UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of April, 2004.
Commission File Number: 001-31221
Total number of pages: 4
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Sanno Park Tower 11-1, Nagata-cho 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6150
Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Information furnished in this form:
| 1. | Press release, dated April 22, 2004, regarding revision of proposed year-end dividend payments for fiscal year 2003. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NTT DoCoMo, Inc. | ||||
| Date: April 22, 2004 | By: |
/S/ MASAYUKI HIRATA | ||
| Masayuki Hirata Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | ||||
For Immediate Release
Revision of Proposed Year-end Dividend Payments for Fiscal Year 2003
TOKYO, JAPAN, April 22, 2004—NTT DoCoMo, Inc. today announced that its board of directors has passed a resolution to pay a 500-yen commemorative year-end dividend, in addition to a previously proposed 500-yen ordinary dividend, thereby raising the annual dividend from 1,000 yen to 1,500 yen for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004.
The board decided to propose the 500-yen commemorative dividend in recognition of i-mode® subscriptions surpassing the unprecedented 40 million mark.
DoCoMo recognizes that returning profit to shareholders is an important mission of the company. Moreover, based on its policy of providing stable, sustainable annual dividends, DoCoMo decides dividends by comprehensively taking into account such factors as consolidated financial results and the overall business environment.
Revision to proposed dividend payments:
| Interim |
Year-end |
Annual | ||||
| Before revisions (proposed on October 30, 2003) |
Ordinary: 500 yen per share | Ordinary: 500 yen per share | Ordinary: 1,000 yen per share | |||
| After revisions |
Ordinary: 500 yen per share | Ordinary: 500 yen per share Commemorative: 500 yen per share |
Ordinary: 1,000 yen per share Commemorative: 500 yen per share | |||
Dividend for fiscal year 2002 ending March 31, 2003:
| Interim |
Year-end |
Annual | ||||
| Dividend per share |
Ordinary: 0 yen per share | Ordinary: 500 yen per share | Ordinary: 500 yen per share |
For further inquiries, please contact:
Public Relations Department
Susumu Takeuchi
Manager
International PR
NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
Tel: +81-3-5156-1366 (9:30~19:00 Japan Standard Time)
Fax: +81-3-5501-3408
Mobile: +81-90-5400-1142
e-mail: press_dcm@nttdocomo.com
website: http://www.nttdocomo.com
About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world’s leading mobile communications company, with more than 48 million customers. The company provides a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services. These include i-mode®, the world’s most popular mobile internet service, which provides e-mail and internet access to over 41 million subscribers, and FOMA®, launched in 2001 as the world’s first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe and North America, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in Asia-Pacific, Europe and North America. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM), and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.nttdocomo.com
i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DoCoMo’s FOMA service is available only to subscribers in Japan.