Dividend Declaration

RNS Number : 6575M

Konami Corporation

08 May 2015

 



May 8, 2015

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KONAMI CORPORATION Takuya Kozuki, Representative Director, President Shares listed: Tokyo and London Stock Exchange Contact: Junichi Motobayashi, General Manager, Finance and Accounting  Tel: [phone]

News Release: Notice Regarding Distribution of Retained Earnings

KONAMI CORPORATION (the "Company") hereby announces the resolution passed at the meeting of its board of directors held today regarding the distribution of retained earnings with a record date of March 31, 2015 as below.

1.   Details of year-end dividend

	Year-end dividend	Previous year-end dividend forecast (announced on May 8, 2014)	Year-end dividend for prior year, actual (year ended March 31, 2014)
Record date	March 31, 2015	March 31, 2015	March 31, 2014
Dividend per share	12.50 yen	8.50 yen	17.00 yen
Amount of dividend	1,733 million yen	-	2,356 million yen
Date of payment	June 5, 2015	-	June 13, 2014
Source of dividend	Retained earnings	-	Retained earnings

2.   Reasons for the distribution of retained earnings

The Company believes that the provision of dividends and the enhancement of corporate value are important ways to return profits to its shareholders. The Company aims to achieve a consolidated payout ratio of more than 30% and will endeavor to further increase the level of dividends. The Company also intends to use retained earnings for investments focused on business areas with good future prospects in order to continue to reinforce Konami Group's growth potential and competitiveness.

A dividend of 12.50 yen per share was approved as a year-end dividend for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015. As a result, including the interim dividend of 8.50 yen per share paid on November 28, 2014, dividends on an annual basis will be 21 yen per share.

(Reference) Details of the dividends on an annual basis

	Cash dividends per share (yen)
	Second quarter end	Year end	Annual total
Year ended March 31, 2015 (actual)	8.50	12.50	21.00
Year ended March 31, 2014 (actual)	17.00	17.00	34.00

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