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Major Shareholders
Last Update Date: March 31,2019
| Name of Shareholder | Number of Shares Held (Thousand shares) |
Holding Ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 52,287 | 12.54 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 26,655 | 6.40 |
| Nippon Life Insurance Company | 21,933 | 5.26 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 4) | 12,069 | 2.90 |
| The Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. | 11,790 | 2.83 |
| SSBTC CLIENT OMNIBUS ACCOUNT | 11,433 | 2.74 |
| Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company | 10,687 | 2.56 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 5) | 6,772 | 1.62 |
| JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385151 | 6,326 | 1.52 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 7) | 6,053 | 1.45 |
Shin-Etsu Chemical, which owns 10,801,943 shares of treasury stock, is excluded from the above list. The holding ratios are computed net of this treasury stock.
Shareholders’ Returns
Basic Policy Concerning Profit-sharing
From a long-term perspective, our basic policy is to keep the focus on increasing earnings and reinforce our corporate culture and resilience, and then return the results of these efforts to shareholders with appropriate dividends. We will use retained earnings for capital investment and investment in R&D, etc. to strengthen our competitiveness globally and expand our business aggressively in the future, which will enable us to increase our enterprise value.
Trend of Dividend per Share
(yen/share)
| Mar/2015 | Mar/2016 | Mar/2017 | Mar/2018 | Mar/2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim dividend | 50 | 55 | 60 | 65 | 100 |
| Year-end dividend | 50 | 55 | 60 | 75 | 100 |
| Annual dividend | 100 | 110 | 120 | 140 | 200 |
Repurchase of treasury stock in the past five years
| Purchase period | Number of shares purchased | Total share purchase amount (billion yen) | Purchase method |
|---|---|---|---|
| March 13, 2019 to May 20, 2019 | 10,943,900 shares | 100.00 | Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (including ToSTNeT-3) |
Ratings
Last Update Date: April 20,2019
| Rating Agency | Long-term Ratings | |
|---|---|---|
| Moody’s | Aa3 | |
| R&I | AA+ | |
| JCR | AA+p | |
Analysts’ Coverage
Companies with analysts covering Shin-Etsu are :
| Company | Analyst |
|---|---|
| Citigroup Global Markets Japan Inc. | Atsushi Ikeda |
| Credit Suisse Securities (Japan) Limited | Yoshiyasu Takemura |
| Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. | Hidemitsu Umebayashi |
| Goldman Sachs Japan Co., Ltd. | Shuhei Nakamura |
| Jefferies Japan Limited | Yoshihiro Azuma |
| Macquarie Capital Securities (Japan) Limited | Damian Thong |
| Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., Ltd. | Takashi Enomoto |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities Co., Ltd. | Shunta Omura |
| Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. | Mikiya Yamada |
| Morgan Stanley MUFG Securities Co., Ltd. | Takato Watabe |
| Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. | Shigeki Okazaki |
| Okasan Securities Co., Ltd. | Takashi Nishihira |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. | Masami Sawato |
| SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. | Shinobu Takeuchi |
| Tokai Tokyo Research Institute Co., Ltd. | Shuichi Nakahara |
| UBS Securities Japan Co., Ltd. | Go Miyamoto |
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