Press Releases 2026
Notice of Payment of Dividends
May 15, 2026
SoftBank Corp.
SoftBank Corp. (hereinafter the "Company") announces that at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 15, 2026, pursuant to Article 370 of the Companies Act of Japan and Article 32 of the Articles of Incorporation, its Board of Directors resolved the distribution of dividend from retained earnings with a record date of March 31, 2026 as follows.
1. Details of Dividends
Common shares
| Resolved | Latest forecast (announced on May 8, 2025) |
Results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 | |
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| Record date | March 31, 2026 | Same as on the left | March 31, 2025 |
| Dividend per share | JPY 4.30 | Same as on the left | JPY 4.30 |
| Total dividend | JPY 205,547 million | - | JPY 204,539 million |
| Effective date | June 2, 2026 | - | June 12, 2025 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings |
Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Resolved | Latest forecast (announced on May 8, 2025) |
Results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | March 31, 2026 | Same as on the left | March 31, 2025 |
| Dividend per share | JPY 50.00 | Same as on the left | JPY 50.00 |
| Total dividend | JPY 1,500 million | - | JPY 1,500 million |
| Effective date | June 2, 2026 | - | June 12, 2025 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings |
Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Resolved | Latest forecast (announced on May 8, 2025) |
Results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | March 31, 2026 | Same as on the left | March 31, 2025 |
| Dividend per share | JPY 128.00 | Same as on the left | JPY 126.24*1 |
| Total dividend | JPY 3,200 million | - | JPY 3,156 million |
| Effective date | June 2, 2026 | - | June 12, 2025 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings |
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The year-end dividend per share is calculated by multiplying the issuance price of JPY 8,000 per share by the fixed annual dividend rate of 3.200% and applying daily proration based on a 365-day year.
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2. Reason
The Company considers the return of profits to shareholders to be an important goal for our management along with increasing medium- to long-term corporate value. To increase corporate value, the Company will make capital investments efficiently to further raise the sophistication of communication networks, such as by expanding 5G SA (Standalone) areas, as well as continuing investments in AI-related businesses and other new businesses. Our basic policy is to distribute surplus twice a year as interim and year-end dividends, and to pay attention to the stability and sustainability of dividends while considering factors such as performance trends, financial condition, and cash flow position on a comprehensive basis.
Under this policy, we aim to continuously increase dividend per share for common shares in line with profit growth during the Medium-term Management Plan from the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 to the fiscal year ending March 31, 2031.
In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026, the Company resolved to pay a year-end dividend per share of JPY 4.30 for common shares, JPY 50 for the Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares, and JPY 128 for the Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares. For the fiscal year ending March 31, 2027, the Company plan to pay an annual dividend per share for common shares of JPY 8.80 (comprising interim and year-end dividends of JPY 4.40 and JPY 4.40, respectively), and a prescribed amount of dividend for the Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares and the Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares.
(Reference) Breakdown of annual dividend
Common shares
| Record date | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025*2 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 | ||||
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| Interim | Year-end | Total | Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Dividend per share (JPY) |
43.00 | 4.30 | - | 4.30 | 4.30 | 8.60 |
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The Company conducted a stock split whereby each share of the Company's common shares was split into 10 shares, with the effective date being October 1, 2024. Regarding the abovementioned amount for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, the interim dividend per share is before the stock split while the year-end dividend per share takes the stock split into account. The total dividend per share is not stated because the amounts cannot be simply combined due to the implementation of the stock split. If the stock split was not conducted, the annual dividends per share would be JPY 86.
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Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Record date | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 | ||||
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| Interim | Year-end | Total | Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Dividend per share (JPY) |
50.00 | 50.00 | 100.00 | 50.00 | 50.00 | 100.00 |
Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Record date | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 | ||||
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| Interim | Year-end | Total | Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Dividend per share (JPY) |
- | 126.24 | 126.24 | 128.00 | 128.00 | 256.00 |
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