Astellas Pharma Inc. | Shareholder Return

Shareholder Return

Basic Policy on Shareholder Return:

The Company is committed to sustained improvement in its enterprise value, leading to improved return to shareholders. While putting priority on investment to assure future growth, the Company will continuously increase dividend payments assuming improvement in medium- to long-term earnings on a consolidated basis considering dividend on equity ratio (DOE) and other factors, and also implement share buybacks in a flexible manner to improve capital efficiency and raise the level of return to shareholders.

Dividend

Record Date for Dividend:

Year-end dividend - March 31
Interim dividend - September 30

Historical Data of Dividend

	Interim dividend	Year-end dividend	Annual dividend
(Unit: Yen / share)
Fiscal 2010	60 (planned)	65 (planned)	125 (planned)
Fiscal 2009	60	65	125
Fiscal 2008	60	60	120
Fiscal 2007	50	60	110
Fiscal 2006	40	40	80
Fiscal 2005	30	40	70

Note: In accordance with the Company's Articles of Incorporation, if cash dividends are not claimed for three (3) full years from the day of commencement of payment, the Company shall be relieved of the obligation to make such payment.

Note: No stock splits have been made.

Share Buyback and Cancellation of Treasury Stock

Share Buyback
Acquisition period	Shares acquired	Total acquisition cost (thousand yen)	PDF
Nov. 9 - Dec. 11 2009	8,200,000	26,961,398	(pdf 24KB)
Nov. 7 - Dec. 12 2008	9,000,000	35,068,665	(pdf 24KB)
Aug. 4 - Aug. 21 2008	10,000,000	48,351,108	(pdf 24KB)
May. 15 - Jun. 20 2008	9,085,500	39,999,735	(pdf 24KB)
Dec. 3 - Jan. 18 2008	8,000,000	38,684,248	(pdf 24KB)
Aug. 29 - Sep. 10 2007	8,300,000	43,088,442	(pdf 23KB)
Oct. 5 - Dec. 19 2006	29,046,300	149,999,577	(pdf 23KB)
Aug. 2 - Sep. 20 2006	14,985,400	69,911,303	(pdf 23KB)
Nov. 8 - Dec. 8 2005	5,979,300	26,999,916	(pdf 8KB)
Aug. 3 - Aug. 31 2005	5,000,000	19,172,363	(pdf 8KB)

Cancellation of Treasury Stock
Date of cancellation	Shares cancelled	Shares cancelled as a percentage of all outstanding shares issued prior to the cancellation	PDF
May 31, 2010	8,000,000	1.68%	(pdf 34KB)
June 23, 2009	28,000,000	5.56%	(pdf 30KB)
June 24, 2008	15,000,000	2.89%	(pdf 32KB)
June 26, 2007	45,000,000	7.98%	(pdf 23KB)
May 31, 2006	10,000,000	1.74%	(pdf 23KB)

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