2019_2q_omron_e

18/42 Full-year Dividend

With regard to our dividend guidance, in line with the revised forecast, we revise our full-year dividend guidance to ￥84 per share. This represents a ￥8 decline from our initial forecast of ￥92 per share. Relative to FY2017, when we paid a full-year dividend of ￥76 per share, this represents an increase of ￥8. The interim dividend has been fixed at ￥42. This is a record high level for our interim dividend; the full-year ￥84 dividend per share will also be a new record high for OMRON. We continue manage our business to ensure we can consistently pay a stable dividend. We continue to repurchase shares under the ￥20 billion share buyback program announced in July. As of the end of September, we have bought ￥9.5 billion in shares.