FAQ（Stocks）
Finance
- What is Sumida’s certificate code on the Stock Exchange?
- What is the minimum number of stocks that can be purchased?
- Handling of Shareholders with Less Than One Unit of Shares.
- How much capital has been issued?
- Does SUMIDA CORPORATION give dividends to its shareholders?
- When are dividends paid?
- Do shareholders gain from any benefits or complimentary items?
- Please tell me about any recent stock splits.
- How can I check Sumida's stock rate?
- When is the next Annual General Shareholders Meeting?
- Who is Sumida's transfer agent?
- Who should I contact to ask about purchasing stocks?
Q．What is Sumida’s certificate code on the Stock Exchange?
Code: 6817 (First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Stock Information
Q．What is the minimum number of stocks that can be purchased?
The minimum number of stocks that can be purchased is 100 (stocks must be purchased 100 at a time.).
Information Per Share
Q．Handling of Shareholders with Less Than One Unit of Shares.
Although shareholders holding less than one unit of shares are kept on record, a certificate of shares is not published. In addition to this, shareholders holding less than one unit of shares cannot trade within securities firms. Sumida has two shareholder services which includes "Selling of Shares Less Than One Unit" which sells additional shares in order to make one unit, and "Additional Purchase of Shares Less Than One Unit". Please ask about the procedure from the Tokyo Securities Transfer Agent Co., Ltd.
Q．How much capital has been issued?
19,944,317 stocks (as of December 31, 2010)
Q．Does SUMIDA CORPORATION give dividends to its shareholders?
Sumida has been positioning the return of profit to shareholders as an important
theme for management. The quarterly payment structure is possible by Japan's
new Corporation Law, effected on May 1, 2006, which abolish the current limits
on the frequency of dividend payments.
Regarding the dividend, the Board of
Directors had determined an amount of annual dividend based on the annual
business plan and target dividend payout ratio (25-30%). The dividend for
quarter will be determined by dividing the approved annual dividend into four
and distributing quarterly.
Results and Plans of Dividends
Q．When are dividends paid?
The first quarter record date for dividends is March 31.
The second quarter record date for dividends is June 30.
The third quarter record date for dividends is September 30.
The fourth quarter record date for dividends is December 31.
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Q．Do shareholders gain from any benefits or complimentary items?
No. Sumida has not offered any today.
Q．Please tell me about any recent stock splits.
Sumida splits its stocks to promote the fluidity of stocks and to return profits to the shareholders. The following are the latest examples:
- In February 2001,
- shares held from December 31, 2000 were split at a ratio of one to one point one.
- In February 2003,
- shares held from December 31, 2002 were split at a ratio of one to one point one.
- In August 2004,
- shares held from June 30, 2004 were split at ratio of one to one point one.
- In May 2005,
- shares held from December 31, 2004 were split at ratio of one to one point one.
Q．How can I check Sumida's stock rate?
Please see 6817:JP SUMIDA CORPORATION
Q．When is the next Annual General Shareholders Meeting?
54th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders was held on March 28, 2009.
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Q．Who is Sumida's transfer agent?
Tokyo Securities Tranfer Agent Co., Ltd.