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The target shares are common stock of the Company, with an upper limit of 14,000,000 shares and a total acquisition value ceiling of 100 billion yen. The acquisition period is from March 3 to March 4, 2026, and shares will be acquired through off-auction own share repurchase transactions (ToSTNeT-3) on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.\n\n### Cancellation of Treasury Shares and Impact on Shareholders\nAll acquired treasury shares are scheduled to be canceled on March 31, 2026. This is expected to reduce the number of issued shares and improve capital efficiency. As of January 31, 2026, the total number of issued shares (excluding treasury stock) was 1,164,258,914 shares, with 134,431,086 treasury shares. The final detailed decisions concerning the acquisition and cancellation are entrusted to the President and Representative Director.","jir_financial_highlights":"Type of shares subject to acquisition: Our common stock (Unknown)\nMaximum number of shares to be acquired: 14,000,000 shares (upper limit) (1.20% of total issued shares)\nTotal acquisition value of shares: 100 billion yen (upper limit) (Unknown)\nAcquisition period: From March 3, 2026 to March 4, 2026 (Unknown)\nScheduled cancellation date: March 31, 2026 (Unknown)\nTotal number of issued shares as of January 31, 2026 (excluding treasury stock): 1,164,258,914 shares (Unknown)\nNumber of treasury shares as of January 31, 2026: 134,431,086 shares (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#NintendoCoLtd, #ShareBuyback, #TreasuryStockCancellation, #CapitalPolicy, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Maximum number of shares for share buyback: 14,000,000 shares (1.20% of total issued shares)\nMaximum amount for share buyback: 100 billion yen\nScheduled date of treasury share cancellation: March 31, 2026","jir_meta_title":"Nintendo Decides on Share Buyback of 14,000,000 Shares and 100 Billion Yen with Cancellation on March 31","jir_meta_description":"Nintendo Co., Ltd. announced that it will conduct a share buyback of up to 100 billion yen and 14,000,000 shares from March 3 to 4, 2026, with all acquired shares scheduled to be canceled on March 31.","jir_og_title":"Nintendo Decides on Share Buyback and Cancellation (14 Million Shares, 100 Billion Yen)","jir_og_description":"Nintendo Co., Ltd. announced a share buyback cap of 14,000,000 shares and a maximum acquisition value of 100 billion yen, with cancellation planned on March 31.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":6832,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"share_buyback","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-32069","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.7 - 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