March 24, 2017
Corporate Name: Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
President & CEO: Takuya Shimamura
(Code Number: 5201; TSE 1st section)
Contact: Kazumi Tamaki, General Manager,
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Corporate Planning Division
(Tel: +81-3-3218-5603)
Announcement regarding the Status of Share Repurchases
and the Completion of
the Share Repurchase Program
(Share Repurchases in accordance with the Articles of Incorporation pursuant to
paragraph 2, Article 165 of the Companies Act)
Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (the Company) hereby announces that the Company repurchased its own
shares in accordance with Article 156 of the Companies Act applicable pursuant to paragraph 3,
Article 165 of the Act, and that it has completed the repurchase resolved at the Board of
Directors meeting held on February 7, 2017.
1. Type of shares repurchased
Common shares of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
2. Total number of shares repurchased
5,406,000 shares (Contract basis)
3. Total repurchase amount
4,999,286,058 yen
4. Repurchase period
From March 1 to March 23, 2017
5. Repurchase method
Purchased through the Tokyo Stock Exchange
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1. Details of the resolution made at the Board of Directors meeting held on February 7, 2017
(1) Type of shares to be repurchased:
Common shares of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.
(2) Total number of shares to be repurchased: Up to 15 million shares
(This number represents 1.3% of total outstanding
shares
excluding treasury stock)
(3) Total repurchase amount:
Up to 10 billion yen
(4) Repurchase period:
From February 8 to March 24, 2017
(5) Other
The Company plans to cancel all of the shares
repurchased under this program following the
resolution of the Board of Directors, pursuant to
the provisions of Article 178 of the Companies
Act.
2. Total number of the repurchased shares in accordance with the resolution made at the Board
of Directors meeting held on February 7, 2017
(1) Total number of shares repurchased:
10,817,000 shares
(2) Total amount of shares repurchased:
9,999,119,115 yen