Japan, OSE has recognized that returning profits to shareholders is an important task of management over the years. Since OSE had the 10 year anniversary of demutualization in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 with shareholders’ support, OSE has decided to add a commemorative dividends 3,000 yen per share to the planned year-end dividend.
As a result, Year-End dividend is expected to be 7,500 yen, which is the total of 4,500 yen of Ordinary Dividend and 3,000 yen of Commemorative Dividend. Please note, however, that this decision is going to be an agenda item subject to approval at the 11th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on June 21, 2012.
Please refer to the following file.