Last checked at 2 Mar 2009 07:00
| March 2, 2009 |
| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
| KONAMI CORPORATION Kagemasa Kozuki, Representative Director and Chief Executive Officer Shares listed: Tokyo, New York, London and Singapore Stock Exchanges Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi, Representative Director and Chief Financial Officer Tel: +81-3-5771-0222 |
| News Release Relating to Repurchase of Stock of Konami Corporation |
| (Under the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation pursuant to |
| paragraph 2, Article 165 of the Corporation Act of Japan) |
TOKYO - Konami Corporation (the "Company") hereby announces that it has repurchased the Company's stock in accordance with the provisions of Article 156 of the Corporation Act applied after the modification by the provisions in paragraph 3, Article 165 of the Corporation Act of Japan.
The details of the stock repurchase is as follows:
Details of repurchase:
| (1) |
| Repurchased period: |
| From February 6, 2009 to February 28, 2009 |
| (when agreements for purchase were entered into) | ||||
| (2) |
| Total number of shares repurchased: |
| 838,900 shares |
| (3) |
| Total repurchase price: |
| 1,167,393,500 yen |
| (4) |
| Method of repurchase: |
| Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
(Reference)
Details of repurchase as resolved at the Board of Directors' meeting held on February 5, 2009
| (1) |
| Type of shares to be repurchased: |
| Common Stock of the Company |
| (2) |
| Total number of shares to be repurchased: |
| 4 million shares (maximum) |
| (Percentage of total issued and outstanding shares excluding treasury stock already owned by the Company: 2.91%) | ||||
| (3) |
| Total repurchase price: |
| 10 billion yen (maximum) |
| (4) |
| Repurchasing period: |
| From February 6, 2009 to March 23, 2009 |
Total number and total cost of the Company' shares repurchased under the Board of Directors' resolution
Total number of shares repurchased: 838,900 shares
Total cost of repurchase: 1,167,393,500 yen
This press release is published in order to publicly announce the Company's repurchase of its own shares and is not prepared for the purpose of soliciting investment or any similar act inside or outside of Japan.
The statements within this release contain forward-looking statements about our future plans that involve risk and uncertainty. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents furnished by the Company with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent reports on Forms 20-F and 6-K, which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements.