Yakult Honsha Co.,Ltd. (TSE:2267) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 5,500,000 shares, representing 3.43% of its share capital, for ¥30,000 million. The company will repurchase its shares for improving capital efficiency would contribute to improving corporate value.

The share repurchase program will run until August 12, 2022. As of January 31, 2022, the company had 160,493,762 shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) and 10,551,656 shares in treasury.