The Awa Bank, Ltd. (TSE:8388) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 500,000 shares, representing 1.20% of its share capital, for ¥1,000 million. The company will repurchase its shares in order to flexibly implement capital policies in response to changes in the business environment and return profits to shareholders.

The shares repurchased will be cancelled. The program will run until December 22, 2022. As of October 31, 2022, the company had 41,453,015 shares issued and 1,786,985 shares in treasury.