Brandes Proposes 130 yen per Share Dividend and 10 Million Share Buyback Program for Ono Pharmaceutical Annu... (assets still would be more than sufficie...)

Brandes Proposes 130 yen per Share Dividend and 10 Million Share Buyback Program for Ono Pharmaceutical Annual Meeting

Date:4/15/2008

assets still would be more than sufficient, in Brandes' estimation, to support the Company's pursuit of business-enhancing opportunities. For more details on the rationale for the proposals, please see the attached shareholder proposal excerpt for reference.

Brandes is a U.S. registered investment advisor. Located at 11988 El Camino Real, Suite 500, San Diego, California, 92130, Brandes managed approximately US$93.4 billion on behalf of institutional and individual investors, as of March 31, 2008.

Direct excerpt from Shareholder Proposal

(III) Reasons

These proposals reflect the belief that the Company should maintain a balance sheet that is consistent with its core business as a pharmaceutical company, and that capital well in excess of such needs should be returned to its shareholders.

Firstly, by increasing the total annual dividend to 220 yen per share (including the interim dividend of 90 yen per share), we expect the Company to continue to increase the payout ratio and prevent further accumulation of cash in the future.

As of December 31, 2007, 73% of the Company's total assets or approximately 350.8 billion yen was comprised of cash, marketable securities and investment securities including cross-shareholdings (hereafter referred to as "Financial Assets"), the majority of which is unrelated to the Company's operations as a pharmaceutical company. The magnitude of Financial Assets held goes well beyond what it legitimately needs in order to fund its operations as a pharmaceutical company, and is well in excess of the industry average of 45%, which has also been criticized as excessive.

In addition, the return that the Company earns on its Financial Assets is less than 1% on an annualized basis, well below its estimated cost of capital and exhibits no improvements.

Secondly, the share buyback proposal aims for the reduction of excess capital and it is intended for the Company to cancel all shares upon rep
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