Movement to control the dividend to the shareholder between the listed enterprises has extended.

The enterprise of the expectation to decrease the dividend for the period on March, 2010 rises to 40 percent now, and a drastic dividend cut of the big enterprise such as the small pine and Honda stands out.

There is an aim that suppresses the shareholder allocation because opaqueness is strong in the future of the business environment like the world economy etc. and secures the capital of restructuring and the growth investment.

In the accounts for the year ending March enterprise that would finish the results announcement by May 1, 397 companies that a serial comparison is possible (Finance and 3 new marketplaces were included, and part was expected Nihonkeizai Shinbun) were totaled. The dividend cut accounts for 41% of the whole including the no dividend fall.
The dividend increase or resumption of dividend is 9%, the continued non-dividend is 4%, and 46% of the remainder is outlooks that leave the dividend untouched.


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