8th May 2008 09:00
Toyota Motor Corporation08 May 2008 (Translation) May 8, 2008 To Whom It May Concern: Company Name: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Name and Title of Representative: Katsuaki Watanabe, President (Code Number: 7203 Securities exchanges throughout Japan) Name and Title of Contact Person: Takuo Sasaki General Manager, Accounting Division (Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121) Notice Concerning Distribution of Dividends from Surplus At a meeting held on May 8, 2008, the Board of Directors of Toyota MotorCorporation ("TMC") resolved to propose an agenda asking for authorization todistribute dividends from surplus, with record date dated March 31, 2008, at the104th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 24, 2008. Inrelation to the above, we hereby inform you of the following: 1. Details of dividends Amount to be proposed as Most recent Year-end dividend paid for FY Year-end dividend for FY dividend forecast 2007 2008 Record Date March 31, 2008 March 31, 2008 March 31, 2007 Dividend 75.00 yen Not reported 70.00 yenper share Total amount 236,195,000,000 yen - 223,855,000,000 yenof dividends Effective date June 25, 2008 - June 25, 2007 Source of Retained earnings - Retained earningsdividends 2. Reason for the dividend amount TMC deems the benefit of its shareholders as one of its prioritymanagement policies. With respect to the payment of dividends, TMC aims toachieve a consolidated dividend payout ratio of 30% at an early stage, as wellas to strive for continuous growth of dividend per share, while giving dueconsideration to factors such as business results for each term and newinvestment plans. In accordance with the policy mentioned above, the Board of Directors ofTMC resolved to propose an agenda asking for authorization of 75 yen as year-enddividend for FY 2008, an increase of 5 yen as compared with that in FY 2007. (Reference) Details of Dividends through the fiscal year Dividend per share (yen)Record date End of interim End of fiscal period Total period Dividends for FY 2008 65.00 75.00 140.00(ended March 31, 2008) (plan) (plan) Dividends for FY 2007 50.00 70.00 120.00(ended March 31, 2007) This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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