Hokkoku Financial Holdings, Inc. (TSE:7381) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 2,500,000 shares, representing 9.33% of its issued share capital (excluding treasury stock), for a total purchase price of ¥9,000 million. The purpose of the program is to implement agile capital policies in response to changes in the business environment and to return profits to shareholders.

The program will be valid till April 28, 2023. As of April 21, 2022, the company had 26,802,939 issued shares (excluding treasury stock) and 1,105,643 treasury shares.