Charle Co., Ltd. (TSE:9885) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 310,000 shares, representing 1.62% of the outstanding shares at ¥455 per share for ¥141.05 million. Shares will be repurchased in the Tokyo Stock Exchange Off-Auction Own Share Repurchase Trading (ToSTNeT-3). The purpose of the program is to enhance capital efficiency and to enable the implementation of a flexible capital policy in response to changes in the business environment. As of August 31, 2016, the company had 19,165,436 shares outstanding and 1,869,514 shares in treasury.