Release
2021/03/01
Notice Regarding the Status (Progress Report) of Acquisition of Own Shares
Osaka, Japan, March 1, 2021 - 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 | 1,684,400 shares |
| ３．Total value of shares acquired | 9,830,899,509 yen |
| ４．Period of acquisition | From February 1, 2021 to February 28, 2021 (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
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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 31, 2021 |
２．The accumulative number and value of own shares acquired pursuant to the resolution above (on January 31, 2021)
| （１）Total number of shares acquired | 7,191,200 shares |
| （２）Total value of shares acquired | 40,898,244,997 yen |