Takamisawa Co., Ltd. (TSE:4547) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 130,000 shares, representing 1.52% of the shares outstanding excluding treasury shares, for a total of ¥50 million. The company will repurchase its shares through Off-hours treasury share trading (ToSTNeT-3). The purpose of the program is to enhance shareholder returns and to improve capital efficiency. Repurchases will be in accordance with the regulations of Article 156 of the Companies Act, which is applied by replacing the regulations of Article 165 Paragraph 3 of the same Act. The share repurchase program is valid until May 31, 2016. As of April 30, 2016, the company had 8,538,510 shares outstanding excluding treasury shares and had 253,490 shares in treasury.