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(Reference Translation)
July 23,
2024
Company name: TOYOTA MOTOR
CORPORATION
Representative:
Koji Sato, President
(Code number: 7203; TSE Prime/NSE
Premier)
Inquiries:
Yoshihide Moriyama, General Manager, Capital Strategy &
Affiliated Companies Finance Div.
(Telephone: 0565-28-2121)
Notice Concerning Repurchase
of Shares Through Tender Offer
TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (the
"Company") hereby announces that, by way of a written resolution
dated July 23, 2024 in lieu of a resolution of the board of
directors pursuant to Article 370 of the Companies Act (Act No. 86
of 2005, as amended; the "Companies Act") and its articles of
incorporation, it has resolved to acquire its treasury shares and
to conduct a tender offer as a specific method of acquiring such
shares (the "Tender Offer"), in each case pursuant to Article 156,
Paragraph 1 of the Companies Act, which is applicable in accordance
with Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act, and its
articles of incorporation.
1. Purpose of purchase,
etc.
The Company regards the enhancement
of shareholders' interests as one of its important management
policies, and is committed to improving its corporate structure and
increasing its corporate value in order to achieve sustainable
growth. With regard to dividends, the Company strives to increase
its dividend payments in a stable and continuous manner.
In order to survive fierce
competition and to transform itself into a mobility company, the
Company uses retained earnings to invest in next-generation growth
drivers, including environmental technologies to realize a
carbon-neutral society and safety technologies for the safety and
security of customers, and to create benefits for all stakeholders,
including employees, business partners and local
communities.
The Company's basic policy is to pay
interim and year-end dividends as dividends of surplus
(jouyokin no haitou) twice
a year, and the Company resolves to pay these dividends pursuant to
the articles of incorporation at a meeting of the board of
directors.
In the fiscal year ended March 31,
2024, the Company paid an interim dividend of 30 yen per share and
a year-end dividend of 45 yen per share, with a payout ratio
(consolidated) of 20.4%.
The Company's articles of
incorporation provide that the Company may, pursuant to Article
165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act, repurchase its treasury
shares by a resolution of the board of directors
without a resolution of the general meeting of
shareholders. The purpose of this provision is to implement a
flexible capital policy in response to the business environment.
During the past 10 years ending July 23, 2024, the Company
repurchased its treasury shares through market purchases on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange (the "TSE") as shown in the table
below:
Date of
Resolution
|
Cumulative Acquisition Period
|
Cumulative Number of Shares Acquired (Note 1)
|
Cumulative Total Acquisition Price
|
June 17,
2014
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
July 1,
2014 -
December
11, 2014
|
55,521,900
shares
(277,609,500 shares)
|
359,994,187,054 yen
|
April 28,
2015
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
August
10, 2015 -
October
29, 2015
|
47,100,000
shares
(235,500,000 shares)
|
348,212,313,403 yen
|
May 8,
2015
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
16, 2015 -
January
28, 2016
|
39,942,900
shares
(199,714,500 shares)
|
293,369,559,900 yen
|
November 5,
2015
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
February
8, 2016 -
March 9,
2016
|
23,000,000
shares
(115,000,000 shares)
|
139,306,482,600 yen
|
May 11,
2016
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
May 18,
2016 -
September
2, 2016
|
87,522,700
shares
(437,613,500 shares)
|
499,984,872,900 yen
|
November 8,
2016
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
15, 2016 -
January
26, 2017
|
29,033,000
shares
(145,165,000 shares)
|
199,984,654,400 yen
|
May 10,
2017
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
May 17,
2017 -
August
22, 2017
|
40,335,500
shares
(201,677,500 shares)
|
249,984,863,600 yen
|
November 7,
2017
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
14, 2017 - February 21, 2018
|
33,372,900
shares
(166,864,500 shares)
|
249,984,504,300 yen
|
May 9,
2018
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
May 16,
2018 -
August 2,
2018
|
40,808,800
shares
(204,044,000 shares)
|
299,981,727,100 yen
|
November 6,
2018
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
13, 2018 - January 28, 2019
|
36,813,900
shares
(184,069,500 shares)
|
249,981,516,800 yen
|
May 8,
2019
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
May 15,
2019 - September 20, 2019
|
43,347,500
shares
(216,737,500 shares)
|
299,999,971,300 yen
|
November 7,
2019
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
11, 2019 - March 3, 2020
|
26,185,400
shares
(130,927,000 shares)
|
199,999,343,174 yen
|
May 12,
2021
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
June 18,
2021 - September 22, 2021
|
25,841,400
shares
(129,207,000 shares)
|
249,999,938,600 yen
|
November 4,
2021
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
5, 2021 - March 7, 2022
|
70,355,500
shares
|
149,999,840,600 yen
|
March 23,
2022
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
March 24,
2022 -
May 10,
2022
|
46,225,900
shares
|
99,999,829,781 yen
|
May 11,
2022
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
June 17,
2022 -
November
1, 2022
|
90,270,600
shares
|
185,684,676,616 yen
|
November 1,
2022
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
2, 2022 -
March 16,
2023
|
79,158,400
shares
|
149,999,952,100 yen
|
May 10,
2023
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
May 18,
2023 -
October
30, 2023
|
64,590,700
shares
|
149,999,927,050 yen
|
November 1,
2023
(at the
meeting of the board of directors held on that date)
|
November
2, 2023 -
April 24,
2024
|
32,097,200
shares
|
99,999,796,450 yen
|
(Note 1) The Company conducted a
five-for-one stock split of the Company's common stock effective
October 1, 2021. The numbers in parentheses in the table above
reflect the effect of the stock split.
The Company has been continuously
acquiring its treasury shares as shown in the table above, and
following discussions from mid-January 2024 to late April 2024 on
increasing the acquisition price of its treasury shares to further
enhance returns to shareholders, the Company resolved, at the
meeting of the board of directors held on May 8, 2024, to acquire
up to 410 million of its treasury shares for a total acquisition
price of up to 1 trillion yen during the period from May 9, 2024 to
April 30, 2025 (the "Acquisition of Treasury Shares Pursuant to the
Resolution of May 8, 2024").
Meanwhile, on January 17, 2024,
MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. ("MS&AD") informed the
Company that Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited, a
subsidiary of MS&AD and a shareholder of the Company
(shareholder ranking as of September30, 2023: 9th) ("Mitsui
Sumitomo Insurance"), intended to sell a portion of the 284,071,835
shares of the Company's common stock held by it (shareholding ratio
as of December 31, 2023 (Note 2): 2.11%), and that Aioi Nissay Dowa
Insurance Co., Ltd. ("Aioi Nissay Dowa") intended to sell a portion
of the 15,475,420 shares of the Company's common stock held by it
(shareholding ratio as of December 31, 2023: 0.11%), each from the
perspective of reducing cross-shareholdings. On January 25, 2024,
Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., a shareholder
of the Company (shareholder ranking as of September30, 2023: 10th)
("Tokio Marine & Nichido"; together with Mitsui Sumitomo
Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa, the "Prospective Tendering
Shareholders (Nonlife Insurance Companies)"), informed the Company
that it intended to sell a portion of the 255,323,570 shares of the
Company's common stock held by it (shareholding ratio as of
December 31, 2023: 1.89%) from the perspective of reducing
cross-shareholdings.
(Note 2) The "shareholding ratio as
of December 31, 2023" is the ratio (rounded to the second decimal
place) to the number of shares (13,485,850,867 shares) calculated
by deducting the number of treasury shares held by the Company as
of December 31, 2023 (2,829,136,593 shares) from the total number
of issued shares (16,314,987,460 shares) as of that day as
described in the "Share Buyback Report" filed by the Company on
January 12, 2024. The same applies hereinafter.
In response to MS&AD's and Tokio
Marine & Nichido's notice of intention to sell, on February23,
2024, the Company replied to MS&AD and Tokio Marine &
Nichido that it would accept the sale and that it would like to
discuss the method and volume of the sale in the future, as it
believed that reducing the ratio of the Company's common stock held
by cross-shareholders would contribute to the creation of corporate
value from the perspective of strengthening discipline in the
Company's corporate management.
Then, on April 5, 2024, MS&AD
proposed that the Company conduct a tender offer to repurchase its
treasury shares and that Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay
Dowa tender a portion of the Company's common stock in the tender
offer as a method of selling such common stock held by Mitsui
Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa. On April 5, 2024, the
Company began to consider whether to repurchase such stock as
treasury shares and the method of acquiring such stock in order to
provide Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and Aioi Nissay Dowa with an
opportunity to sell the Company's common stock in a smooth manner
in accordance with MS&AD's intention, while giving full
consideration to the impact on the market price of the Company's
common stock if more than a certain number of the Company's common
stock are sold in the market in an intermittent manner within a
certain period of time, and the ideas of improving the Company's
capital efficiency and returning profits to its shareholders. In
addition, on April12, 2024, the Company requested Tokio Marine
& Nichido to consider whether to tender a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Tokio Marine & Nichido as a
method of selling such common stock if the Company decides to
conduct a tender offer to repurchase its treasury
shares.
After reviewing MS&AD's
proposal, the Company concluded that the Company's acquisition of
such common stock as part of the Acquisition of Own Shares Pursuant
to the Resolution of May 8, 2024 would result in a return of
profits to shareholders because, if MS&AD sells the Company's
common stock in the market, a certain number of the Company's
common stock would be released into the market, causing a temporary
deterioration in the supply and demand for the Company's common
stock and a possible negative impact on the stock price, and if the
Company repurchases such common stock as treasury shares, it would
contribute to the improvement of the Company's capital efficiency,
including net income per share (EPS) and return on equity (ROE).
With regard to the specific method of acquiring its treasury
shares, the Company carefully considered the acquisition of a
certain number of its treasury shares from the perspective of the
Company's capital policy, taking into consideration the
transparency of transactions and the status of transactions in the
market. As a result, in late April 2024, the Company concluded that
it is appropriate to repurchase its treasury shares by way of a
tender offer for the following reasons: (1) a tender offer will
provide shareholders other than the Prospective Tendering
Shareholders (Nonlife Insurance Companies) with a certain period of
time to consider, and will also give them the opportunity to
decide, based on market price trends, whether to accept the
Company's acquisition of its treasury shares; (2) purchases made
through statutory tender offer procedures will ensure the
transparency of transactions; (3) a tender offer is an off-market
transaction with relatively little impact on the liquidity of the
Company's common stock in the market; and (4) the acquisition of
treasury shares through a market purchase or after-hours trading
requires that the purchase price be set at the market price, does
not permit a purchase at a certain discount from the market price,
and is therefore not a superior option to a tender offer. On April
22, 2024, the Company replied to MS&AD that it would conduct a
tender offer to repurchase its treasury shares and that it would
repurchase its common stock held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance and
Aioi Nissay Dowa. On April 24, 2024, the Company received a
response from Tokio Marine & Nichido stating that if the
Company conducts a tender offer, Tokio Marine & Nichido would
tender the Company's common stock held by it in the tender offer.
In addition, the Company discussed the sales volume with MS&AD
and Tokio Marine & Nichido, taking into consideration the
impact on the Company's finances and, on April 22, 2024, the
Company agreed with MS&AD that Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance would
tender 94,690,635 shares of the Company's common stock
(shareholding ratio as of March 31, 2024: 0.70%), which is a
portion of the 284,071,835 shares of the Company's common stock
held by it (shareholding ratio as of March 31, 2024 (Note 3):
2.11%), and that Aioi Nissay Dowa would tender 5,158,520 shares of
the Company's common stock (shareholding ratio as of March 31,
2024: 0.04%), which is a portion of the 15,475,420 shares of the
Company's common stock held by it (shareholding ratio as of March
31, 2024: 0.11%). On April 24, 2024, the Company agreed with Tokio
Marine & Nichido that Tokio Marine & Nichido would tender
85,107,800 shares of the Company's common stock (shareholding ratio
as of March 31, 2024: 0.63%), which is a portion of the 255,323,570
shares of the Company's common stock held by it (shareholding ratio
as of March 31, 2024: 1. 89%). On May 3, 2024, the Company proposed
to MS&AD and Tokio Marine & Nichido that the commencement
date of the Tender Offer be July 24, 2024, in view of the time
required to prepare for internal approval procedures for the Tender
Offer. On May 7, 2024, the Company received a response from
MS&AD and Tokio Marine & Nichido stating that they would
accept the proposal.
(Note 3) The "shareholding ratio as
of March 31, 2024" refers to the ratio (rounded to the second
decimal place) to the number of shares (13,474,172,027 shares)
obtained by deducting the number of treasury shares held by the
Company as of March 31, 2024 (2,840,815,433 shares) from the total
number of issued shares as of the same day (16,314,987,460 shares)
as described in the "Share Buyback Report" filed by the Company on
April 12, 2024. The same applies hereinafter.
In addition, as corporate governance
initiatives have gained momentum in recent years, in order to
consider appropriate measures to deal with the sale of the
Company's common stock by cross-shareholders, on April 30, 2024,
the Company asked Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. ("MUFG"),
which is the parent company of MUFJ Bank, Ltd. ("MUFG Bank") and
Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation ("MUTB"), both of
which are shareholders of the Company, and Sumitomo Mitsui
Financial Group, Inc. ("SMFG"), which is the parent company of
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ("SMBC") and SMBC Nikko
Securities Inc. ("SMBC Nikko Securities"; together with MUFG Bank,
MUTB and SMBC, the "Prospective Tendering Shareholders (Banks and
Securities Firm)") (Prospective Tendering Shareholders (Nonlife
Insurance Companies) and Prospective Tendering Shareholders (Banks
and Securities Firm) collectively being the "Prospective Tendering
Shareholders"), about the policies for holding the Company's common
stock held by the Prospective Tendering Shareholders (Banks and
Securities Firm) and their intention to sell the Company's common
stock, and confirmed that they have the intention to sell the
Company's common stock held by them. Therefore, on May 10, 2024,
the Company contacted MUFG and SMFG regarding their interest in the
Tender Offer. Then, on May 24, 2024, the Company received a
response from MUFG stating that MUFG Bank would
tender 44,950,905 shares of the Company's common stock
(shareholding ratio as of April 30, 2024: 0.33%), which is a
portion of the 214,430,905 shares of the Company's common stock
held by it (shareholding ratio as of April 30, 2024 (Note 4):
1.59%), and that MUTB would tender all of the 11,546,010 shares of
the Company's common stock held by it (shareholding ratio as of
April 30, 2024: 0.09%). On May 31, 2024, the Company also received
a notice from SMFG that it would accept that SMBC and SMBC Nikko
Securities would tender all or a portion of the 194,672,475 shares
of the Company's common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.45%), which is the aggregate of the 188,057,475 shares of
the Company's common stock held by SMBC (shareholding ratio as of
May 31, 2024 (Note 5): 1.40%) and the
6,615,000 shares of the Company's common stock held by SMBC Nikko
Securities (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.05%). Then, on
June 7, 2024, the Company received a response from SMFG stating
that SMBC and SMBC Nikko Securities would tender 48,668,475 shares
of the Company's common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 0.36%), which is a portion of 194,672,475 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 1.45%) aggregating the
188,057,475 shares of the Company's common stock held by SMBC
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 1.40%) and the 6,615,000
shares of the Company's common stock held by SMBC Nikko Securities
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.05%). On July 1, 2024,
the Company received a notice from SMFG that shares to be tendered
would consist of 42,053,475 shares of the Company's common stock
(shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.31%), which is a portion
of the 188,057,475 shares of the Company's common stock held by
SMBC (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024 (Note 6): 1.40%), and
all of the 6,615,000 shares of the Company's common stock held by
SMBC Nikko Securities (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024:
0.05%).
(Note 4) "Shareholding ratio as of
April 30, 2024" refers to the ratio (rounded to the second decimal
place) to the number of shares (13,468,954,017 shares) obtained by
deducting the number of treasury shares held by the Company as of
April 30, 2024 (2,846,033,443 shares) from the total number of
issued shares as of the same day (16,314,987,460 shares) as
described in the "Share Buyback Report" filed by the Company on May
13, 2024. The same applies hereinafter.
(Note 5) "Shareholding ratio as of
May 31, 2024" refers to the ratio (rounded to the second decimal
place) to the number of shares (13,468,953,395 shares) obtained by
deducting the number of treasury shares held by the Company as of
May 31, 2024 (2,326,034,065 shares) from the total number of issued
shares as of the same day (15,794,987,460 shares) as described in
the "Share Buyback Report" filed by the Company on June 13, 2024.
The same applies hereinafter.
(Note 6) "Shareholding ratio as of
June 30, 2024" refers to the ratio (rounded to the second decimal
place) to the number of shares (13,469,570,195 shares) obtained by
deducting the number of treasury shares held by the Company as of
June 30, 2024 (2,325,417,265
shares) from the total number of issued shares as
of the same day (15,794,987,460 shares) as described in the "Share
Buyback Report" filed by the Company on July 12, 2024. The same applies
hereinafter.
In determining the purchase price of
the Tender Offer (the "Tender Offer Price"), the Company considered
that it would be desirable to (i) use the market price of the
Company's common stock as a basis, from the perspective of
emphasizing the clarity and objectivity of the basis, and (ii) to
repurchase treasury shares at a price discounted to a certain
extent from the market price to prevent the outflow of assets from
the Company to the extent possible, from the perspective of
respecting the interests of the shareholders who will continue to
hold the Company's common stock without tendering in the Tender
Offer. Based on the above, on June 25, 2024, the Company made a
proposal to MS&AD, Tokio Marine & Nichido, MUFG, and SMFG
regarding the tendering of 290,122,345 shares (shareholding ratio
as of May 31, 2024: 2.15%), a portion of 975,520,215 shares of the
Company's common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
7.24%), which is the sum of 94,690,635 shares (shareholding ratio
as of May 31, 2024: 0.70%), a portion of the Company's common stock
held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (284,071,835 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 2.11%), 5,158,520 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.04%), a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Aioi Nissay Dowa (15,475,420 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.11%), 85,107,800 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.63%), a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Tokio Marine & Nichido
(255,323,570 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
1.90%), 44,950,905 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
0.33%), a portion of the Company's common stock held by MUFG Bank
(214,430,905 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
1.59%), all of the Company's common stock held by MUTB (11,546,010
shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.09%), and
48,668,475 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.36%), a
portion of the 194,672,475 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.45%), which is the sum of the Company's common stock held
by SMBC (188,057,475 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.40%) and SMBC Nikko Securities (6,615,000 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.05%), in the Tender Offer
if the Company conducts a tender offer at a price discounted 10%
from the lower of (i) the closing price of the Company's common
stock on the TSE Prime Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business
day immediately preceding the date of the board of directors'
meeting at which a resolution was made to conduct the Tender Offer,
and (ii) the simple average closing price of the Company's common
stock for the past one month up to the same day.
In respect of the discount rate, in order to grasp
the status of the discount rate in a certain number of recent
similar projects, the Company confirmed 45 cases of tender offers
for treasury shares that completed settlement between June 2022 and
May 2024, the past two years, starting from fiscal 2022, when the
new market segmentation started due to the reorganization of the
TSE and discussions on reduction of cross-shareholdings became more
active in Japan, up to the month immediately preceding June 25,
2024, on which the proposal was made (the "Reference Cases"). Of
the 45 Reference Cases, in 39 cases (excluding 5 cases in which a
premium was set, and 1 case in which the tender offer price was
determined using a share valuation report) (of which a discount
rate of less than 5% was set in 0 cases, a discount rate of 5% or
more and less than 10% was set in 2 cases, a discount rate of 10%
(including those that were approximately 10%) was set in 28 cases,
and a discount rate of 11% or more was set in 9 cases), the most
common discount rate was 10%. By reference to this, the Company
considered the discount rate of 10% was general and at a reasonable
level, and determined that the discount rate be set at this rate.
Furthermore, with respect to the price of the Company's common
stock that is the basis of the discount, the Company considered
that using a more recent share price would
more fully reflect the latest performance of the
Company. Accordingly, the Company
considered it reasonable, and thus determined, to set the price at
the lower of (i) the closing price of the Company on the TSE Prime
Market on July 22, 2024, and (ii) the simple average closing price
of the Company's common stock for the past one month up to the same
day, which is a shorter period than the past three months and six
months up to July 22, 2024. As a result, the Company received
responses from MS&AD, Tokio Marine & Nichido, and MUFG on
June 28, 2024, and from SMFG on July 5, 2024, that if the Company
conducts the Tender Offer on such terms, they will tender, in the
Tender Offer, 290,122,345 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 2.15 %), a portion of the 975,520,215 shares of the Company's
common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 7.24 %) held
by the Prospective Tendering Shareholders as of today.
MS&AD, Tokio Marine &
Nichido, MUFG, and SMFG explained that they have not determined the
policy on handling, including disposition, of the Company's common
stock remaining after the Tender Offer at present, and that they
intend to consider possible options.
Based on the considerations and
discussions above, as of today, the Company resolved, by way of a
written resolution in lieu of the board of directors' resolution
pursuant to Article 370 of the Companies Act and the Company's
articles of incorporation (including electronic or magnetic
records; the same applies hereinafter): to repurchase treasury
shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, Paragraph 1 of
the Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the
provisions of Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act and the
Company's articles of incorporation; to conduct the Tender Offer as
the specific method thereof; and given that the closing price of
the Company's common stock was 3,090 yen on July 22, 2024, i.e.,
the business day immediately preceding the date of the board of
directors' resolution (July 23, 2024), and the simple average
closing price of the Company's common stock was 3,261 yen for the
past one month up to July 22, 2024 (rounded to the nearest yen; the
same applies hereinafter for the calculation of the closing price),
to set the Tender Offer Price at 2,781 yen (rounded to the nearest
yen; the same applies hereinafter for the calculation of the Tender
Offer Price), which is calculated by applying a 10% discount rate
to 3,090 yen, the closing price of the Company's common stock on
the TSE Prime Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business day
immediately preceding the date of the board of directors'
resolution (July 23, 2024), the lower price of the two. In
addition, in respect of the number of shares to be purchased in the
Tender Offer, it is necessary to minimize the outflow of assets
from the Company and thus the Company resolved to set it at
290,122,345 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 2.15
%), which was the number of shares that MS&AD, Tokio Marine
& Nichido, MUFG, and SMFG responded that they will tender.
Also, because there is a possibility that the number of tendered
shares will exceed the number of shares to be purchased, as a
result of adjusting the number of shares constituting less than one
unit using the pro rata method if there are applications to tender
in the Tender Offer exceeding the number of shares to be purchased,
the Company resolved to set the upper limit at 290,122,445 shares
(shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 2.15 %), which is
calculated by adding one unit (100 shares) to the number of shares
to be purchased in the Tender Offer. The Company has received
explanation that if the numbers of Tendered Share Certificates in
the Tender Offer (the "Tendered Share Certificates") exceeds the
number of shares to be purchased, and under the pro rata method,
there are more shares of the Company's common stock remaining than
expected by the Prospective Tendering
Shareholders, the policy on handling,
including disposition, of such remaining shares of the Company's
common stock has not been determined at present, and that they
intend on considering possible options.
Mr. Masahiko Oshima, the Company's
director, has concurrently held the position of senior advisor of
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, a subsidiary of SMFG, until
July 7, 2024, and Ms. Emi Osono concurrently holds the position of
director of Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc. ("Tokio Marine"), the
parent company of Tokio Marine & Nichido, and in the relevant
written resolution, the written consent from both directors has
been obtained. This is because, under the Companies Act, a written
resolution requires the written consent of all directors who are
eligible to vote on matters relating to the proposal, and since it
may be construed that the two directors do not have special
interest prescribed in Article 369, paragraph (2) of the Companies
Act with respect to the above proposal and are eligible to vote, in
such case, written consent is also required from the two directors.
There is no fact that Mr. Oshima and Ms. Osono were involved in the
consideration of the Tender Offer in their capacities for the
Company.
With respect to the funds required
for the Tender Offer, the Company plans to allocate all funds from
its own capital. The Company's consolidated on-hand liquidity (cash
and cash equivalents; the same applies hereinafter for the
calculation of on-hand liquidity) as of March 31, 2024, as
described in the Annual Securities Report for the fiscal year ended
March 2024 submitted by the Company on June 25, 2024 (the "Annual
Securities Report for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2024"), was
9,412,060 million yen (on-hand liquidity ratio: 2.5 months) (Note
7), and is expected to be 8,605,212 million yen (on-hand liquidity
ratio: 2.3 months) (Note 8) even after appropriating the funds
required for the Tender Offer (806,848 million yen). Therefore,
since on-hand liquidity can be sufficiently secured, it is
considered that the Company's financial health and safety can be
maintained in the future.
(Note 7) This was obtained by
dividing the Company's consolidated on-hand liquidity as of March
31, 2024 stated in the Annual Securities Report for the Fiscal Year
Ended March 2024 by monthly operating revenue (refers to the figure
obtained by dividing the consolidated operating revenue for the
fiscal year by 12 months; the same applies hereinafter) calculated
from the Annual Securities Report for the Fiscal Year Ended March
2024 (rounded to the second decimal place).
(Note 8) This was obtained by
deducting the amount of funds required for purchase, etc. in the
Tender Offer from the Company's consolidated on-hand liquidity as
of March 31, 2024 stated in the Annual Securities Report for the
Fiscal Year Ended March 2024, and dividing such figure by the
monthly operating revenue calculated from the Annual Securities
Report for the Fiscal Year Ended March 2024 (rounded to the second
decimal place).
In addition, the policy regarding
disposition, etc. of the treasury shares repurchased by the Tender
Offer has not yet been determined at present.
The Tender Offer is to be conducted
as part of the Company's ongoing efforts to reduce
cross-shareholdings in order to build a lean balance sheet toward
its transformation into a mobility company. The Company plans to
tender 52,610,900 shares (shareholding ratio of MS&AD's common
stock: 3.31%), which is a portion of MS&AD's common stock held
by the Company (157,832,799 shares) (shareholding ratio of
MS&AD's common stock (Note 9): 9.92%), in the tender offer of
treasury shares by MS&AD as announced by MS&AD in the
"Notice Regarding Repurchase through Tender Offer, Tender in Tender
Offer by TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION, and Estimated Gain On Sales of
Securities" dated July 23, 2024 ("MS&AD's Tender Offer of
Treasury Shares"), and all of Tokio Marine's common stock held by
the Company (9,414,165 shares) (shareholding ratio of Tokio
Marine's common stock (Note 10): 0.48%), in the tender offer of
treasury shares by Tokio Marine as announced by Tokio Marine in the
"Notice Regarding Repurchase through Tender Offer" dated July 23,
2024 ("Tokio Marine's Tender Offer of Treasury Shares"),
respectively. With respect to MS&AD's Tender Offer of Treasury
Shares and Tokio Marine's Tender Offer of Treasury Shares,
the Company was notified by MS&AD and Tokio
Marine & Nichido on January 17 and 25, 2024 of their intention
to sell the Company's common stock that they hold for the purpose
of reducing cross-shareholdings, and in response, in late February
2024, the Company notified MS&AD and Tokio Marine respectively
of its intention to sell all or a part of the 157,832,799
shares of MS&AD's common stock held by the Company
(shareholding ratio of MS&AD's common stock: 9.92%) and all or
a part of the 9,414,165 shares of Tokio Marine's common stock held
by the Company (shareholding ratio of Tokio Marine's common stock:
0.48%), and commenced discussions. In early April 2024, the Company
was approached by MS&AD with a request that the sale of
MS&AD's common stock by the Company be conducted by conducting
a tender offer by MS&AD aimed at acquiring treasury shares, and
the Company tendering in such tender offer. Subsequently, in late
April 2024, the Company notified MS&AD to the effect that it
will accept such request to conduct the sale of MS&AD's common
stock by the Company through a tender offer by MS&AD aimed at
acquiring treasury shares. In addition, in mid April 2024, the
Company approached Tokio Marine with a request that the sale of
Tokio Marine's common stock by the Company be conducted by
conducting a tender offer by Tokio Marine aimed at acquiring
treasury shares, and the Company tendering in such tender offer. As
a result, in late April 2024, the Company was notified by Tokio
Marine that it accepted such request to conduct the sale of Tokio
Marine's common stock by the Company through a tender offer by
Tokio Marine aimed at acquiring treasury shares. Furthermore, in
late April 2024, it was agreed that the number of shares of common
stock to be tendered by the Company will be 52,610,900 shares
(shareholding ratio of MS&AD's common stock: 3.31%), which is a
portion of MS&AD's common stock held by the Company
(157,832,799 shares) (shareholding ratio of MS&AD's common
stock: 9.92%), with respect to MS&AD's Tender Offer of Treasury
Shares, and all of Tokio Marine's common stock held by the Company
(9,414,165 shares) (shareholding ratio of Tokio Marine's common
stock: 0.48%) with respect to Tokio Marine's Tender Offer of
Treasury Share. The Company is also considering and discussing with
MUFG and SMFG the sale of 51,291,693 shares (shareholding ratio of
MUFG's common stock: 0.44%) (this includes the 4,608,540 shares of
MUFG's common stock (shareholding ratio of MUFG's common stock:
0.04%) contributed to the retirement benefit trust set up by the
Company, for which the Company reserves the right to authorize the
exercise of voting rights; the same applies hereinafter to MUFG's
common stock held by the Company), which is a portion of MUFG's
common stock held by the Company (153,871,693 shares) (shareholding
ratio of MUFG's common stock (Note 11): 1.32%) (this includes the
4,608,540 shares of MUFG's common stock (shareholding ratio of
MUFG's common stock: 0.04%) contributed to the retirement benefit
trust set up by the Company, for which the Company reserves the
right to authorize the exercise of voting rights; the same applies
hereinafter to MUFG's common stock held by the Company) and all of
SMFG's common stock held by the Company (6,861,712 shares)
(shareholding ratio of SMFG's common stock (Note 12): 0.52%) (this
includes the 1,486,400 shares of SMFG's common stock (shareholding
ratio of SMFG's common stock: 0.11%) contributed to the retirement
benefit trust set up by the Company, for which the Company reserves
the right to authorize the exercise of voting rights; the same
applies hereinafter to SMFG's common stock held by the Company) for
the purpose of reducing cross-shareholdings, and plans to sell
these shares through the market in the future. In addition, the
Company has not determined the policy on handling, including
disposition, of the 105,221,899 shares (shareholding ratio of
MS&AD's common stock: 6.62%) of MS&AD's common stock
remaining after tendering in MS&AD's Tender Offer of Treasury
Sharesand the 102,580,000 shares (shareholding ratio of MUFG's
common stock: 0.88%) of MUFG's common stock remaining after the
sale of the shares through the market at present, and will consider
possible options.
(Note 9) "Shareholding ratio of
MS&AD's common stock" refers to the ratio (rounded to the
second decimal place) to the number of shares (1,590,359,977
shares) obtained by deducting the number of treasury shares held by
MS&AD as of June 30, 2024 (17,854,223 shares) from the total
number of shares issued by MS&AD as of the same day
(1,608,214,200 shares) as described in the "Share Buyback Report"
filed by MS&AD on July 9, 2024. The same applies
hereinafter.
(Note 10) "Shareholding ratio of
Tokio Marine's common stock" refers to the ratio (rounded to the
second decimal place) to the number of shares (1,962,614,953
shares) obtained by deducting the number of treasury shares held by
Tokio Marine as of June 30, 2024 (15,385,047 shares) from the total
number of shares issued by Tokio Marine as of the same day
(1,978,000,000 shares) as described in the "Share Buyback Report"
filed by Tokio Marine on July 11, 2024. The same applies
hereinafter.
(Note 11) "Shareholding ratio of
MUFG's common stock" refers to the ratio (rounded to the second
decimal place) to the number of shares (11,690,380,033 shares)
obtained by deducting the number of treasury shares held by MUFG as
of June 30, 2024 (647,330,887 shares) from the total number of
shares issued by MUFG as of the same day (12,337,710,920 shares) as
described in the "Share Buyback Report" filed by MUFG on July 11,
2024. The same applies hereinafter.
(Note 12) "Shareholding ratio of
SMFG's common stock" refers to the ratio (rounded to the second
decimal place) to the number of shares (1,308,516,022 shares)
obtained by deducting the number of treasury shares held by SMFG as
of June 30, 2024 (8,881,062 shares) from the total number of shares
issued by SMFG as of the same day (1,317,397,084 shares) as
described in the "Share Buyback Report" filed by SMFG on July 12,
2024. The same applies hereinafter.
2. Details of the resolution of the
board of directors on the acquisition of treasury shares (Disclosed
on May 8, 2024)
(1) Details of resolution
Type of
share certificates
|
Total
|
Total
acquisition cost
|
Common
stock
|
410,000,000 shares (Upper limit)
|
1,000,000,000,000 yen (Upper limit)
|
(Note 1) The total number of issued
shares is 16,794,987,460 shares (as of today).
(Note 2) The percentage of the total
number of shares to be repurchased, 410,000,000 shares, out of the
total number of shares issued on June 30, 2024 (excluding
13,469,570,195 treasury shares) is 3.04% (rounded to the second
decimal place).
(Note 3) The period during which the
shares can be repurchased is from May 9, 2024, to April 30,
2025.
(2) Listed share certificates
relating to treasury shares already repurchased based on the
resolutions
Type of
share certificates
|
Total
|
Total
acquisition cost
|
Common
stock
|
0
shares
|
0
yen
|
(Note 4) There are no share
certificates of the Company that have already been acquired by the
Company pursuant to the resolution of the board of directors held
on May 8, 2024 prior to the publication date for commencing the
Tender Offer.
3. Tender Offer outline
(1) Schedule, etc.
(a)
|
Date of
resolution of board of directors
|
Tuesday,
July 23, 2024
|
(b)
|
Publication
date for commencing the Tender Offer
|
Wednesday,
July 24, 2024
Electronic
public notice will be posted, and the posting of the electronic
public notice will be published in the Nihon Keizai
Shimbun.
(https://disclosure2.edinet-fsa.go.jp/)
|
(c)
|
Filing date
for the tender offer registration statement
|
Wednesday,
July 24, 2024
|
(d)
|
Period of
the Tender Offer
|
From
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 to Monday, August 26, 2024 (23 business
days)
|
(2) Tender Offer Price
2,781 yen per share of common
stock
(3) Basis for calculation of Tender
Offer Price
(a) Basis for calculation
In determining the Tender Offer
Price, the Company considered that it would be desirable to (i) use
the market price of the Company's common stock as a basis, from the
perspective of emphasizing the clarity and objectivity of the
basis, and (ii) to repurchase treasury shares at a price discounted
to a certain extent from the market price to prevent the outflow of
assets from the Company to the extent possible, from the
perspective of respecting the interests of the shareholders who
will continue to hold the Company's common stock without tendering
in the Tender Offer. Based on the above, on June 25, 2024, the
Company made a proposal to MS&AD, Tokio Marine, MUFG, and SMFG
regarding the tendering of the 290,122,345 shares (shareholding
ratio as of May 31, 2024: 2.15%), a portion of 975,520,215 shares
of the Company's common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 7.24%), which is the sum of 94,690,635 shares (shareholding
ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.70%), a portion of the Company's common
stock held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (284,071,835 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 2.11%), 5,158,520 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.04%), a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Aioi Nissay Dowa (15,475,420 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.11%), 85,107,800 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.63%), a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Tokio Marine & Nichido
(255,323,570 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
1.90%), 44,950,905 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
0.33%), a portion of the Company's common stock held by MUFG Bank
(214,430,905 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
1.59%), all of the Company's common stock held by MUTB (11,546,010
shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.09%), and
48,668,475 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.36%), a
portion of the 194,672,475 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.45%), which is the sum of the Company's common stock held
by SMBC (188,057,475 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.40%) and SMBC Nikko Securities (6,615,000 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.05%), in the Tender Offer
if the Company conducts a tender offer at a price discounted 10%
from the lower of (i) the closing price of the Company's common
stock on the TSE Prime Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business
day immediately preceding the date of the board of directors'
meeting at which a resolution was made to conduct the Tender Offer,
and (ii) the simple average closing price of the Company's common
stock for the past one month up to the same day.
With respect to the discount rate,
of the 45 Reference Cases, in 39 cases (excluding 5 cases in which
a premium was set, and 1 case in which the tender offer price was
determined using a share valuation report) (of which a discount
rate of less than 5% was set in 0 cases, a discount rate of 5% or
more and less than 10% was set in 2 cases, a discount rate of 10%
(including those that were approximately 10%) was set in 28 cases,
and a discount rate of 11% or more was set in 9 cases), the most
common discount rate was 10%. By reference to this, the Company
considered the discount rate of 10% was general and at a reasonable
level, and determined the discount rate to be set at this rate.
Furthermore, with respect to the price of the Company's common
stock that is the basis of the discount, the Company considered
that using a more recent share price would more fully reflect the
latest performance of the Company. Accordingly, the Company
considered it reasonable, and thus determined, to set the price at
the lower of (i) the closing price of the Company on the TSE Prime
Market on July 22, 2024, and (ii) the simple average closing price
of the Company's common stock for the past one month up to the same
day, which is a shorter period than the past three months and six
months up to July 22, 2024. As a result, the Company received
responses from MS&AD, Tokio Marine & Nichido, and MUFG on
June 28, 2024, and from SMFG on July 5, 2024, that if the Company
conducts the Tender Offer on such terms, they will tender in the
Tender Offer, 290,122,345 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 2.15%), a portion of the 975,520,215 shares of the Company's
common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 7.24%) held by
the Prospective Tendering Shareholders as of today.
Based on the considerations and
discussions above, as of today, by way of a written resolution in
lieu of the board of directors' resolution pursuant to Article 370
of the Companies Act and the provisions of the Company's articles
of incorporation, given that the closing price of the Company's
common stock was 3,090 yen on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business day
immediately preceding the date of the board of directors'
resolution (July 23, 2024), and the simple average closing price of
the Company's common stock was 3,261 yen for the past one month up
to July 22, 2024, after confirming that the lower of the two prices
was 3,090 yen, the closing price of the Company's common stock on
July 22, 2024, the Company resolved: to repurchase treasury shares
pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, Paragraph 1 of the
Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the
provisions of Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act and the
Company's articles of incorporation; to conduct the Tender Offer as
the specific method thereof; and to set the Tender Offer Price at
2,781 yen, which will be calculated by applying a 10% discount rate
to the closing price of the Company's common stock on the TSE Prime
Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business day before the date of
the board of directors' meeting at which a resolution was made to
conduct the Tender Offer. In addition, in respect of the number of
shares to be purchased in the Tender Offer, it is necessary to
minimize the outflow of assets from the Company and thus the
Company resolved to set it at 290,122,345 shares (shareholding
ratio as of June 30, 2024: 2.15 %), which was the number of shares
that MS&AD, Tokio Marine & Nichido, MUFG, and SMFG
responded they will tender. Also, because there is a possibility
that the number of tendered shares will exceed the number of shares
to be purchased, as a result of adjusting the number of shares
constituting less than one unit using the pro rata method if there
are applications to tender in the Tender Offer exceeding the number
of shares to be purchased, the Company resolved to set the upper
limit at 290,122,445 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30,
2024: 2.15%), which is calculated by adding one unit (100 shares)
to the number of shares to be purchased in the Tender
Offer
The Tender Offer Price of 2,781 yen
represents a 10.00 % discount (rounded to the second decimal place;
the same applies hereinafter for the calculation of the discount
rate) from 3,090 yen, the closing price of the Company's
common stock on the TSE Prime Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the
business day before the date of the board of directors' meeting at
which a resolution was made to conduct the Tender Offer; a 14.72%
discount from 3,261 yen, the simple average closing price of the
Company's common stock for the past one month up to the same day;
and 16.44% discount from 3,328 yen, the simple average closing
price of the Company's common stock for the past three months up to
the same day.
Furthermore, based on a resolution
of the board of directors on November 1, 2023, the Company recently
acquired 32,097,200 shares of the Company's common stock for
99,999,796,450 yen through market purchases during the acquisition
period from November 2, 2023, to April 30, 2024. The average
acquisition price per share for these acquisitions through the
market purchase method was 3,116 yen (rounded to the nearest yen),
resulting in a difference of 335 yen (rounded to the nearest yen)
compared to the Tender Offer Price. This difference arises because
the acquisition price using the market purchase method was
determined based on the market prices on each acquisition date,
whereas the Tender Offer Price is based on the closing price of the
Company's common stock on the TSE Prime Market on the business day
immediately preceding the date of the board of directors' meeting
at which a resolution was made to conduct the Tender Offer, which
was 3,090 yen. While that amount represents a 0.83% decrease
(rounded to the second decimal place) compared to the acquisition
price of 3,116 yen for such market purchases, a 10% discount was
further applied to arrive at the Tender Offer Price.
(b) Calculation
background
In determining the Tender Offer
Price, the Company considered that it would be desirable to (i) use
the market price of the Company's common stock as a basis, from the
perspective of emphasizing the clarity and objectivity of the
basis, and (ii) to repurchase treasury shares at a price discounted
to a certain extent from the market price to prevent the outflow of
assets from the Company to the extent possible, from the
perspective of respecting the interests of the shareholders who
will continue to hold the Company's common stock without tendering
in the Tender Offer. Based on the above, on June 25, 2024, the
Company made a proposal to MS&AD, Tokio Marine, MUFG, and SMFG
regarding the tendering of the 290,122,345 shares (shareholding
ratio as of May 31, 2024: 2.15%), a portion of 975,520,215 shares
of the Company's common stock (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 7.24%), which is the sum of 94,690,635 shares (shareholding
ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.70%), a portion of the Company's common
stock held by Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (284,071,835 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 2.11%), 5,158,520 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.04%), a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Aioi Nissay Dowa (15,475,420 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.11%), 85,107,800 shares
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.63%), a portion of the
Company's common stock held by Tokio Marine & Nichido
(255,323,570 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
1.90%), 44,950,905 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
0.33%), a portion of the Company's common stock held by MUFG Bank
(214,430,905 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024:
1.59%), all of the Company's common stock held by MUTB (11,546,010
shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.09%), and
48,668,475 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.36%), a
portion of the 194,672,475 shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.45%), which is the sum of the Company's common stock held
by SMBC (188,057,475 shares) (shareholding ratio as of May 31,
2024: 1.40%), and SMBC Nikko Securities (6,615,000 shares)
(shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 0.05%), in the Tender Offer
if the Company conducts a tender offer at a price discounted 10%
from the lower of (i) the closing price of the Company's common
stock on the TSE Prime Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business
day immediately preceding the date of the board of directors'
meeting at which a resolution was made to conduct the Tender Offer,
and (ii) the simple average closing price of the Company's common
stock for the past one month up to the same day. With respect to
the discount rate, of the 45 Reference Cases, in 39 cases
(excluding 5 cases in which a premium was set, and 1 case in which
the tender offer price was determined using a share valuation
report) (of which a discount rate of less than 5% was set in 0
cases, a discount rate of 5% or more and less than 10% was set in 2
cases, a discount rate of 10% (including those that were
approximately 10%) was set in 28 cases, and a discount rate of 11%
or more was set in 9 cases), the most common discount rate was 10%.
By reference to this, the Company considered the discount rate of
10% was general and at a reasonable level, and determined the
discount rate to be set at this rate. Furthermore, with respect to
the price of the Company's common stock that is the basis of the
discount, the Company considered that using a more recent share
price would more fully reflect the latest performance of the
Company. Accordingly, the Company considered it reasonable, and
thus determined, to set the price at the lower of (i) the closing
price of the Company on the TSE Prime Market on July 22, 2024, and
(ii) the simple average closing price of the Company's common stock
for the past one month up to the same day, which is a shorter
period than the past three months and six months up to July 22,
2024. As a result, the Company received responses from MS&AD,
Tokio Marine & Nichido, and MUFG on June 28, 2024, and from
SMFG on July 5, 2024, that if the Company conducts the Tender Offer
on such terms, they will tender, in the Tender Offer, 290,122,345
shares (shareholding ratio as of May 31, 2024: 2.15%), a portion of
the 975,520,215 shares of the Company's common stock (shareholding
ratio as of May 31, 2024: 7.24%) held by the Prospective Tendering
Shareholders as of today.
Based on the considerations and
discussions above, as of today, by way of a written resolution in
lieu of the board of directors' resolution pursuant to Article 370
of the Companies Act and the provisions of the Company's articles
of incorporation, given that the closing price of the Company's
common stock was 3,090 yen on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business day
immediately preceding the date of the board of directors'
resolution (July 23, 2024), and the simple average closing price of
the Company's common stock was 3,261 yen for the past one month up
to July 22, 2024, after confirming that the lower of the two prices
was 3,090 yen, the closing price of the Company's common stock on
July 22, 2024, the Company resolved: to repurchase treasury shares
pursuant to the provisions of Article 156, Paragraph 1 of the
Companies Act as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the
provisions of Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act and the
Company's articles of incorporation; to conduct the Tender Offer as
the specific method thereof; and to set the Tender Offer Price at
2,781 yen, which will be calculated by applying a 10% discount rate
to the closing price of the Company's common stock on the TSE Prime
Market on July 22, 2024, i.e., the business day before the date of
the board of directors' meeting at which a resolution was made to
conduct the Tender Offer. In addition, in respect of the number of
shares to be purchased in the Tender Offer, it is necessary to
minimize the outflow of assets from the Company and thus the
Company resolved to set it at 290,122,345 shares (shareholding
ratio as of June 30, 2024: 2.15 %), which was the number of shares
that MS&AD, Tokio Marine & Nichido, MUFG, and SMFG
responded they will tender. Also, because there is a possibility
that the number of tendered shares will exceed the number of shares
to be purchased, as a result of adjusting the number of shares
constituting less than one unit using the pro rata method if there
are applications to tender in the Tender Offer exceeding the number
of shares to be purchased, the Company resolved to set the upper
limit at 290,122,445 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30,
2024: 2.15%), which is calculated by adding one unit (100 shares)
to the number of shares to be purchased in the Tender
Offer.
(4) Number of share certificates
planned for purchase
Type of
share certificates
|
Number of
share certificates planned for purchase
|
Number of
share certificates planned to be in excess
|
Total
|
Common
stock
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(Note 1) If the total number of the
Tendered Share Certificates does not exceed the number of share
certificates planned for purchase (290,122,345 shares), the Company
will purchase all of the Tendered Share Certificates. If the total
number of Tendered Share Certificates exceeds the number of share
certificates planned for purchase (290,122,345 shares), the Company
will not purchase all or some of the surplus. The Company will
conduct delivery related to the purchase of share certificates and
other settlements according to the pro rata method provided in
Article 27-13, Paragraph 5 of the Financial Instruments and
Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948, including subsequent revisions,
the "Act") that is applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article
27-22-2, Paragraph 2 of the Act, and Article 21 of the Cabinet
Office Order on Disclosure Required for Tender Offer for Listed
Share Certificates by Issuers (Ministry of Finance Order No. 95 of
1994, including subsequent revisions).
(Note 2) Even if the shares are less
than one unit, such shares are also subject to the Tender Offer. If
the shareholders exercise their right to demand purchase of shares
less than one unit in accordance with the Companies Act, the
Company may purchase its treasury shares during the period for
purchase, etc. (the "Tender Offer Period") in accordance with the
procedures under laws and regulations.
(5) Funds required for Tender
Offer
806,848,241,445 yen
(Note) The total funds required for
the purchase include the total purchase amount (806,830,241,445
yen), purchase handling charges, and estimated costs for other
expenses such as the public notice regarding the tender offer, and
printing of the tender offer statement and other necessary
documents.
(6) Settlement method
(I) Name and address of head office
of financial instruments business operator/bank that will conduct
settlement of the Tender Offer
Nomura Securities Co.,
Ltd. 1-13-1
Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
(II) Commencement date of
settlement
September 18, 2024
(Wednesday)
(III) Settlement method
Upon expiration of the Tender Offer
Period, a written notice of purchase though a tender offer will be
sent by post to the address or location of any person who consents
to the offer for purchase or who offers for sale the share
certificates, etc. through the Tender Offer (the "Tendering
Shareholders") (standing proxies in the case of shareholders
residing outside Japan and who do not have a tradable account with
the tender offer agent (including corporate shareholders; the
"Foreign Shareholders")) without delay.
The purchase will be made in cash.
The Tendering Shareholders
may receive the proceeds through the tender offer
less the applicable withholding tax (note) in the method designated
by the Tendering Shareholder without delay on or after the
commencement date of settlement (bank transfer fees may
apply).
(Note) Regarding tax-related matters
on shares purchased through a tender offer
*Shareholders should make their own
decisions after consulting an expert including a certified tax
accountant regarding any specific questions and concerns on tax
matters.
(i) Taxation for individual
shareholders who tendered in the Tender Offer is as
follows.
(a) If the Tendering Shareholder is
a resident of Japan or a non-resident of Japan holding a permanent
establishment in Japan
If the amount of proceeds to be
delivered through the Tender Offer exceeds the amount of shares
corresponding to the portion serving as the basis of such delivery
of the amount of the Company's stated capital (i.e. if the purchase
price per share exceeds the amount of stated capital per share of
the Company), the amount corresponding to such portion in excess
will be deemed as dividend, and thus taxed. In addition, the amount
of proceeds to be delivered through the Tender Offer less the
amount to be deemed as dividends will be treated as income from
share transfer. If there is no amount to be deemed as dividends
(i.e. if the purchase price per share is equal to or less than the
amount of stated capital per share of the Company), the entire
amount of cash to be delivered will be treated as income from share
transfer.
The amount deemed as dividend will
be taxed and withheld at the tax rate of 20.315% (comprising of
income tax and special income tax for reconstruction (the "Special
Income Tax for Reconstruction") pursuant to the "Act on Special
Measures for Securing Financial Resources Necessary to Implement
Measures for Reconstruction following the Great East Japan
Earthquake" (Act No. 117 of 2011, as amended)), which collectively
account for 15.315%, and inhabitants tax, which accounts for 5%)
(non-residents of Japan holding a permanent establishment in Japan
are not required to pay the special collection of 5% inhabitants
tax). Provided, however, that if the individual shareholder falls
under the category of a large shareholder (the "Large Shareholder")
specified in Article 4-6-2, Paragraph 38 of the Order for
Enforcement of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation
(Cabinet Order No. 43 of 1957, as amended), the amount equivalent
to 20.42% (income tax and Special Income Tax for Reconstruction
only) will be withheld. In addition, if the total shareolding ratio
of the Tendering Shareholder who will receive the amount to be
deemed as dividend and the corporation falling under the category
of a family company under the Corporation Tax Act when such
Tendering Shareholder is used as the base shareholder for the
judgment accounts to three-hundredth (3/100) or more of the total
number of issued shares, such amount to be deemed as dividend is
subject to comprehensive taxation.
The amount of income from the share
transfer less the acquisition costs for such shares is, in
principle, subject to separate self-assessment taxation.
When tendering in the Tender Offer
with shares in a tax-exempt account (the "Tax-exempt Account")
provided in Article 37-14 (tax exemption on income from transfers
of small amounts of publicly-traded shares in a tax-exempt account)
of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Taxation (Act No. 26 of
1957, as amended), and if the financial instruments business
operator at which such Tax-Free Account is opened is Nomura
Securities Co., Ltd., in principle, the income from the transfer of
shares in the Tender Offer will be exempted from tax. In the case
where the Tax-Free Account is opened at a financial instruments
business operator other than Nomura Securities Co., Ltd., the
handling may differ from the aforementioned.
(b) If the Tendering Shareholder is
a non-resident of Japan not holding any permanent establishments in
Japan
The amount deemed as dividend will
be taxed and withheld at the tax rate of 15.315% (income tax and
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction only). Individual
shareholders falling under the category of Large Shareholders are
subject to withholding tax at the rate of 20.42% (income tax and
Special Income Tax for Reconstruction only). Income incurred from
such transfer will, in principle, not be taxed.
(ii) If the amount of proceeds to be
delivered to corporate shareholders through the Tender Offer
exceeds the amount of shares corresponding to the portion serving
as the basis of such delivery of the amount of the Company's stated
capital, the amount corresponding to such portion in excess will be
deemed as dividend. The portion that is deemed as dividend is, in
principle, subject to withholding tax at the rate of 15.315%
(income tax and Special Income Tax for Reconstruction
only).
Furthermore, the amount to be deemed
as dividends, which shall be paid by the Company to the Tendering
Shareholders (limited to corporations having its head office or
principal office in Japan (domestic corporations)), who directly
hold more than one-third (1/3) of the total number of issued shares
of the Company on the record date for the payment of such
dividends, will not be subject to income tax and Special Income Tax
for Reconstruction, and thus will not be withheld.
Foreign Shareholders who wish to
receive a reduction or exemption of income tax on the amount of
such deemed dividend in accordance with the applicable tax
convention should submit an application form for income tax
convention to the tender offer agent together with the tender offer
application form.
(7) Other
(I) The Tender Offer is not being
made, directly or indirectly, in or to the United States, or by the
use of the United States Postal Service or any other methods or
means of interstate or international commerce (including but not
limited to telephone, telex, facsimile, electronic mail, and
Internet communication), and is not conducted through any
securities exchange facilities within the United States.
Shareholders may not tender their shares in the Tender Offer by any
of the foregoing methods or means or through the aforementioned
facilities, nor may they tender their shares in the Tender Offer
from within the United States. In addition, neither the tender
offer registration statement for the Tender Offer nor related
purchase documents are being dispatched or distributed by postal
mail or any other methods within, to, or from within the United
States, and such dispatches or distributions may not be made.
Applications to tender in the Tender Offer that are directly or
indirectly not in compliance with the above restrictions will not
be accepted. No solicitations for acceptance of securities or any
other assets are being made to residents of the United States or
being made within the United States, and the Company will not
accept any securities or any other assets even if residents of the
United States send such securities or any other assets to the
Company or such securities or any other assets are sent from the
United States to the Company. In addition, this press release is
not intended to request any indication of intent to tender in the
Tender Offer. When tendering their shares in the Tender Offer, the
Tendering Shareholders (standing proxies in the case of Foreign
Shareholders) may be requested to represent and warrant to the
tender offer agent that: the Tendering Shareholder was not located
in the United States either at the time of application for
tendering or at the time of dispatching the tender offer
application form; the Tendering Shareholder has not, directly or
indirectly, received or sent any information (including copies
thereof) related to the Tender Offer within or to the United
States, or from within the United States; the Tendering Shareholder
has not used, directly or indirectly, the United States postal mail
or any other methods or means of interstate or international
commerce (including, but not limited to, telephone, telex,
facsimile, electronic mail, and Internet communication) or through
any securities exchange facilities in the United States for the
purchase or signing and delivering of the tender offer application
form; and the Tendering Shareholder is not acting as an agent or
entrusted person/delegate without discretion for any others
(excluding cases where such others is giving all instructions
concerning the purchase from outside of the United
States).
(II) The Company has obtained verbal
responses respectively from, subject to the Company resolving to
conduct the Tender Offer, MS&AD that it will tender in the
Tender Offer 94,690,635 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30,
2024: 0.70%) out of the 284,071,835 shares (shareholding ratio as
of June 30, 2024: 2.11%) of the Company's common stock it holds
through its subsidiary, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (9th
largest shareholder as of September 30, 2023), Aioi Nissay Dowa
that it will tender in the Tender Offer 5,158,520 shares
(shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.04%) out of the
15,475,420 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.11%)
of the Company's common stock it holds, Tokio Marine & Nichido
(10th largest shareholder as of September 30, 2023) that
it will tender in the Tender Offer 85,107,800 shares (shareholding
ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.63%) out of the 255,323,570 shares
(shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 1.90%) of the Company's
common stock it holds, MUFG that it will tender in the Tender Offer
44,950,905 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.33%)
out of the 214,430,905 shares (holding ratio as of June 30, 2024:
1.59%) of the Company's common stock it holds through its
subsidiary, MUFG Bank, MUTB that it will tender in the Tender Offer
all of the 11,546,010 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30,
2024: 0.09%) of the Company's common stock it holds, SMFG that it
will tender in the Tender Offer 42,053,475 shares (shareholding
ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.31%) out of the 188,057,475 shares
(shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 1.40%) of the Company's
common stock it holds through its subsidiary, SMBC, SMBC Nikko
Securities that it will tender in the Tender Offer all of the
6,615,000 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 0.05%) of
the Company's common stock it holds, adding up to a total of
290,122,345 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024: 2.15%)
out of 975,520,215 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024:
7.24%) of the Company's common stock. Furthermore, the Company has
received explanations from MS&AD, Tokio Marine & Nichido,
MUFG, and SMFG to the effect that the policy on the handling,
including dispositon, of the Company's common stock which continues
to be held by the Prospective Tendering Shareholders even after the
Tender Offer (namely, 189,381,200 shares (shareholding ratio as of
June 30, 2024: 1.41%) of the Company's common stock held by Mitsui
Sumitomo Insurance, 10,316,900 shares (shareholding ratio as of
June 30, 2024: 0.08%) of the Company's common stock held by Aioi
Nissay Dowa, 170,215,770 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30,
2024: 1.26%) of the Company's common stock held by Tokio Marine
& Nichido, 169,480,000 shares (shareholding ratio as of June
30, 2024: 1.26%) of the Company's common stock held by MUFG Bank,
and 146,004,000 shares (shareholding ratio as of June 30, 2024:
1.08%) of the Company's common stock held by SMBC that will remain
after all the shares which the Prospective Tendering Shareholders
intend to tender in the Tender Offer has been purchased, as well as
the Company's common stock that will remain in the event where the
number of share certificates, etc. tendered in the Tender Offer
exceeds the number of shares to be purchased, and the Company's
common stock remain than expected among the Prospective Tendering
Shareholders due to the application of the pro rata method) is
currently undecided, and that possible options will be
considered.
(III) The Company has published the
"Notice Concerning the Status of the Repurchase of Shares of our
Common Stock" on July 3, 2024. Please refer to the publication for
more details.
(IV) The Company has published the
"Completion of Investigation Regarding Model Certification
Applications (follow-up report)" on July 5, 2024. Please refer to
the publication for more details.
This press release may not be
published, distributed, diffused or otherwise sent into the United
States of America (including its territories and possessions, every
State in the United States and the District of Columbia). This
press release does not constitute an extension into the United
States of the tender offer mentioned in this press
release.
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