“We have been studying the best method of shareholder returns and our current policy is to pay out dividends.”
☆ NintendObs Event – Nintendo’s 2014 Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
Question:
Shareholder special benefit plans are very popular in Japan these days. As most of the individual shareholders hold Nintendo’s stock because they are fans of this company, would you please give us something related to Nintendo as a shareholder perk? I do not think hardware systems should be given to shareholders due to their high costs, but games like “Tingle’s Balloon Fight DS” and “GAME & WATCH COLLECTION,” which were presents to Club Nintendo members, could be good options.
Answer:
Tatsumi Kimishima (Managing Director and General Manager of Corporate Analysis & Administration Division and General Affairs Division):
I am afraid we have no plans to introduce shareholder benefit schemes for now. We have been studying the best method of shareholder returns and our current policy is to pay out dividends. Since we are marketing hardware and software that everyone can enjoy, it is certainly possible for us to consider providing some of them as our shareholders’ special benefits. However, such offerings require certain costs. Also, for example, some individual shareholders might have already bought the same thing we provide, and institutional shareholders are not comfortable with these offerings. There are actually shareholders who have asked us to increase the dividend instead of offering special benefits to shareholders. For these reasons, we believe dividends are the most suitable option at present. However, we will continue to consider the best method of returns to our shareholders.
— The 74th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders
Source: Nintendo JP.
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