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The target for acquisition was the company's common shares, with the acquisition period set from November 13, 2025, to March 31, 2026. The upper limit was 210,000 shares with a total acquisition price cap of JPY 1 billion. During the period from March 1 to March 24, 2026, 30,700 shares were acquired at a cost of JPY 204,327,000; cumulatively, the company acquired 173,500 shares totaling JPY 999,397,000, concluding the buyback.\n\n### Impact on Shareholders and Future Outlook\nThis share buyback was conducted with an upper limit of approximately 1.6% of total issued shares and aims to improve capital efficiency as a part of shareholder returns. The method of acquisition was market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. At present, there is no information regarding future cancellation of treasury stock or capital policy. Investors can anticipate changes in capital structure and improvement in per-share indicators; however, detailed impacts should be monitored in future announcements.","jir_financial_highlights":"Total Number of Shares Acquired: 30,700 shares (Unknown)\nAcquisition Price: JPY 204,327,000 (Unknown)\nCumulative Number of Shares Acquired: 173,500 shares (Unknown)\nCumulative Acquisition Price: JPY 999,397,000 (Unknown)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#SumitomoSeikaChemicals, #ShareBuyback, #JapaneseStocks","jir_key_figures":"Total Number of Shares Acquired: 30,700 shares (March 1, 2026 - March 24, 2026)\nAcquisition Price: JPY 204,327,000 (March 1, 2026 - March 24, 2026)\nCumulative Number of Shares Acquired: 173,500 shares (November 12, 2025 - March 24, 2026)","jir_meta_title":"Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited Announces Completion of Share Buyback of 173,500 Shares Totaling Approximately JPY 999 Million","jir_meta_description":"Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Company, Limited completed the acquisition of 173,500 treasury shares at a total acquisition price of JPY 999,397,000 by March 24, 2026. 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