Mito Securities Co., Ltd. (TSE:8622) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 5,000,000 shares, representing 7.2% of its share capital, for ¥1,400 million. The company will repurchase its shares in order to further improve shareholder returns and capital efficiency. The share repurchase program will run until February 28, 2020. As of March 31, 2019, the company had 69,454,489 shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) and 1,234,544 shares in treasury.