{"id":109622,"date":"2026-09-01T16:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/ir\/8174-20260901-01_wp_share_buyback\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T16:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T07:30:33","slug":"8174-20260901-01_wp_share_buyback","status":"publish","type":"ir_release","link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/en\/company\/company-8174\/ir\/8174-20260901-01_wp_share_buyback\/","title":{"rendered":"Notice on the Status of Share Buyback (Interim)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Interim update on the status of share buyback as of August 31, 2026. For ordinary shares, total 40,600 shares acquired with total amount of 112,732,500 yen through market purchases. Acquisition period from August 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On May 15, 2026, the board resolved a maximum of 1,500 thousand shares (1.4% of issued shares) and total amount of 3,000 million yen to be acquired through market purchases, with the upper limit adjusted to 4,500 thousand shares following a split. Cumulative shares acquired as of August 31, 2026: 105,400 shares; cumulative amount: 288,169,200 yen, representing progress of 7.0% and 9.6% respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"Ticker":"","DATE":"","longName":"","company_name_ja":"","fullTimeEmployees":0,"address":"","phone":"","website":"","industry":"","sector":"","regularMarketPrice":0,"financialCurrency":"","marketCap":0,"fiftyTwoWeekLow":0,"fiftyTwoWeekHigh":0,"epsTrailingTwelveMonths":0,"epsForward":0,"bookValue":0,"totalRevenue":0,"OperatingIncome":0,"operatingMargins":0,"NetIncome":0,"profitMargins":0,"ebitda":0,"trailingPE":0,"forwardPE":0,"priceToBook":0,"returnOnEquity":0,"recommendationMean":0,"recommendationKey":"","targetMeanPrice":0,"numberOfAnalystOpinions":0,"analyst_earnings_data":"","dividendRate":0,"dividendYield":0,"payoutRatio":0,"totalEsg":0,"environmentScore":0,"socialScore":0,"governanceScore":0,"title":"","providerPublishTime":"","link":"","longBusinessSummary":"","longBusinessSummary_ja":"","quarterly_revenue":0,"quarterly_net_income":0,"quarterly_operating_profit":0,"enterprise_value":0,"company_officer_1_name":"","company_officer_1_title":"","company_officer_2_name":"","company_officer_2_title":"","company_officer_3_name":"","company_officer_3_title":"","company_officer_4_name":"","company_officer_4_title":"","company_officer_5_name":"","company_officer_5_title":"","company_officers_update_time":"","get_dividend_history_year1":0,"get_dividend_history_year2":0,"get_dividend_history_year3":0,"get_dividend_history_year4":0,"get_dividend_history_year5":0,"get_dividend_history_year6":0,"get_dividend_history_year7":0,"get_dividend_history_year8":0,"get_dividend_history_year9":0,"get_dividend_history_year10":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"jir_stock_code":"8174","jir_company_name":"\u65e5\u672c\u74e6\u65af\u682a\u5f0f\u4f1a\u793e","jir_importance":"\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606","jir_publication_date":"2026-09-01","jir_source_link":"https:\/\/japanir.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/8174-20260901-01.pdf","jir_short_summary":"Interim update on the status of share buyback as of August 31, 2026. For ordinary shares, total 40,600 shares acquired with total amount of 112,732,500 yen through market purchases. Acquisition period from August 1, 2026 to August 31, 2026, listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. On May 15, 2026, the board resolved a maximum of 1,500 thousand shares (1.4% of issued shares) and total amount of 3,000 million yen to be acquired through market purchases, with the upper limit adjusted to 4,500 thousand shares following a split. Cumulative shares acquired as of August 31, 2026: 105,400 shares; cumulative amount: 288,169,200 yen, representing progress of 7.0% and 9.6% respectively.","jir_summary":"### Current status of share buyback\nThis disclosure is an interim status update on the acquisition of treasury shares under the Companies Act, Article 165, Paragraph 2 and 156. The acquired shares are ordinary shares, total 40,600 shares, total amount 112,732,500 yen. Acquisition period is from August 1, 2026 to August 31 of the same year, through market purchases. By a board resolution on May 15, 2026, the acquisition cap was set at 1,500 thousand shares (1.4% of issued shares) and total up to 30 billion yen, with the period from May 18, 2026 to March 31, 2027; however, due to the split, the upper limit of shares has been adjusted to 4,500 thousand. As of now, cumulative shares acquired are 105,400 shares and cumulative amount is 288,169,200 yen, with progress of 7.0% and 9.6% respectively.\n\n### Outlook and impact\nThe adjustment of the cap following the split expands the potential upper limit for future share buybacks. Purchases are planned to continue via market purchases, and this is envisaged as a means of shareholder returns to counter dilution. Progress is disclosed as of August 31, with further updates to cumulative results anticipated at additional disclosure times.","jir_financial_highlights":"Total shares acquired: 40,600 shares (Unknown)\nTotal value of shares acquired: 112,732,500 yen (Unknown)\nAcquisition period: August 1, 2026 \u2013 August 31, 2026 (Unknown)\nCumulative shares acquired (as of August 31, 2026): 105,400 shares (Progress 7.0%)\nCumulative value acquired (as of August 31, 2026): 288,169,200 yen (Progress 9.6%)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#NihonGasCo., Ltd. Status of Treasury Stock Acquisition Interim","jir_key_figures":"Total shares acquired: 40,600 shares (ordinary shares)\nTotal value of shares acquired: 112,732,500 yen\nAcquisition period: August 1, 2026 \u2013 August 31, 2026\nCumulative shares acquired (as of August 31, 2026): 105,400 shares\nCumulative value acquired (as of August 31, 2026): 288,169,200 yen","jir_meta_title":"Takara Gas Co. 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