Flexible shareholder returns through treasury share acquisitions and cancellations
First written in FY2016. 20 of 27 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-09-18.
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company acquired treasury shares as follows pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. The acquisition of treasury shares pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 27 March 2025 was completed with the acquisition below. ① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 3,544,800 shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥14,999 million ④ Acquisition period 1 April 2025 to 22 September 2025 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange」
The Company completed the acquisition authorized by the 27 March 2025 resolution, acquiring 3,544,800 treasury shares for ¥14.999 billion. For the full fiscal year, expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares was ¥30.001 billion, and 6,653,300 shares were cancelled. In addition, a resolution was made on 31 March 2026 to acquire up to 4 million shares for ¥15 billion. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company acquired treasury shares as follows pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. The acquisition of treasury shares pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 27 March 2025 was completed with the acquisition below. ① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 3,544,800 shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥14,999 million ④ Acquisition period 1 April 2025 to 22 September 2025 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange At its meeting held on 30 September 2025, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to acquire treasury shares pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. (2) Total number of shares that may be acquired: 5,000,000 shares (maximum) (3) Total acquisition cost: ¥15,000 million (maximum) (4) Acquisition period: 1 October 2025 to 31 March 2026」
The Company acquired 3,544,800 treasury shares for ¥14.999 billion, completing the acquisition authorized by the 27 March 2025 resolution. In addition, a new resolution was disclosed to acquire up to 5 million shares for ¥15 billion from October 2025 to March 2026. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Acquisition of treasury shares At meetings held on 28 March 2024 and 31 July 2024, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to acquire treasury shares pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. The Company is proceeding with the acquisition from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025, subject to a maximum of 10 million shares and ¥30,000 million in total. During the six-month period, the Company acquired treasury shares as follows. ① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 3,653,500 shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥14,698 million ④ Acquisition period 1 April 2024 to 29 September 2024 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange」
Under a plan to acquire up to 10 million shares for ¥30 billion from April 2024 to March 2025, the Company had acquired 3,653,500 shares for ¥14.698 billion by the end of the interim period. - FY2024-Q2Second-quarter update on treasury share acquisition expenditureAnnual report
「Expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares △ 4」
The consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended the second quarter recorded ¥4 million in expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company acquired treasury shares as follows pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. The acquisition of treasury shares pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 29 October 2021 was completed with the acquisition below. ① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 500,000 shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥1,596 million ④ Acquisition period 2 November 2021 to 10 December 2021 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange At its meeting held on 23 December 2021, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to cancel treasury shares pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act and carried out the cancellation as follows. ① Class of shares cancelled The Company's common shares ② Number of shares cancelled 350,000 shares (0.33% of total issued shares before the cancellation) ③ Cancellation date 31 January 2022」
The Company completed the acquisition of 500,000 treasury shares for a total acquisition cost of ¥1.596 billion pursuant to the resolution of 29 October 2021. It additionally cancelled 350,000 shares, equivalent to 0.33% of total issued shares, effective 31 January 2022. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares △ 8 At its meeting held on 29 October 2021, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to acquire treasury shares as follows pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. (2) Total number of shares that may be acquired: 500,000 shares (maximum) (0.5% of total issued shares excluding treasury shares) (3) Total acquisition cost: ¥2,000 million (maximum) (4) Acquisition period: 1 November 2021 to 31 January 2022 (5) Acquisition method: Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange」
Expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares during the six months ended the second quarter was ¥8 million. In addition, a new resolution was disclosed to make market purchases from November 2021 to January 2022, subject to a maximum of 500,000 shares and ¥2 billion. - FY2021-Q2Second-quarter update on treasury share acquisition expenditureAnnual report
「Expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares △ 12」
The consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended the second quarter recorded ¥12 million in expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares. Details such as the number of shares were not disclosed. - FY2020-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 728,900 shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥2,999 million ④ Acquisition period 1 August 2019 to 8 October 2019 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (2) Cancellation of treasury shares At its meeting held on 29 October 2019, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to cancel treasury shares pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act and carried out the cancellation as follows. ① Class of shares cancelled The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares cancelled 745,000 shares (0.70% of total issued shares before the cancellation) ③ Cancellation date 29 November 2019」
Treasury share acquisitions reached 728,900 shares at a total acquisition cost of ¥2.999 billion, and 745,000 shares, equivalent to 0.70% of total issued shares, were also cancelled. - FY2020-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 644,600 shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥2,641 million ④ Acquisition period 1 August 2019 to 27 September 2019 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange」
From August to September 2019, the Company acquired 644,600 treasury shares for ¥2.641 billion. In addition, a resolution was disclosed to cancel 745,000 shares effective 29 November 2019, representing concrete progress in shareholder returns through treasury share acquisitions and cancellations. - FY2020-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「At its meeting held on 30 July 2019, the Company's Board of Directors resolved to acquire treasury shares as follows pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. (1) Class of shares subject to acquisition: The Company's common shares (2) Total number of shares that may be acquired: 800 thousand shares (maximum) (0.8% of total issued shares excluding treasury shares) (3) Total acquisition cost: ¥3,000 million (maximum) (4) Acquisition period: 31 July 2019 to 31 March 2020 (5) Acquisition method: Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange」
The Company resolved to make market purchases of treasury shares from 31 July 2019 to 31 March 2020, subject to a maximum of 800 thousand shares and ¥3 billion. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Company's basic policy for shareholder returns is stable dividends, while treasury shares are acquired flexibly.」
The new medium-term management plan also expressly stated a policy of maintaining stable dividends as the basic approach while acquiring treasury shares flexibly. - FY2019-Q2Second-quarter update on treasury share acquisition expenditureAnnual report
「Expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares △ 5」
The consolidated statement of cash flows for the six months ended the second quarter recorded ¥5 million in expenditure for the acquisition of treasury shares. Details such as the number of shares were not disclosed. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「(1) Acquisition of treasury shares The Company acquired treasury shares as follows pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Act. The acquisition of treasury shares pursuant to the resolution of the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 28 April 2017 was completed with the acquisition below. ① Class of shares acquired The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares acquired 3,700 thousand shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥2,994 million ④ Acquisition period 9 May 2017 to 20 July 2017 (trade-date basis) ⑤ Acquisition method Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (2) Cancellation of treasury shares At its meeting held on 31 July 2017, the Board of Directors resolved to cancel treasury shares pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act and carried out the cancellation as follows. ① Class of shares cancelled The Company's common shares ② Total number of shares cancelled 3,710 thousand shares (0.69% of total issued shares before the cancellation) ③ Cancellation date 31 August 2017」
The Company completed the acquisition of 3.7 million treasury shares for a total acquisition cost of ¥2.994 billion pursuant to a Board resolution, and additionally cancelled 3.71 million shares, equivalent to 0.69% of total issued shares. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「② Total number of shares cancelled 2,730 thousand shares (0.51% of total issued shares before the cancellation) ③ Cancellation date 28 April 2017 (2) Acquisition of treasury shares ② Total number of shares acquired 1,968 thousand shares ③ Total acquisition cost ¥1,628 million ④ Acquisition period 9 May 2017 to 16 June 2017 (trade-date basis)」
The Company cancelled 2.73 million treasury shares and additionally acquired 1.968 million treasury shares from May to June 2017 for a total acquisition cost of ¥1.628 billion. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「Treasury shares acquired during the fiscal year 5,740,000; treasury shares acquired and cancelled 3,080,000」
Treasury share acquisitions during the period totalled 5.74 million shares, including market purchases, while 3.08 million treasury shares were cancelled, representing concrete progress in shareholder returns. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors at its meeting held on 22 December 2016, the Company cancelled treasury shares effective 16 January 2017. As a result, the number of issued shares decreased by 3,080,000 to 538,196,429 as of the filing date.」
The Company resolved to cancel and subsequently cancelled 3,080,000 treasury shares, adding a specific track record of shareholder returns through a reduction in issued shares. - FY2017-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「The Company conducted the acquisition of treasury shares pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act as applied with the necessary changes under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the same Act, as follows. (1) Class of shares acquired: the Company’s common shares; (2) total number of shares acquired: 3,016 thousand shares; (3) total acquisition cost: ¥2,381 million; (4) acquisition period: 9 May 2016 to 17 June 2016, on a contract-date basis; (5) acquisition method: market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.」
The Company acquired treasury shares from May to June 2016, recording an actual acquisition of 3,016 thousand shares at a total acquisition cost of ¥2,381 million. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on 28 April 2016, the Company resolved to acquire treasury shares as follows, pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act as applied with the necessary changes under Article 165, paragraph 3 of the same Act. The total number of shares to be acquired is capped at 10,000 thousand shares. The total acquisition cost is capped at ¥8,000 million.」
During the current fiscal year, the Company acquired 3,947 thousand shares and cancelled 4,690 thousand shares. In the following fiscal year, it approved acquisitions of up to 10,000 thousand shares and ¥8.0 billion, and had acquired 3,016 thousand shares by the filing date.