Charle Co., Ltd. (TSE:9885) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase 2,770,000 shares, representing 14.69% of the outstanding shares at ¥464 per share for ¥1285.28 million. Shares will be repurchased in the Tokyo Stock Exchange Off-Auction Own Share Repurchase Trading. The purpose of the program is to enhance capital efficiency and improve shareholder returns. As of October 31, 2016, the company had 18,856,238 shares outstanding and 2,178,712 shares in treasury.