TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors, meeting today, provisionally decided to pay a year-end dividend of 3.50 Japanese yen per share for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006.

Basic Policy on Profit Distribution
Toshiba, in principle, intends to pay a stable dividend. Toshiba also seeks to promote continuous increase of dividend payments, based on its consolidated business performance and in consideration of factors such as strategic investments necessary to secure medium- to long-term growth.