The Board of Directors of the Kyokuto Securities Co., Ltd. at its meeting on September 26, 2023 provisionally decided to pay the interim dividend of JPY 30.00 to shareholders, for the Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2024. Record date is September 30, 2023 . A formal decision on the interim dividend will be made at the Board of Directors meeting to be held in late October 2023.