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April 25, 2003

Resumption of the Year-end Dividends for Fiscal 2002

Osaka, Japan, April 25, 2003 - As of April 25, 2003, the Board of Directors has decided to resume the year-end dividends for fiscal 2002 ended March 31, 2003 as listed below.

  1. Reason for resumption of dividends

    Our group-wide structural reform program implemented throughout the past two years has resulted in successful business performance beyond our expectations.
    After forgoing the dividends for the full period for fiscal 2001 ended March 31, 2002 and the interim for fiscal 2002, the Board of Directors today has decided to resume the year-end dividends by 3.0 yen per share to provide profits to our shareholders. This will be discussed in the general meeting of shareholders to be convened in late June 2003.

  2. Expected dividends for fiscal 2002 ended March 31, 2003

    (Yen)

      Previous forecasts
    (Announced on Nov. 8, 2002)
    Revision Cash dividends for fiscal 2001
    Interim cash dividends per share 0.0 0.0 0.0
    Year-end cash dividends per share To be determined 3.0 0.0
    Annual cash dividends per share To be determined 3.0 0.0

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