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као Standards Financial Acco Accounting FASF Foundation MEMBERSHIP Consolidated Financial Results for the Six Months Ended June 30 , 2021 [ IFRS ] August 3 , 2021 Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan Company name : Kao Corporation Stock code : Representative : Contact person : 4452 Yoshihiro Hasebe , President and CEO ( URL : www.kao.com/global/en/investor-relations/library/results/ ) Mitsuhiro Watanabe , Vice President , Investor Relations Scheduled starting date of the dividend payments : September 1 , 2021 Supplementary documents of the financial results : Yes Financial results information meeting : Yes ( for institutional investors and analysts ) E - mail : ir@kao.co.jp ( Millions of yen , except per share amounts ) ( Amounts less than one million yen are rounded ) 1. Consolidated financial results for the six months ended June 30 , 2021 ( from January 1 , 2021 to June 30 , 2021 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated operating results Six months ended June 30 , 2021 ( Percentages indicate year - on - year changes ) Six months ended % June 30 , 2020 % Net sales Operating income 675,179 1.2 667,158 ( 7.5 ) 70,551 ( 5.3 ) 74,484 ( 13.8 ) Income before income taxes 74,133 0.5 73,730 ( 13.8 ) Net income 53,455 3.7 51,543 ( 11.5 ) Net income attributable to owners of the parent 52,538 3.8 50,600 ( 11.7 ) Comprehensive income 79,988 94.2 41,191 ( 18.0 ) Basic earnings per share ( Yen ) 110.12 105.21 Diluted earnings per share ( Yen ) 110.12 105.20 ( 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 Fiscal year end Total June 30 , 2021 December 31 , 2020 1,620,608 932,673 915,770 1,665,616 938,194 923,687 56.5 % 1,932.50 55.5 % 1,920.56 Year ending Year ending December 31 , 2021 ( Forecast ) December 31 , 2021 Year ended December 31 , 2020 72.00 144.00 Note : Revisions to the cash dividends forecast most recently announced : None 72.00 70.00 70.00 140.00