January 29, 2026
To whom it may concern,
Company Name Resona Holdings, Inc. |
(Code 8308: Prime Market of Tokyo Stock Exchange) |
Acquisition of Shares in Connection with the Entrustment of Share Benefit Trusts
Resona Holdings, Inc. (President: Masahiro Minami) hereby announces that its subsidiary, Resona Bank, Limited (President: Shoichi Iwanaga), has resolved today to acquire the shares of HPC SYSTEMS Inc. ("HPC") as described in the table below, in its capacity as trustee of the HPC's share benefit trust for its officers and the share benefit trust for its employees, released by HPC on November 13, 2025.
It is hereby notified that as this acquisition constitutes not less than 5% on a voting rights basis, and therefore, corresponds to the "Buying Up" defined in Article 31 of the Order for Enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Securities Code | Securities Name (Company name) | Date of Acquisition | Type of Shares | Number of Acquired Shares | Number of Acquired Voting Rights | Ratio to the Number of Voting Rights of All Shareholders |
6597 | HPC SYSTEMS Inc. | February 16, 2026 | Shares of common stock | 260,000 shares | 2,600 voting rights | 6.28%* |
* In the trust account related to this trust arrangement, we have indicated the percentage (reference value) of treasury shares to be acquired through a third-party allotment by HPC, and this percentage has been calculated based on the total number of voting rights as of June 30, 2025 (41,393).
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