JSR : Notice Regarding Purchase of Treasury Stock PDF(27KB)

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Notice: This document is an excerpt translation of the original Japanese document and is only for reference purposes. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the original Japanese document, the latter shall prevail.

July 30, 2018

To whom it may concern,

Company name: JSR Corporation

Representative: Mitsunobu Koshiba, President

(Code #4185, Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Inquiries to: Nobuhiko Kuwashima, General Manager

Corporate Communications Dept.

Tel: [phone] (Japan);

[phone] (from abroad)

Notice Regarding Purchase of Treasury Stock

(Purchase of shares pursuant to the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation in accordance with Article 165 (2) of the Corporation Act of Japan)

This serves as notification that JSR Corporation, at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on July 30, 2018, decided to purchase its own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, which is applicable in accordance with Article 165 (3) of the Corporation Act of Japan.

1. Purpose of purchase

To improve capital efficiency and exercise agile capital policies corresponding to changes in the business environment.

Based on the Company's shareholders return policy, which is approx. 50% of total shareholders return ratio while maintaining financial soundness for growth investments, it intends to purchase its own shares.

2.

Details of purchase

1) Type of shares to be purchased:

Common shares of the company.

• 2) Total number of shares to be purchased:

  Up to 2,600,000 shares (approximately 1.17% of total number of shares issued (excluding treasury stock)) .

• 3) Total purchase cost:

  Up to 5,000,000,000 yen.

• 4) Period of purchase:

  From July 31, 2018, to September 20, 2018.

Reference

Shares held by the company as of June 30, 2018.

• - Total number of shares issued (excluding treasury stock): 222,620,656 shares.

• - Number of treasury stock shares: 3,505,489 shares.