Press Releases 2026
Notice of Payment of Dividends (Interim Dividends)
October 29, 2026
SoftBank Corp.
SoftBank Corp. (hereinafter the “Company”) announces that at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on October 29, 2026, its Board of Directors resolved the distribution of dividends from retained earnings with a record date of September 30, 2026 as follows. The amount of dividends per share for common shares, the Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares and the Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares is in line with the forecast of dividends announced in “Consolidated Financial Report for the Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2026,” dated May 11, 2026.
1. Details of Dividends
Common shares
| Resolved | Latest forecast (announced on May 11, 2026) |
Interim dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | September 30, 2026 | Same as on the left | September 30, 2025 |
| Dividend per share | JPY 4.40 | Same as on the left | JPY 4.30 |
| Total dividend | JPY 210,798 million | - | JPY 205,270 million |
| Effective date | December 4, 2026 | - | December 5, 2025 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings |
Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Resolved | Latest forecast (announced on May 11, 2026) |
Interim dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | September 30, 2026 | Same as on the left | September 30, 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 | December 4, 2026 | - | December 5, 2025 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings |
Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Resolved | Latest forecast (announced on May 11, 2026) |
Interim dividends for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Record date | September 30, 2026 | Same as on the left | September 30, 2025 |
| Dividend per share | JPY 128.00 | Same as on the left | JPY 128.00 |
| Total dividend | JPY 3,200 million | - | JPY 3,200 million |
| Effective date | December 4, 2026 | - | December 5, 2025 |
| Dividend resource | Retained earnings | - | Retained earnings |
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.
The Company resolved to pay dividends of JPY 4.40 per common share, JPY 50 per Series 1 Bond-Type Class Share and JPY 128 per Series 2 Bond-Type Class Share at the end of the second quarter, as originally planned. The year-end dividends are planned to be JPY 4.40 per common share and a prescribed amount of dividend is planned 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, 2026 | Fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim | Year-end | Total | Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Dividend per share (JPY) |
4.30 (Actual) |
4.30 (Actual) |
8.60 (Actual) |
4.40 (Actual) |
4.40 (Forecast) |
8.80 (Forecast) |
Series 1 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Record date | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 | Fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim | Year-end | Total | Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Dividend per share (JPY) |
50.00 (Actual) |
50.00 (Actual) |
100.00 (Actual) |
50.00 (Actual) |
50.00 (Forecast) |
100.00 (Forecast) |
Series 2 Bond-Type Class Shares
| Record date | Fiscal year ended March 31, 2026 | Fiscal year ending March 31, 2027 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Interim | Year-end | Total | Interim | Year-end | Total | |
| Dividend per share (JPY) |
128.00 (Actual) |
128.00 (Actual) |
256.00 (Actual) |
128.00 (Actual) |
128.00 (Forecast) |
256.00 (Forecast) |
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