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Based on the Medium-term Management Plan 2030, the company promotes growth strategies, structural reforms, and management foundation strengthening. To realize management that is conscious of capital costs and stock prices, it has reviewed cash allocation, secured internal reserves necessary for growth investments, and changed its policy to improve the stability, continuity, and predictability of shareholder returns.\n\n### Details of the Revision and Implementation Timing\nRegarding dividends, the company will primarily implement a progressive dividend policy, based on an annual dividend of 170 yen 00 sen per share for the fiscal year ending March 2026, aiming for a total return ratio of 40% or more. This will strengthen the previous policy of targeting a total return ratio of 30% or more, allowing flexible and agile shareholder returns including share buybacks. The revision will be applied starting with the interim dividend for the fiscal year 2026 (ending March 2027).","jir_financial_highlights":"Annual dividend per share: 170 yen 00 sen (Primarily implementing a progressive dividend policy as a benchmark)\nConsolidated total return ratio: Aim for 40% or more (Previously targeted 30% or more)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#SanyoChemicalIndustries, #Dividend, #ShareholderReturn","jir_key_figures":"Annual dividend per share (Forecast for 2026\/03): 170 yen 00 sen\nTarget for total return ratio: 40% or more (previously 30% or more)\nImplementation start: From the interim dividend of the fiscal year 2026 (ending March 2027)","jir_meta_title":"\u3010Sanyo Chemical Industries\u3011 Revision of Shareholder Return Policy\uff5cMoving to Progressive Dividends and 40% Return Ratio\uff5cMay 2026","jir_meta_description":"Sanyo Chemical Industries has revised its shareholder return policy to primarily implement a progressive dividend policy based on an annual dividend of 170 yen for the fiscal year ending March 2026, aiming for a total return ratio of 40% or more, starting from the interim dividend of 2026.","jir_og_title":"\u3010Sanyo Chemical Industries\u3011 Revision of Shareholder Return Policy\uff5cMoving to Progressive Dividends and 40% Return Ratio","jir_og_description":"Sanyo Chemical Industries will apply a shareholder return policy that primarily implements a progressive dividend based on an annual dividend of 170 yen, aiming for a total return ratio of 40% or more, starting from the interim dividend of 2026.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-business_update.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":9464,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"business_update","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-49319","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n