June 3, 2013
Itoham Foods Inc. President: Mamoru Horio Securities Code: 2284
(Tokyo Stock Exchange and Osaka Securities Exchange)
Inquiries: Tadashi Hosomi, Public and Investor Relations Department
Tel: +81-798-66-1181

Notice of Status of Open Market Purchase of Own Shares

(Purchase of own shares based on the Articles of Incorporation, pursuant to
Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act)
Itoham Foods Inc. announced the status of the purchase of its own shares pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as modified and applied pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the same Act. Details are as follows.
Details of purchase
1. Type of shares repurchased: The Company's common stock
2. Purchase period: May 13, 2013 to May 31, 2013 (Contract dates)
3. Total number of shares purchased: 2,544,000 shares
4. Total purchase cost: ¥1,156,690,996

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5. Purchase method: Open market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange
(Reference)
1. Details of Board of Directors resolution passed on May 10, 2013 (1) Type of shares to be purchased: The Company's common stock (2) Number of shares to be purchased: Up to 5 million shares
(2.2% of all issued shares, excluding treasury stock) (3) Total purchase cost: Up to ¥2,700 million
(4) Purchase period: May 13, 2013 to July 31, 2013
2. Cumulative number of own shares purchased based on the above Board of Directors resolution (as of May 31, 2013)
(1) Number of shares to be purchased: 2,544,000 shares
(2) Total purchase cost: ¥1,156,690,996

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