Aozora Bank, Ltd.TSE: 8304

Aozora Bank Announces Third Quarter Dividend and Update to Fourth Quarter Dividend Forecast

· Issued by Aozora Bank, Ltd.


February 4, 2026 Company name: Aozora Bank, Ltd.

Name of representative: Hideto Oomi, President and CEO Listed exchange: TSE Prime Market, Code 8304

Contact: Tsutomu Jimbo Corporate Communication Division (Tel.: 03 6752 1111)

Aozora Announces Third Quarter Dividend and Update to Fourth Quarter Dividend Forecast

TOKYO February 4, 2026 - Aozora Bank, Ltd. ('Aozora ' or 'the Bank') today announced that its Board of Directors resolved to pay a dividend from retained earnings for the third quarter of FY2025 (record date: December 31, 2025) as described below . The third quarter dividend per common share is 22 yen, representing 25% of the full-year dividend forecast of 88 yen.

The latest FY2025 full-year dividend forecast of 88 yen per common share remains unchanged. With the third quarter dividend payment now finalized, the forecast for the fourth quarter dividend per common share, previously undecided, has been up dated to 22 yen.

  1. Details of Third Quarter Common Stock Dividend Payments from Retained Earnings

    Approved dividend (FY2025 3rdquarter)

    Most recent forecast

    Previous payment (FY2024 3rdquarter)

    Record date

    December 31, 2025

    December 31, 2025

    De cember 31, 2024

    Dividend per common share

    22 yen

    To be determined

    1 9 yen

    Total dividend amount

    3,044 million yen

    -

    2,629 mi lion yen

    Effective date

    March 9, 2026

    -

    March 17, 2025

    Source of payments

    Retained earnings

    -

    Retained ear nings

  2. Details of Update to the Fourth Quarter Common Stock Dividend Forecast

Dividend per common share

Record date

June 30

(1stquarter)

September 30

(2ndquarter)

December 31

(3rdquarter)

March 31

(4thquarter)

Total

Previous forecast for FY2025

-

-

88 yen

Revised forecast for FY2025

22 yen

88 yen

Payments in FY2025

22 yen

22 yen

22 yen

Payments in FY2024

19 yen

19 yen

19 yen

22 yen

79 y en

Reason for the update to the fourth quarter dividend forecast

With the third quarter dividend payment now finalized and the latest FY2025 full-year dividend forecast of 88 yen remaining unchanged, the forecas t for the fourth quarter dividend per common share, previously undecided, has been updated to 22 yen.