Schroder Japan Growth Fund plc (LSE:SJG) commences share repurchases on November 30, 2020, under the program mandated by the shareholders in the Annual General Meeting held on November 23, 2020. As per the mandate, the company is authorized to repurchase up to 18,678,519 shares, representing 14.99% of its issued share capital. The minimum price (exclusive of expenses) which may be paid for each ordinary share is £0.1 and the maximum price which may be paid for each ordinary share is the higher an amount equal to 105% of the average of the middle market quotations for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List of the UK Listing Authority for the five business days immediately preceding the day on which the ordinary share is contracted to be purchased and an amount equal to the higher of the price of the last independent trade of an ordinary share and the current highest independent bid for an ordinary share as derived from the London Stock Exchange Trading System. The shares purchased will be cancelled. The authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting of the company in 2021, unless previously renewed, varied or revoked by the company prior to such date. As of October 16, 2020, the company had 124,606,534 ordinary shares in issue and no ordinary shares in treasury.