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Keyence's Full-Year Net Income Climbs 12%

-- Keyence's (TYO:6861) net income attributable to owners of the parent climbed 12% to 445.2 billion yen for the fiscal year ended March 20 from 398.7 billion yen a year earlier.

The factory automation equipment maker's basic earnings per share increased to 1,835.63 yen from 1,643.77 yen a year ago, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Friday.

Net sales jumped 10% to 1.169 trillion yen from 1.059 trillion yen in the prior year.

Keyence plans to pay interim and year-end dividends of 275 yen per share, each, for the current fiscal year, which is higher than the amount paid in the year-ago period.

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