Dividend Information

Transition of dividends

Period	136	137	138	139	140
Accounting Period	2000/3	2001/3	2002/3	2003/3	2004/3
Dividend per share (interim dividend per share)	¥5.00 (¥2.50)	¥8.00 (¥4.00)	¥4.00 (¥4.00)	¥0.00 (-)	¥4.00 (-)

Period	141	142	143	144	145
Accounting Period	2005/3	2006/3	2007/3	2008/3	2009/3
Dividend per share (interim dividend per share)	¥8.00 (¥4.00)	¥10.00 (¥4.00)	¥18.00 (¥6.50)	¥25.00 (¥11.50)	¥18.00 (¥12.50)

Period	*146 (Forecast)
Accounting Period	2010/3
Dividend per share (interim dividend per share)	¥8.00<est.> (¥4.00)

* Planned dividend per share for the year ending March 2010 (as of November 5, 2009)