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conscience. Our hope is that the
excitement and fun that Mazda vehicles
offer to our customers will contribute to
the maturation of a socially responsible
culture, one that will bring about a
sustainable future.
Mazda is clearly making progress in
its work on environmental concerns.
Our aim in this regard is to introduce, in
stages, highly efficient, environmentally
cleaner powertrains, as well as a brand
new, lightweight and safe product
platforms. We also have a wide range of
technological development efforts
under way to improve traffic congestion
and road safety. Examples include
human–machine interface technology
and a driver’s cockpit design that assists
the driver in identifying and making
decisions based on traffic conditions, as
well as improving dynamic performance
to realize automobiles with advanced
collision avoidance systems.
What is Mazda doing to enhance
shareholder and enterprise value?
Mazda is fully cognizant of the need to
meet the expectations of its shareholders
concerning dividends. Our objective is
to pay a dividend that will be sustainable
over the long term, even as we enhance
our corporate performance and strengthen
our balance sheet. We are also taking
steps to make steady improvements to
our dividend payout ratio. The first of
these has been to increase the dividend
per share by ¥1 for fiscal 2006—as we
did in the previous fiscal year—to ¥6.
We also plan to commence paying
interim dividends for the first time in 15
years. Plans call for an interim dividend
payment of ¥3 and a year-end dividend
payment of ¥3 in fiscal 2007.
What are the Mazda Group’s
aspirations going forward?
Our aim is to move ever closer to our
vision of the future by properly carrying
out our targets for fiscal 2007, the
inaugural year of the Mazda Advancement
Plan.
Up to now, Mazda has been focused
on operating from one day to the next.
Now, however, we have reached a point
where we can look ahead, where we
can think about tomorrow. This does
not mean, however, that Mazda has
excess reserves to fall back on. We will
continue to move forward one step at a
time to ensure steadily enhanced
shareholder and corporate value.
June 2007
Hisakazu Imaki
Representative Director, Chairman of the
Board, President and CEO
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