Seven & I Holdings : Notice Regarding Revision of Year-End Dividends for Fiscal Year ending February 29, 2012 (Increased Dividends)

January 6, 2012

To whom it may concern,

Company name: Seven & i Ho ldings Co., Ltd. Representative: Noritoshi Mu rata

President and Representative Director

(Code No.3382/First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Notice Regarding Revision of Year-End Dividends fo r Fiscal year ending February 29, 2012 (Increased Divide nds)

At a meeting held on January 6, 2012, the Board of Directors of Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. approved a revision of the year-end dividends per share forecast for the fiscal year ending Februar y 29, 2012, as described below.
1. Details of dividends

	Dividends per share (ye n)
	Second Quarter	Year-end	Annual
Previous forecast (September 6, 2011)	29.00	31.00	60.00
Revised forecast	-	33.00	62.00
Year ending February 29, 2012	29.00	-	-
Year ended February 28, 2011	28.00	29.00	57.00

2. Reason of revision
The Company, which has a basic policy of providing a return of profits in line with p rofit growth, is targeting annual dividends of 50.00 yen per share while working to increase the consolidated pa yout ratio, for which the Company's benchmark is 35%. Based on its basic policy, as one facet of its shareholde r return initiatives, the Company plans to raise the year-end dividends per share to 33.00 yen, an increase of 2 .00 yen per share. As a result, including the interim dividends of 29.00 yen per share, the Company is plannin g annual dividends of
62.00 yen per share.