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Toshiba Corp. - Year-End Dividend Plan

Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:31am EDT
RNS Number:4328Q
Toshiba Corporation
19 March 2008

                                                                  March 19, 2008


                                              Atsutoshi Nishida, President & CEO

                                                             Toshiba Corporation

                                         1-1-1 Shibaura, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

                                       Contact: Naoto Hasegawa, General Manager,

                                                 Corporate Communications Office

                                                           Phone: 81 3 3457 2096


     Notice of Year-End Dividend Plan for Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2008


TOKYO-Toshiba Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors,
meeting today, has provisionally decided to pay a year-end dividend of 6.00
Japanese yen per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008. As a result,
the planned annual dividend per share for FY2007 will be 12.00 Japanese yen.


Year-End Dividend and Total Annual Dividend

                                   Interim Dividend          Year-End Dividend          Total Dividend

Dividend Payment Per Share             6.00 yen                   6.00 yen                12.00 yen
for the Fiscal Year Ending             (actual)                  (planned)                (planned)
March 31, 2008                         

Dividend Payment Per Share             4.50 yen                   6.50 yen                11.00 yen
for the Fiscal Year Ending
March 31, 2007



Cautionary statements

This report contains forward-looking statements concerning future plans,
strategies and the performance of Toshiba Group. These statements are based on
managementfs assumptions and beliefs in light of the economic, financial and
other data currently available. Furthermore, they are subject to a number of
risks and uncertainties. Toshiba therefore wishes to caution readers that actual
results may differ materially from our expectations. Major risk factors that may
have a material influence on results are indicated below, though this list is
not necessarily exhaustive.

•  Disputes including lawsuits in Japan and other countries

•  Success or failure of alliances or joint ventures promoted in collaboration 
   with other companies;

•  Success or failure of new businesses or R&D investment;

•  Changes in political and economic conditions in Japan and abroad;
   unexpected regulatory changes;

•  Major disasters, including earthquakes and typhoons;

•  Rapid changes in the supply/demand situation in major markets and intensified 
   price competition;

•  Significant capital expenditure for production facilities and rapid changes 
   in the market;

•  Changes in financial markets, including fluctuations in interest rates and 
   exchange rates.

                                    # # #


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            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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