OREANDA-NEWS. At a meeting held on February 4, 2014, the Board of Directors of Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. approved a revision of the year-end dividends per share forecast for the fiscal year ending February 28, 2014, as described below.

1. Details of revision

Dividends per share (yen)

Interim

Year-end

Annual

Previous forecast (April 4, 2013)

33.00

33.00

66.00

Revised forecast

-

35.00

68.00

Year ending February 28, 2014

33.00

-

-

Year ended February 28, 2013

31.00

33.00

64.00

2. Reason of revision

The Company, which has a basic policy of providing a return of profits in line with profit growth, is targeting the Company's benchmark of 35%, while working to increase the consolidated payout ratio. Based on its basic policy, as one facet of its shareholder return initiatives, the Company plans to raise the year-end dividends per share to 35 yen, an increase of 2 yen per share from the previous forecast. As a result, including the interim dividends of 33 yen per share, the Company is planning annual dividends of 68 yen per share.