Dividend Payout (Interim Dividend)
SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) announced today that its Board of Directors resolved the distribution of interim dividend from surplus with a record date of September 30, 2026 as follows. The amount of dividend per share is in line with the forecast of dividend announced in “Consolidated Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2026,” dated May 13, 2026.
1. Details of Dividend
| Dividend to be distributed | Latest forecast (as of May 13, 2026) | Reference: Fiscal year ended March 2026 | ||
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| Interim | Year-end | |||
| Record date | September 30, 2026 | Same as on the left | September 30, 2025 | March 31, 2026 |
| Dividend per share*1 | JPY 5.50 | Same as on the left | JPY 22.00 | JPY 5.50 |
| Total cash dividend*2 | JPY 31,346 million | - | JPY 31,342 million | JPY 31,344 million |
| Payable date | December 2, 2026 | - | December 2, 2025 | June 25, 2026 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings | |
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SBG conducted a four-for-one ordinary share split, effective January 1, 2026. The interim dividend per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 is presented on a pre-share-split basis.
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The total amounts of cash dividend are rounded off to the nearest unit.
2. Breakdown of Annual Dividend
| Dividend per share | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Fiscal year ending March 2027 (forecast) | JPY 5.50 | JPY 11.00 | |
| Fiscal year ending March 2027 (actual) | JPY 5.50 | ||
| Fiscal year ended March 2026 (actual) | JPY 22.00 | JPY 5.50 | - |
* SBG conducted a four-for-one ordinary share split, effective January 1, 2026. The interim dividend per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 is presented on an actual basis prior to the share split. The total annual dividend per share for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 is not presented as it cannot be simply aggregated due to the share split. On a post-share-split basis, the interim dividend for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 is JPY 5.50 per share, and the annual dividend is JPY 11.00 per share.
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