• Notice of Dividends Paid from Retained Earnings

Toyo Ink Mfg. Co., Ltd. (the “Company”) announces that a meeting of the Board of Directors held on May 17, 2010 resolved that a proposition on the approval of dividends paid from retained earnings based on the record date of March 31, 2010 would be presented to the 172nd ordinary shareholders’ meeting, scheduled for June 29, 2010. Details are as follows:

1. Details of dividends

   	Decided amount	Latest forecast of dividends (published on February 5, 2010)	Previous term’s actual dividends (Term ended March 2009)
   Record date	March 31, 2010	March 31, 2010	March 31, 2009
   Dividend per share	5.50 yen	5.00 yen	4.50 yen
   Total dividends	¥1,641 million	—	¥1,361 million
   Effective date	June 30, 2010	—	June 29, 2009
   Funds for dividends	Retained earnings	—	Retained earnings

    
2. Reasons
   The Company has made it its basic policy to build up internal reserves to further strengthen our operating base, while consistently attaching importance to stable dividends paid to shareholders.
   We plan to decide to pay a final dividend of 5.50 yen per share for the term ended March 2010, resulting in an annual dividend of 10.00 yen per share.

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