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NPT sets July 29 final trading day after shareholders back delisting

Shareholders approved NPT's TOKYO PRO Market delisting application, putting July 29 as the last planned trading day before depository handling ends and brokers stop accepting related requests after delisting.

Jun 30, 20262 min read
Abstract editorial image of share-trading and settlement pathways narrowing to a final cutoff.

NPT's extraordinary shareholders' meeting approved the company’s application to delist its shares from the TOKYO PRO Market on June 30, and NPT said it filed that application with the Tokyo Stock Exchange the same day. The notice says that, once the application is received, the shares are expected to be designated as securities to be delisted, with the last planned trading day on July 29 and delisting scheduled for July 30.

Delisting timetable
Dates are from NPT's June 30 notice and are described as planned in connection with receipt of the delisting application.
MilestoneDate
Extraordinary shareholders' meetingJune 30, 2026
Delisting application filedJune 30, 2026
Designation as a security to be delistedJune 30, 2026
Last planned trading dayJuly 29, 2026
Planned delisting dateJuly 30, 2026

That leaves investors with a short, clear timetable and little else. NPT's notice is explicit on process but silent on rationale. It does not say why the company wants to leave the market, so the immediate read-through is practical rather than strategic: anyone who wants to trade the shares on the exchange now has a defined end date, and the administrative friction rises after that.

After July 30, the company says handling of the shares by the securities depository will end two business days later, and securities firms will stop accepting related notifications and other requests. Procedures such as name changes, address changes and certificate issuance are expected to begin only after shareholder register confirmation work at the delisting date has been completed.

For readers outside Japan, that matters because the filing pins down both the last exchange-trading session and the point at which ordinary custody and brokerage workflows begin to shut. What remains unanswered is the broader corporate plan after delisting: the notice offers no rationale, no stated alternative trading arrangement and no wider capital-markets roadmap.