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AEON Financial Service Set to Pay Surplus Dividend of 28 Yen Per Share

-- AEON Financial Service (TYO:8570) has agreed to pay a surplus dividend of 28 yen per share for the fiscal year ended Feb. 28, matching both its earlier forecast and the prior year's payout.

The total dividend amount comes to 6.04 billion yen, sourced from retained earnings, with an effective payment date of May 7, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Thursday.

The company follows a policy of stable and continuous dividends targeting a payout ratio of 30% to 40%, taking into account business performance and financial health.

Combined with the interim dividend of 25 yen per share already paid, the full-year dividend for fiscal 2026 stands at 53 yen per share, with the same amount forecast for fiscal 2027.

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