OREANDA-NEWS. At the meeting of the Board of Directors held on July 24, 2014, ITOCHU Corporation decided to implement the share buyback program in accordance with Article 156 of the Companies Act of Japan, as applied pursuant to Paragraph 3, Article 165 of the Companies Act of Japan.

The progress on the share buyback program is as follows.
1. Class of shares: Common shares
2. Total number of shares repurchased: 6,283,200 shares
3. Aggregate repurchased amount: 8,321,455,631yen
4. Purchase Period: From August 1, 2014 to August 29, 2014
5. Acquisition method: Market purchase from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Discretionary investment by securities company)

(Reference)
1. Details of the share buyback program:
(1) Class of shares: Common shares
(2) Total number of shares: Up to 78,000,000 shares
(Ratio to the number of outstanding shares (excluding treasury shares): approx. 4.9%)
(3) Total amount: Up to 110,000,000,000 yen
(4)Purchase Period: From July 25, 2014 to July 24, 2015
(5)Acquisition method: Market purchase from the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Discretionary investment by securities company)

2. Total number of shares repurchased and total cost of acquisition under this program.(As of August 29, 2014)
(1) Total number of shares repurchased: 6,283,200 shares
(2) Total cost of acquisition: 8,321,455,631 yen