Kokusai Electric to Retire Treasury Shares Acquired Under Buyback Program
Kokusai Electric (TYO:6525) decided to retire all treasury shares repurchased under its buyback program, effective Aug. 31, according to a Tokyo bourse filing.The buyback program authorized the repurchase of up to 1.5 million shares for up to 5.3 billion yen, with the repurchase period running from May 14 to July 31.As of May 31, the company held 4.46 million treasury shares against 233.7 million issued shares outstanding.