Nikon completes share buyback, announces stock cancellation

Nikon Corporation announced the completion of its share repurchase program initiated on October 31, 2024. Between March 1, 2025, and March 14, 2025, the company acquired 2,371,000 shares of its common stock for a total purchase price of ¥3,782,217,300. This concludes the buyback program approved last year, during which Nikon repurchased a total of 17,891,000 shares for ¥29,999,994,000. In addition, Nikon will cancel 17,891,000 shares of treasury stock, representing 5.4% of outstanding shares (excluding treasury stock) before cancellation, effective March 31, 2025. Following the cancellation, Nikon anticipates having 333,585,686 outstanding shares and 4,767,318 shares of treasury stock.