Notice Regarding the Status (Progress Report) of Acquisition of Own Shares
(Acquisition of own shares pursuant to the provision of Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act)

Osaka, Japan, December 4, 2020 - Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Osaka; President & CEO: Isao Teshirogi, Ph.D.; hereafter “Shionogi”) today announces 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.

1. Class of shares acquired                 Common stock of the Company

2. Total number of shares acquired     1,872,400 shares

3. Total value of shares acquired         10,495,900,196 yen

4. Period of acquisitio                        From November 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020 (execution base)

5. Method of acquisition                    Acquire in the open market through discretionary trading in Tokyo Stock Exchange

(Reference)

1. Details of the resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on October 30, 2020

(1) Class of shares to be acquired                Common stock of the Company

(2) Total number of shares to be acquired    9,500,000 shares (maximum)

                                                               (3.1% of total outstanding shares [excluding treasury stock])

(3) Total amount of acquisition cost             50 billion yen (maximum)

(4) Period of acquisition                             From November 1, 2020 to March 1, 2021

2. The accumulative number and value of own shares acquired pursuant to the resolution above (on November 1, 2020)

(1) Total number of shares acquired            1,872,400 shares

(2) Total value of shares acquired                10,495,900,196 yen