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kao Standards Financial Acco Accounting Foundation FASF MEMBERSHIP Consolidated Financial Results for the Nine Months Ended September 30 , 2021 [ IFRS ] November 2 , 2021 Tokyo Stock Exchange in Japan Company name : Kao Corporation Representative : Stock code : Contact person : 4452 Yoshihiro Hasebe , President and CEO ( 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 nine months ended September 30 , 2021 ( from January 1 , 2021 to September 30 , 2021 ) ( 1 ) Consolidated operating results ( Percentages indicate year - on - year changes ) Nine months ended September 30 , 2021 % Nine months ended September 30 , 2020 % Net sales 1,020,959 1.6 1,005,260 ( 9.4 ) Operating income 108,994 ( 9.2 ) 120,062 ( 20.5 ) Income before income taxes 113,509 ( 4.7 ) 119,148 ( 20.3 ) Net income 83,362 ( 4.6 ) 87,352 ( 16.9 ) Net income attributable to owners of the parent 82,070 ( 4.5 ) 85,941 ( 17.0 ) Comprehensive income 111,259 47.0 75,695 ( 18.9 ) Basic earnings per share ( Yen ) 172.42 178.70 Diluted earnings per share ( Yen ) 172.40 178.67 ( 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 September 30 , 2021 December 31 , 2020 1,632,789 929,915 1,665,616 912,383 55.9 % 1,925.35 938,194 923,687 55.5 % 1,920.56 Year ending Year ending Year ended December 31 , 2021 ( Forecast ) December 31 , 2021 December 31 , 2020 Annual cash dividends per share ( Yen ) 1st quarter end 2nd quarter end 70.00 3rd quarter end Fiscal year end Total 72.00 144.00 Note : Revisions to the cash dividends forecast most recently announced : None 72.00 70.00 140.00