Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd. (TSE:2267) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 12,000,000 shares, representing 3.84% of its share capital, for ¥30,000 million. The company will repurchase its shares for improving efficiency and to strengthen shareholder returns which would contribute to improving corporate value.

The share repurchase program will run until May 14, 2024. As of October 31, 2023, the company had 312,181,822 shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) and 29,909,014 shares in treasury.