OSAKA, Japan, March 28, 2024 - Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka, Japan; Chief Executive Officer: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.) announced that, it has acquired its own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156 of the Companies Act, applied by replacing terms pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, paragraph 3 of the same Act. The status (progress report) of the acquisition is as follows. With the following acquisition, the acquisition of our Treasury Stock based on the resolution of the Board of Directors Meeting held on July 31, 2023 has been completed. And the cancellation of treasury stock is scheduled in April 17 2024, based on the resolution of the Board of Directors Meeting held on July 31, 2023.
1. Class of shares acquired Common stock of the Company
2. Total number of shares acquired 1,078,000 shares
3. Total value of shares acquired 8,418,848,596 yen
4. Period of acquisition
From March 1, 2024 to March 22, 2024 (execution base)
5. Method of acquisition
Acquire in the open market through discretionary trading in Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Reference)
1. Details of acquisition of treasury stock based on the resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on July 31, 2023
(1) Class of shares to be acquired Common stock of the Company
(2) Total number of shares to be acquired 12,500,000 shares (maximum)
(4.2% of total outstanding shares [excluding treasury stock])
(3) Total amount of acquisition cost 75 billion yen (maximum)
(4) Period of acquisition From August 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024
2. The accumulative number and value of own shares acquired pursuant to the resolution above (on March 22, 2024)
(1) Total number of shares acquired 10,842,100 shares
(2) Total value of shares acquired 74,999,218,753 yen
3. Details of cancellation of treasury stock based on the resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on July 31, 2023
(1) Class of shares to be cancelled Common stock of the Company
(2) Number of shares to be cancelled All of the shares acquired as stated in 1 above
(3) Scheduled date of cancellation April 17, 2024