The Kiyo Bank, Ltd. (TSE:8370) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 476,796 shares, representing 0.69% of the outstanding shares, at ¥1,587 per share for ¥756.68 million. The company will repurchase 273,756 shares from The Kiyo Card Co., Ltd., 78,045 shares from The Kiyo Card DC Co., Ltd. and 124,995 shares from Hanwa Shinyo Hosho KK. The purpose of the program is to repurchase shares following the share exchange to make The Kiyo Card Co., Ltd., The Kiyo Card DC Co., Ltd., and Hanwa Shinyo Hosho KK into wholly owned subsidiaries. As of October 26, 2018, the company had 69,403,668 shares outstanding and 896,332 shares in treasury.