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April 4, 2022
To whom it may concern,
Company Name: | ASKUL Corporation |
(Code No.: 2678, Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market) | |
Representative: | Akira Yoshioka |
President and Chief Executive Officer | |
Contact Person: | Tsuguhiro Tamai |
Director and Chief Financial Officer | |
Phone: +81-3-4330-5130 |
Notice Regarding Status of Acquisition of Treasury Stock
(Acquisition of treasury stock pursuant to the Articles of Incorporation in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 2 of Article 165 of the Companies Act)
ASKUL Corporation (the "Company") announces the status of acquisition of treasury stock in accordance with the provisions of Article 156 of the Companies Act as applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of Paragraph 3 of Article 165 of the Companies Act based on the resolution passed at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 2, 2022, as follows:
1. Type of shares to be acquired | Common stock of the Company |
2. Total number of shares acquired | 1,028,000 shares |
3. Total amount of shares acquired | 1,679,713,100 yen |
4. Acquisition period | March 1, 2022 ~ March 31, 2022 (based on execution date) |
5. Acquisition method | Open market purchase on Tokyo Stock Exchange through a |
discretionary transaction method | |
(Reference) |
1. Details of the resolution on the acquisition of treasury stock approved at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on February 2, 2022
(1) Type of shares to be acquired | Common stock of the Company |
(2) Total number of shares to be acquired | Up to 5,000,000 shares (4.88% of the total outstanding shares excluding treasury stock) |
(3) Total amount of shares to be acquired | Up to 10,000,000,000 yen |
(4) Acquisition period | February 4, 2022 to May 13, 2022 |
(5) Acquisition method | Purchase through the Tokyo Stock Exchange Off-Auction Own Share Repurchase System (ToSTNeT-3) and market purchase through a discretionary transaction method. |
2. Accumulated total of treasury stock acquired since the date of aforementioned resolution by the Board of
Directors (as of March 31, 2022)
(1) Total number of shares acquired 4,064,000 shares
(2) Total amount of shares acquired 6,630,238,200 yen