Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. TSE:4183
Mitsui Chemicals : 【Timely Disclosure】Notice Regarding Repurchase of Own Shares and Cancellation of Treasury Shares
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Company name: Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
HASHIMOTO Osamu,
February 5, 2026
Name of representative:
Representative Director and President (Securities code: 4183 :Prime Market)
Inquiries:
TAKATAMA Yoshinori,
General Manager of Corporate Communications Division (Telephone: +81-3-6880-7500)
Notice Regarding Repurchase of Own Shares and Cancellation of Treasury Shares (Repurchase of Own Shares pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act, based on a provision of the Articles of Incorporation and Cancellation of Treasury Shares pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act)Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. (Tokyo: 4183; President & CEO: HASHIMOTO Osamu; "the Company") hereby announces that, at the Board of Directors meeting held today, the Company resolved (1)to repurchase its own shares pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the Act and (2) to cancel treasury shares pursuant to Article 178 of the Act, as described below.
Reason for Repurchase and Cancellation Shares
The company will repurchase its own shares to improve capital efficiency and will cancel treasury shares to enhance the effectiveness of shareholder returns.
Details of Repurchase
(1)
Class of shares to be
repurchased
Common shares of the Company
(2)
Total number of shares to be repurchased
Up to 18,400,000 shares
(Percentage to the total number of shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) 4.9%)
(3)
Total amount of
repurchase
Up to JPY 30,000,000,000
(4)
Repurchase period
From February 6, 2026 to July 31, 2026
(5)
Repurchase method
Market purchases based on a discretionary dealing contract regarding repurchase
of its own shares
Details of Cancellation
(1) | Class of shares to be cancelled | Common shares of the Company |
(2) | Number of shares to be cancelled | The number of treasury shares held by the Company will be reduced through cancellation so that, upon completion of the share repurchase pursuant to 2. above, it will be approximately 5% of the total number of shares in issue. (Note) |
(3) | Scheduled date of cancellation | August 31, 2026 |
(Note) The number of shares to be cancelled will be announced after completion of the repurchase of shares pursuant to 2. above.
(Reference)Status of shares in issue and treasury shares as of January 31, 2026
The total number of shares in issue (excluding treasury shares) | 376,523,573shares |
Number of treasury shares | 25,164,057shares |
Note: This document has been translated from the Japanese original for reference purposes only. In the event of any discrepancy
between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.