日本証券金融（8511） – Announcement of FY2021 year-end dividend

May 16, 2022 To whom it may concern Company: Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. Representative Executive Officer & President: Shigeki Kushida (Code No. 8511, TSE Prime) Contact: Kentaro Hibi, General Manager, Corporate Governance Office (E-mail : info@jsf.co.jp) Announcement of FY2021 year-end dividend Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “JSF”) today announced that its Board of Directors on May 16, 2022 approved to pay a year-end dividend with a record date of March 31, 2022 as follows. 1. Details of Dividends Amount Approved Latest Dividend Forecast (announced on Nov 2, 2021) Dividend paid in previous fiscal year （Ended March 31, 2021） Record Date March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022 March 31, 2021 Dividend per share 15 yen 15 yen 15 yen Total amount of dividends 1,356 million yen Effective date June 2, 2022 Source of dividend Retained earnings ― ― ― 1,393 million yen June 3, 2021 Retained earnings 2. Rationale Solid equity capital to secure the financial health and management stability that society demands of the company as the infrastructure of securities market, and provide stable long-term return to shareholders by comprehensively considering revenues environment or investment plan, etc. At the same time, JSF will strive to place more importance on shareholders return. Based on this basic approach, JSF will strive to further enhance shareholder returns. JSF has set the goal of achieving a total payout ratio of 100% on a cumulative basis in the years from FY2021 through FY2025 through dividend payments and agile implementation of share repurchases. With regard to dividends, JSF aims to proactively pay dividends to the extent that the annual dividend per share does not fall below ¥30. Based on this policy, JSF determined to pay 15 yen per share as the year-end dividend on its common shares as published on May 10, 2022. [Reference] Details of Dividends through the fiscal year FY 2021 FY 2020 Interim 15 yen 11 yen Dividend per share Year-end 15 yen 15 yen Total 30 yen 26 yen This is the English translation of the document originally written in Japanese for non-Japanese convenience. Although Japan Securities Finance intends to faithfully translate the Japanese-written documents into English version, the accuracy and correctness of translation are not guaranteed, so you are kindly encouraged to refer to the original Japanese version of the document.