Arbeit-Times Co., Ltd. (TSE:2341) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 7,500,000 shares, representing 29.98% of its issued share capital (excluding treasury stock), for a total purchase price of ¥814 million. The shares will be repurchased at a price of ¥100 per share.

The purpose of the program is to enable agile execution of capital policies in response to future changes in the business environment and to return profits to shareholders. The program will continue through January 29, 2024. As of December 25, 2023, the company had 25,016,882 issued shares (excluding treasury stock) and 5,820,367 treasury shares.