June 20, 2008
To whom it may concern
Kubota Corporation
2-47, Shikitsu-higashi 1-chome,
Naniwa-ku, Osaka 556-8601, Japan
Contact: IR Group
Finance & Accounting Department
Phone: +81-6-6648-2645
Notice on results of the program of purchasing own shares
Please be advised that the program of purchasing its own shares established at the Board of Directors’ Meeting of
Kubota Corporation (“the Company”) held on March 25, 2008 pursuant to Article 156 of the Corporate Law after
applying the regulations of Article 165 Paragraph 3 of said Law has expired, and the results are as follows.
Results of the purchase of its own shares
(1) Term of validity: From March 26, 2008 to June 19, 2008
(2) Total number of shares purchased:
3,000,000 shares (0.2% of the total numbers of shares issued)
(3) Total amount of shares purchased: ¥ 2,544,000,000
(4) Method of purchase:
Purchase on the market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Reference)
(1)Details of resolution at the Board of Directors’ Meeting held on March 25, 2008
Type of shares to be purchased: Shares of common stock of the Company
Number of shares to be purchased: Not exceeding 10 million shares (0.8% of the total numbers of shares issued)
Amount of shares to be purchased: Not exceeding ¥8 billion
Term of validity:
From March 26, 2008 to June 19, 2008
(2) The number of treasury stock purchased pursuant to the resolutions of the Board of Directors’ Meetings and held
as of June 20, 2008
Total number of shares issued except treasury stock:
1,278,025,180 shares
Total number of treasury stock :
7,894,000 shares
End of document
Cautionary Statements with Respect to Forward-Looking Statements
This document may contain forward-looking statements that are based on management’s expectations, estimates, projections and
assumptions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, which are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual future results may differ materially from what is forecast in forward-looking statements due to a variety of factors, including, without limitation: general economic conditions in the Company's markets, particularly government agricultural policies, levels of capital expenditures, both in public and private sectors, foreign currency exchange rates, continued competitive pricing pressures in the marketplace, as well as the Company's ability to continue to gain acceptance of its products.