Mito Securities Co., Ltd. (TSE:8622) announces a share repurchase program. Under the plan will repurchase up to 500,000 shares, representing 0.69% of the shares outstanding excluding treasury shares, at a price of ¥370 per share, for a total of up to ¥200 million. Repurchases will be made at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Off-Auction Own Share Repurchase Trading (ToSTNeT-3).

The purpose behind the program is to raise overall shareholder returns and capital effectiveness. As of September 30, 2014, the company has 72,621,927 shares outstanding excluding treasury shares and has 3,067,106 shares in treasury.