Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc. (TSE:8418) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 20,000,000 shares, representing 8.42% of its share capital, for ¥10,000 million. The purpose of the program is to return profits to shareholders by improving capital efficiency.

The program will run until March 24, 2023. As of March 31, 2022, the company had 237,488,058 shares outstanding (excluding treasury shares) and 26,865,558 shares in treasury.