TYO:9534

Hokkaido Gas Distributes Higher Final Dividend for Fiscal Year 2026

Hokkaido Gas (TYO:9534) declared a year-end dividend of 13 yen per share for the fiscal year 2026, matching earlier forecasts and higher than the 10 yen paid a year ago.The total dividend payment amounts to 1.15 billion yen, payable from retained earnings on June 10, according to a Tokyo bourse filing on Monday.The company's basic policy targets a dividend on equity (DOE) of 2.5% while maintaining progressive dividends as its basic stance.For the fiscal year 2027, Hokkaido Gas forecasts full-year dividends of 24.50 yen per share, consisting of an interim dividend of 11.50 yen and a year-end dividend of 13 yen.