OMRON Announces Fiscal 2013 Interim Dividend and Year-End Dividend Forecast

Tokyo, Japan -- The Board of Directors of OMRON Corporation (TOKYO: 6645; ADR: OMRNY) today decided on an interim dividend and a planned year-end dividend for fiscal 2013 (ending March 31, 2014).

1. Interim Dividend Breakdown

   	FY2013 Interim Dividend (Decided on Oct. 29, 2013)	Previous forecast (Announced on April 25, 2013)	FY2012 Interim Dividend (Actual)
   Dividend Record Date	September 30, 2013	September 30, 2013	September 30, 2012
   Dividend per Share	25.00 yen	18.00 yen	14.00 yen
   Total Dividends	5,503 million yen	-	3,082 million yen
   Effective Date	December 2, 2013	-	December 3, 2012
   Source of Dividends	Retained Earnings	-	Retained Earnings

   
   

2. Dividend Forecast Breakdown

   Term	Dividends for the year
   	2nd Quarter	Year-end	Full-year total
   Previous forecast	18.00 yen	Undecided	Undecided
   October 29 Forecast	-	25.00 yen	50.00 yen
   Fiscal 2013 Actual	25.00 yen	-	-
   Fiscal 2012 Actual (ended March 31, 2013)	14.00 yen	23.00 yen (Ordinary Dividend: 18.00 yen) (Commemorative Dividend: 5.00 yen)	37.00 yen (Ordinary Dividend: 32.00 yen) (Commemorative Dividend: 5.00 yen)

   
   

3. Reason for Interim Dividend and Year-End Dividend Forecast

   OMRON's policy on shareholder return is based primarily on securing capital resources for investments to promote growth and in turn increase corporate value, and returning surplus to shareholders, taking the level of free cash flow into consideration. When determining dividends, the Company aims to maintain a payout ratio at a minimum of 25% with a near-term DOE target of 2%.

   Following the favorable consolidated financial results for the first half of fiscal 2013 and the full year forecast of fiscal 2013 announced today, the Company has decided to make an upward revision to the interim dividend to 25 yen per share, up 7 yen from the initial forecast. The Company has also decided on a year-end dividend forecast at 25 yen per share in fiscal 2013. Together with 25 yen per share interim dividend, this will amount to a total full-year dividend payout of 50 yen per share.