Tokushu Tokai Paper Co., Ltd. (TSE:3708) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 1,500,000 shares, representing 11.21% of the outstanding shares, for ¥6,700 million. The purpose of the program is to improve capital efficiency and enhance shareholder returns, to enable the execution of agile capital policies in response to future changes in the business environment, and the impact of this sale on the supply and demand of the company's shares.

The program will expire on September 30, 2022. As of January 31, 2021, the company had 13,377,545 shares outstanding and 1,522,455 shares in treasury.