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Total paid out to shareholders by the Tokyo parent from 1999 to February 2016

¥83m Year to February 1999–year to February 2016

EstimateAn estimate by subtraction from transcribed filings; the total is robust, the dividend reading less so.

What this is

Total paid out to shareholders by the Tokyo parent from 1999 to February 2016: about ¥83m, under 1% of its cumulative profit of ¥10.5bn.

How it’s built

  1. Cumulative parent profit over 18 years is ¥10,475m.
  2. Retained earnings at February 2016 were ¥10,392m; the ¥83m gap left the business.
  3. It sits in three years: 2007 (¥18.5m), 2009 (¥60m) and 2015 (¥6m).

What we assumed

  • The gaps are dividends.Each gap matches a round amount per share on 60,000 shares (about ¥300, ¥1,000 and ¥100), but other movements, such as a 2006 accounting presentation change, could explain some.
  • Uses the blog’s ¥10,392m for 2016.The gazette image reads ¥10,398m, which gives ¥77.5m instead; the difference is immaterial.
  • The 2002 profit is back-calculated.It was not transcribed.

Sanity check

Either way the payout is below 1%: the company kept essentially all its profit for 18 years.

Where it comes from

Our calculation from other figures in the trainer’s notes.

Show the working
  1. cumulative NI 10475.46 − RE FY2/16 10,392 = 83.46 …
  2. chain X with RE 10,398 gives 77.5)
  3. Located in FY2/07 (−18.5≈¥300/sh), FY2/09 (−60=¥1,000/sh), FY2/15 (−6=¥100/sh, chain Y only)
  4. Payout ≈0

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