OMRON Announces 80th Anniversary Commemorative Dividend and Year-End Dividend Forecast for Fiscal 2012 (ending March 31, 2013)

Tokyo, Japan - The Board of Directors of OMRON Corporation (TOKYO: 6645; ADR: OMRNY) today resolved to announce a planned year-end dividend of 23.00 yen for fiscal 2012 (ending March 31, 2013).

1. Reason for Dividend Forecast

   On May 10, 2013, OMRON will celebrate the 80th anniversary of its founding. OMRON is fully aware that this longevity is due in large part to the support of shareholders and other stakeholders.

   As an expression of gratitude to shareholders, OMRON is planning a special dividend of 5 yen per share in commemoration of the Company's 80th anniversary, in addition to the ordinary year-end dividend for fiscal 2012.

   In line with its policy on the distribution of profits, which targets a payout ratio of 20% or higher and makes profit distributions with a DOE target of 2%, OMRON plans to pay an ordinary year-end dividend of 18 yen per share in fiscal 2012, which when added to the commemorative dividend of 5 yen per share amounts to a planned total of 23 yen per share.

   Together with the 14 yen per share interim dividend (for the first two quarters of fiscal 2012) paid on December 3, 2012, this will amount to a total full-year dividend payout of 37 yen per share.

   This plan will be placed on the agenda of the Company's Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled for June, 2013.

2. Dividend Forecast Breakdown

   Term	Dividends for the year (JPY)
   	2nd quarter	Year-end	Full-year total
   Previous forecast	-	Undecided	Undecided
   January 30 forecast	-	23.00 (Ordinary Dividend: 18.00 ) (Commemorative Dividend: 5.00 )	37.00 (Ordinary Dividend: 32.00 ) (Commemorative Dividend: 5.00 )
   Fiscal 2012 Actual	14.00	-	-
   Fiscal 2011 Actual (ended March 31, 2012)	14.00	14.00	28.00