Status and Completion of Share Repurchase in accordance with the Board Resolution as of June 25, 2020
(Share repurchase under the provisions of SBG’s Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act of Japan)
SoftBank Group Corp. (“SBG”) announced the status of the repurchase of its own shares conducted from December 1 to December 11, 2020 as follows, pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act of Japan as applied pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 3. This concludes SBG’s share repurchase in accordance with the resolution made by the Board of Directors on June 25, 2020.
I. Status of share repurchase in accordance with the resolution made by the Board of Directors on June 25, 2020
| (1) Class of shares repurchased: | Common stock of SBG |
| (2) Total number of shares repurchased: | 19,812,000 |
| (3) Total amount of repurchase: | JPY 151,846,532,300 |
| (4) Repurchase period: | From December 1, 2020 to December 11, 2020 (execution base) |
For Reference:
1. Details of the resolution made by the Board of Directors on June 25, 2020
| (1) Class of shares to be repurchased: | Common stock of SBG |
| (2) Total number of repurchasable shares: | 115,000,000 (maximum) |
| (3) Total amount of repurchase: | JPY 500 billion (maximum) |
| (4) Repurchase period: | From June 26, 2020 to March 31, 2021 |
2. Cumulative number of shares repurchased, based on the resolution made by the Board of Directors on June 25, 2020 (as of December 11, 2020)
| (1) Total number of shares repurchased: | 70,579,400 |
| (2) Total amount of repurchase: | JPY 499,999,787,100 |
II. Status of share repurchases based on the program announced in “SoftBank Announces JPY 4.5 trillion (USD 41 billion) Program to Repurchase Shares and Reduce Debt” dated March 23, 2020 (the “JPY 4.5 Trillion Program”)
As of December 11, 2020
| Date of Board resolution | Total number of shares to be repurchased | Total amount of repurchase | Repurchase period |
| May 15, 2020 | 81,940,400 (Repurchased) | JPY 500 billion (Repurchased) | From June 17, 2020 to August 3, 2020 |
| June 25, 2020 | 70,579,400 (Repurchased) | JPY 500 billion (Repurchased) | From June 26, 2020 to December 11, 2020 |
| July 30, 2020 | Maximum of 240 million | Maximum of JPY 1 trillion | From July 31, 2020 to July 30, 2021 |
| (Reference: Status of share repurchase resolved before the JPY 4.5 Trillion Program) | |||
| March 13, 2020 | 107,679,300 (Repurchased) | JPY 500 billion (Repurchased) | From March 16, 2020 to June 15, 2020 |
As of December 11, 2020, there were no shares repurchased in accordance with the resolution made by the Board of Directors on July 30, 2020.
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