To whom it may concern:
June 13, 2014
Company: | Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. |
Representative: | Michiaki Hirose (President & Representative Director) |
(Code: 9531, listed on first sections of TSE and NSE) | |
Inquiries: | Kazuo Mitsuhashi, General Affairs Group Manager, General Affairs Dept. |
(Tel: +81-3-5400-3894) |
Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.("Tokyo Gas") hereby serves notice that it has acquired the treasury stock on the open market pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied by replacing terms pursuant to provisions of Article 165 (3) of the Companies Act, as detailed below.
With this transaction, Tokyo Gas has reached the upper limit of total acquisition amount to be acquired, approved at the Board of Directors held on April 28, 2014.
1. Type of share to be acquired : Common stock of Tokyo Gas
2. Period of purchase : May 7, 2014 - June 12, 2014 (Commitment basis)
3. Total number of shares to be acquired : 70,773,000 shares
4. Total acquisition amount : ¥39,999,798,000-
5. Method of acquisition : Purchase through the Tokyo Stock Exchange (fund trust)
1. Details of resolution on acquisition of treasury stock (announced April 28, 2014)
(1) Type of shares to be acquired | Common stock of Tokyo Gas |
(2) Total number of shares to be acquired | 80,000,000 shares (upper limit) (3.2% of total number of issued shares) |
(3) Total acquisition amount | 40,000,000,000 yen (upper limit) |
(4) Acquisition period | April 30, 2014 - March 31, 2015 |
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