Okamoto Industries, Inc. (TSE:5122) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 1,000,000 shares, representing 1% of outstanding shares (excluding treasury shares) for ¥400 million. The repurchases will be made in order to enable a flexible capital policy towards solving the various administrative problems. The repurchases will be made in accordance with the provisions of the Companies Act Article 156 as applied in lieu of Article 165, Section 3 of the same law.

The company will make repurchases till May 30, 2014.