Japan Tobacco : Notice of Receipt of Dividend from JT’s Consolidated Subsidiary
April 09, 2021 at 02:04 am EDT
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tokyo, April 9, 2021
Notice of Receipt of Dividend from JT's Consolidated Subsidiary
Japan Tobacco Inc. (JT) (TSE: 2914) announced today that the Company received a dividend of USD 600 million (approximately JPY 65 billion1) from its consolidated subsidiary, JT International Group Holding B.V. The dividend will have the following impact on JT's non- consolidated accounts:
1. Outline of Dividend
a) Dividend amount:
USD 600 million (approximately JPY 65 billion)
b) Date of receipt:
April 9, 2021
2. Impact on Financial Results
The dividend income of USD 600 million (approximately JPY 65 billion) will be recorded as non-operating income in JT's non-consolidated accounts for the fiscal year 2021. However, the dividend received from its consolidated subsidiary will not have any financial impact on JT's consolidated financial results for the fiscal year 2021.
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Japan Tobacco Inc. is a leading international tobacco company with operations in more than 130 countries. With approximately 58,000 employees, it manufactures and sells some of the world's best-known brands including Winston, Camel, MEVIUS and LD. The JT Group is committed to investing in Reduced-Risk Products (RRP) and currently markets its tobacco vapor products under its Ploom brand and various e-cigarette products under its Logic brand. The Group is also present in the pharmaceutical and processed food businesses. For more information, visit https://www.jt.com/.
Contact:
Dinesh Babu Thotakura, General Manager
Media and Investor Relations Division
Japan Tobacco Inc. Tokyo: +81-3-6636-2026
E-mail: jt.media.relations@jt.com
1 The exchange rate in this release is as follows:
USD 1 = JPY 108.63 (TTM rate mean in March, 2021)
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Japan Tobacco Inc. specializes in manufacturing and marketing of tobacco products. The group's products include primarily cigarettes, cigars, chewing and snuff tobaccos. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of tobacco products overseas (66%): 460 billion products sold in 2021, under the brands Winston, Camel, Silk Cut, Sobranie, Glamour, etc.;
- sale of tobacco products in Japan (24.1%): 67 billion products sold under the brands Cabin Prestige, Seven Stars, Pianissimo, Mild Seven, etc.;
- distribution of food products (6.3%);
- development of pharmaceutical products (3.5%): primarily for dyslipidemia, osteoporosis and Hepatitis C treatment;
- other (0.1%).
68.5% of net sales are abroad.
JAPAN TOBACCO, INC. 
