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као Consolidated Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31 , 2021 [ IFRS ] Standards Financial Acc Accounting Foundation FASF MEMBERSHIP Company name : Kao Corporation Representative : Stock code : Contact person : 4452 Yoshihiro Hasebe , President and CEO May 7 , 2021 Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan ( URL : www.kao.com/global/en/investor-relations/library/results/ ) Mitsuhiro Watanabe , Vice President , Investor Relations E - mail : ir@kao.co.jp Scheduled starting date of the dividend payments : - Supplementary documents of the financial results : Yes Financial results information meeting : Yes ( for institutional investors and analysts ) ( Millions of yen , except per share amounts ) ( Amounts less than one million yen are rounded ) 1. Consolidated financial results for the three months ended March 31 , 2021 ( from January 1 , 2021 to March 31 , 2021 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated operating results Net sales Operating income Income before income taxes Net income Net income attributable to owners of the parent Comprehensive income Basic earnings per share ( Yen ) Diluted earnings per share ( Yen ) ( 2 ) Consolidated financial position Total assets Total equity Equity attributable to owners of the parent Ratio of equity attributable to owners of the parent to total assets Equity attributable to owners of the parent per share ( Yen ) 2. Dividends Annual cash dividends per share ( Yen ) 1st quarter end 2nd quarter end 3rd quarter end Three months ended March 31 , 2021 ( Percentages indicate year - on - year changes ) Three months ended % March 31 , 2020 % 320,558 ( 5.1 ) 337,767 ( 2.6 ) 30,937 ( 21.2 ) 39,279 2.8 33,901 ( 9.1 ) 37,277 ( 3.4 ) 26,228 ( 3.4 ) 27,159 0.6 25,719 ( 3.5 ) 26,665 0.9 50,480 263.0 13,908 ( 54.6 ) 53.61 55.45 53.60 55.44 March 31 , 2021 December 31 , 2020 1,604,621 924,137 1,665,616 938,194 923,687 908,792 56.6 % 1,906.19 55.5 % 1,920.56 Year ending December 31 , 2021 ( Forecast ) Year ending Year ended December 31 , 2021 December 31 , 2020 72.00 Fiscal year end Total 72.00 144.00 Note : Revisions to the cash dividends forecast most recently announced : None 70.00 70.00 140.00