Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (TSE:8309) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 10,000,000 shares, representing 1.37% of its issued share capital, for ¥20,000 million. The purpose of the program is to improving capital efficiency.

All the repurchased shares will be cancelled. The program will expire on April 30, 2024. As of January 1, 2024, the company had 727,430,880 issued shares (excluding treasury stock) and 620,800 treasury shares.