Kyushu Financial Group announces share buyback plan

Kyushu Financial Group announced a plan to acquire its own shares, following a board meeting on September 25, 2025. This move is intended to implement a flexible capital policy and improve capital efficiency, thereby increasing shareholder returns.

The company plans to acquire up to 13,000,000 shares of common stock, representing 2.99% of its outstanding shares (excluding treasury shares). The total acquisition cost is capped at 10 billion yen. The acquisition period is set from October 1, 2025, to March 31, 2026.

Shares will be acquired through market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, specifically via a discretionary trading contract in the open market and through off-market own share purchases (ToSTNeT-3). As of March 31, 2025, the company had 433,409,991 outstanding shares (excluding treasury shares) and held 29,965,987 treasury shares.