OREANDA-NEWS. September 20, 2011. Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) has announced that its Board of Directors, meeting today, has provisionally decided to pay an interim dividend of 4 yen per share to shareholders recorded in the shareholder registry as of September 30, 2011.
Outline and Comparison with FY2010
Dividends per share
Record date End of 2Q,
(September 30) Year-end
(March 31) Full year
Previous forecast Not decided Not decided Not decided
Updated plan (as of Sept.20) 4 Yen Not decided Not decided
Actual dividends for FY2010 ended March 2011 2 Yen 3 Yen 5 Yen


The year-end dividend will be considered by closely monitoring coming developments in the overall economy, the financial position of the Group and other relevant factors, and will be disclosed as soon as it has been determined.

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Success or failure of new businesses or R&D investment;
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