<h3>3. Dividend Policy</h3>
<p style="margin-left: 18px; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph">The Company distributes dividends from retained earnings in a manner that reflects business performance, taking into comprehensive consideration its financial position, earnings results, and future business developments.</p>
<p style="margin-left: 18px; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph">The Company's basic policy is to pay dividends once per fiscal year as a year-end dividend. Dividend decisions are made by the shareholders' meeting.</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 66px; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph; text-indent: -48px">(Note) Dividends with record dates in the current fiscal year are as follows:</p>
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<p style="line-height: 13.333333333333333333333333333px; text-align: center">Resolution Date</p>
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<p style="line-height: 13.333333333333333333333333333px; text-align: center">Total Dividend Amount</p>
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<p style="line-height: 13.333333333333333333333333333px; text-align: center">Dividend per Share</p>
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<p style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 4px; text-align: left">June 21, 2023</p>
<p style="margin-left: 6px; margin-right: 4px; text-align: left">Annual Shareholders' Meeting</p>
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<p style="margin-right: 6px; text-align: right">7,150</p>
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<p>We distribute dividends from retained earnings in a manner that reflects our business performance, taking into account our financial position, earnings situation, and future business plans. Our basic policy is to pay dividends once per year at the fiscal year-end, with the dividend decision made by the shareholders' meeting.</p>

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