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KDDI's Full-Year Profit Rises 7.9%

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KDDI's (TYO:9433) profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 7.9% to 707.1 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 31, from 655.4 billion yen a year earlier.

The telecommunication company's earnings per share increased to 183.55 yen from 161.81 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Tuesday.

Operating revenue rose 4.1% to 6.072 trillion yen from 5.836 trillion yen in the prior year.

It declared a final dividend of 40 yen per share, payable from June 29.

For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, the company expects adjusted attributable profit of 731 billion yen, adjusted basic EPS of 196.29 yen, and operating revenue of 6.41 trillion yen.

KDDI plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 42 yen per share each for the year, higher than the amount paid in the year-ago period.

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