TOKYO, Feb. 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trend Micro (TSE:4704) ( NASDAQ: TMIC) announced today that year-end cash dividends per share would be increased as follows. The effecting of the election is conditional on the agenda item being approved at the 18th ordinary general meeting of shareholders on March 27, 2007. 1. Reason for an increase of cash dividends We intend to continue to return profits to shareholders based on our net profits on a consolidated basis while striving to enhance financial strength and secure inner reserves in order to deal with the significantly changing business environment and maintain a competitive edge against competitors. Since the previous dividend distribution, our basic policy on dividends has been set as 40% excluding the effect of stock option compensation expenses. We plan to pay a year-end dividend on the basis of a dividend ratio of 50% excluding the effect of stock option compensation expenses. 2. Revised dividends for the Year ending December 2006 (January 1 to December 31, 2006) Year-end Basic dividend Rate of Change dividends policy Year of 2006 84 yen Approximately 50% +50 % (December 31, 2006) Appendix Year-end dividends Basic dividend policy Year of 2005 56 yen Approximately 40% (December 31, 2005) Year of 2004 36 yen Approximately 30% (December 31, 2004) Trend Micro, Inc. Eva Chen, Representative Director, President, Chief Executive Officer First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Code: 4704 Contact: Mahendra Negi Tel: +81-3-5334-4899 DATASOURCE: Trend Micro, Inc. CONTACT: Mahendra Negi of Trend Micro, +81-3-5334-4899, or fax, +81-3-5334-4874, or

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