Shareholder Return/Dividends

Dividend policy

The Company's basic policy is to pay dividends twice a year, the interim dividend and year-end dividend, from retained earnings. The Board of Directors shall be the decision-making body concerning dividends. In addition, the Company has included an outline concerning the ability to pay an interim dividend in the Articles of Incorporation.

AEON delight works to secure stable management foundations and enhance the shareholders' equity ratio, and has a basic policy of shareholder return to provide dividends in accordance with business results and to maintain and continue stable dividends.The dividend per share for FY02/2024 increased 1 yen compared to that of last year and the dividend payment was 86 yen per share. We plan to pay 97 yen for FY02/2025 increased 1 yen (43 yen of interim dividend, 44 yen of year end dividend).
AEON delight regards the consolidated payout ratio as an important benchmark and aims to provide a stable dividend payment with a consolidated payout ratio of 40% or higher while taking into account the ratio of dividends to net assets.

We aim to ensure sustainable growth and increase quality, and will actively invest in innovation, IT, human resource development and M&As using internal retained earnings. We will meet the expectations of all shareholders by enhancing corporate value in this way.

Dividends

Dividend per share

Dividend payout ratio(consolidated)
Interim dividend
Year-end dividend
forecast

(As of February 29, 2024)

	Interim dividend	Year-end dividend	Total annual	Dividend payout ratio (consolidated)
FY02/2025	43 (forecast)	44 (forecast)	87 (forecast)	40.3% (forecast)
FY02/2024	43	43	86	39.1%
FY02/2023	42	43	85	41.8%
FY02/2022	42 (commemorative dividend)	42 (commemorative dividend)	84	39.4%
FY02/2021	35	47	82	35.1%
FY02/2020	32	33	65	34.7%
FY02/2019	31	32	63	51.3%
FY02/2018	30	31	61	50.1%
FY02/2017	28 (commemorative dividend)	27	55	40.7%
FY02/2016	26	26	52	37.7%
FY02/2015	25	25	50	33.0%
FY02/2014	24	24	48	35.8%
FY02/2013	23	23	46	32.1%
FY02/2012	20	20	40	30.3%
FY02/2011	17	22 (commemorative dividend)	39	27.4%
FY02/2010	12	15	27	19.6%
FY02/2009	10	12	22	17.9%
FY02/2008 *Stock split effective December 1, 2007	7.5	10	17.5	15.9%
FY02/2007	5	10 (commemorative dividend for merger)	15	19.8%
FY02/2006	4.5	4.5	9	28.0%
FY02/2005	4	4	8	38.4%

※The Company conducted a two-for-one stock split on December 1, 2007. The dividend amount assumed that the stock split was conducted at the beginning of fiscal 2004.
※A commemorative dividend of ¥5.00 is included in the year-end dividend for fiscal 2010.
※A commemorative dividend of ¥1.00 is included in the interim dividend for fiscal 2017.
※A commemorative dividend of ¥5.00 is included in the interim dividend and the year-end dividend for fiscal 2021.