NHK Spring Co., Ltd. (TSE:5991) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 1,800,000 shares, representing 0.79% of its share capital, for ¥1,683 million. The shares will be repurchased at a price of ¥935 per share.

The company will repurchase its shares in order to improve capital efficiency by enhancing shareholder returns while enabling flexible execution of capital policy. The program will expire on March 7, 2023. As of December 31, 2022, the company had 228,017,520 shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) and 16,048,624 shares in treasury.