Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings, Inc. (TSE:7189) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 1,200,000 shares, representing 0.78% of the outstanding shares for ¥1,000 million. The purpose of the program is to improve shareholder returns and enhance capital efficiency. The program will run until the end of March 2019. As of December 31, 2018, the company had 153,277,881 shares outstanding and 16,319,074 shares in treasury.