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Arealink considers the long-term and overall increase in profit for shareholders to be an important management objective.
The Company’s basic policy regarding dividends is to pay a stable dividend with a target payout ratio of 35% with no decrease from the previous fiscal year, based on the medium-term management plan, while assessing the market environment and timing of capital expenditures, bearing in mind the securing of internal funds for reinvestment, and upon an overall consideration of the Company’s financial condition and earnings.

End-of-term registration deadline for dividend payment：December 31

Notes)

1. Since dividends were paid based on the financial results excluding the impact of recording a provision for loss on repurchases (extraordinary loss) associated with container repurchases in the year ended December 31, 2019 (the Company’s 25th fiscal year), dividends in the year ended December 31, 2021 (27th fiscal year) were calculated based on the financial results excluding the impact from the reversal of provision for loss on repurchases (extraordinary income), which is the reversal of the above extraordinary loss, just as in the year ended December 31, 2020 (26th fiscal year).
   Breakdown of year end dividends for the year ended December 31, 2023: Ordinary dividend: 33.5 yen Commemorative dividend: 5 yen (dividend to mark the 20th anniversary of listing)
2. Breakdown of year end dividends for the year ended December 31, 2023: Ordinary dividend: 33.5 yen Commemorative dividend: 5 yen (dividend to mark the 20th anniversary of listing)
3. The Company began paying an interim dividend in FY12/2024.
4. The Company carried out a two-for-one share split of its common shares effective July 1, 2024.
   The dividend has been calculated based on the assumption that the stock split had taken place at the beginning of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.