Asahi Kasei Corporation (TSE:3407) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 45,000,000 shares of its common stock, representing 3.31% of its issued share capital, for ¥40,000 million. The purpose of the plan is to enhance shareholder returns and improve capital efficiency.
The plan will be valid up to October 31, 2026. As on September 30, 2025, the company had 1,359,639,731 shares outstanding and 6,112,201 shares in its treasury
Asahi Kasei Corp is a Japan-based company mainly engaged in the materials business, housing business and healthcare business. The Company operates through three business segments. The Materials segment provides styrene monomer, acrylonitrile, polyethylene, automotive-related fibers, electronic materials, mixed signal large scale integrated circuits (LSI), hall elements, deep ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (LEDs), pharmaceutical and food additives and others. The Housing segment provides construction contracting, renovation and other housing-related business, as well as lightweight aerated concrete (ALC), insulation materials and others. The Healthcare segment provides medical drugs, hemodialysis and apheresis related equipment, virus removal filters, cardiopulmonary resuscitation-related products and others. The Company also provides plant engineering, environmental engineering, various research and information provision businesses, and personnel dispatch and introduction services.
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