Sojitz : Notice Regarding Share Repurchase of Treasury Stock
April 29, 2021 at 11:32 pm EDT
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April 30, 2021
Sojitz Corporation
Masayoshi Fujimoto, President & CEO
(TSE Code: 2768; TSE First Section)
For questions, contact:
Yoichi Yanagisawa, PR Dept.
TEL 03-6871-3404
Notice Regarding Share Repurchase of Treasury Stock
Sojitz Corporation hereby announces that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held on April 30, 2021, it has authorized the repurchase of shares of its common stock pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act of Japan, as applied pursuant to Paragraph 3, Article 165 of the Companies Act, as described below.
1. Purpose of the Share Repurchase:
Sojitz Corporation will repurchase its own shares with the aim of allocating a portion of the surplus core cash flow generated over the course of Medium-term Management Plan 2020 to shareholders in tandem with investment for growth.
2. Details of the Share Repurchase:
(1).
Class of shares to be
repurchased
(2).
Total number of shares to be
repurchased
(3).
Total purchase price for
repurchase of shares
(4).
Period of repurchase
(5).
Method of repurchase
Common stock
Up to 50,000,000 shares
(Represents approximetely 4.2% of the total number of outstanding shares (excluding treasury stock))
Up to 15 billion yen
May 1, 2021 to September 30, 2021
Purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
(References)
Amount of Treasury Stock as of March 31, 2021
Total number of outstanding shares (excluding treasury stock):
1,199,095,031shares
Amount of treasury stock:
52,404,470 shares
Note: The Company established the Executive Compensation Board Incentive Plan Trust in the year ended March 31,2021. The trust account associated with this trust holds shares of the Company's stock, which are treated as treasury shares and include 1,547,972 stocks as of March 31, 2021.
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Sojitz Corporation is a diversified group organized around 10 business segments:
- distribution of chemicals products (25.4% of sales): organic, basic and specialty chemicals, plastic products, resins, etc;
- mining operations (22.2%): coal mining, alumina refining, sale of steel products and ferrous and non-ferrous metals, etc;
- distribution of large consumer products (17.6%): clothing and accessories, textile products, home and decorative articles, etc;
- automobile assembly and sales (11.6%);
- production and sale of food products and ingredients (7.8%);
- sale of industrial machinery and equipment and development of health facilities (6.9%);
- development and operation of energy and telecommunications infrastructure (3.6%);
- industrial infrastructure operation, property management and urban development (2%);
- aircraft and ship sales (1.7%). The group also develops activities in the operation of airport and rail infrastructure;
- other (1.2%): provision of financial services, logistics services, consulting, etc.