Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. spent ¥74.8bn buying back its own shares in July 2026, pushing cumulative purchases under its March buyback authorization to just over a third of the yen ceiling with four months left before the program's deadline.
Recruit disclosed the July activity in a share buyback status report filed with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau on August 13, covering the one-month period from July 1 to July 31. The filing was submitted under Article 24-6, Paragraph 1 of Japan's Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and is recorded as the report's first submission, not an amendment.
The board approved the underlying program on March 31, 2026, authorizing purchases of up to 64,000,000 shares or ¥350,000,000,000 (¥350bn) between April 1 and November 30, 2026. In July alone, Recruit bought 6,021,300 shares for ¥74,847,837,000 (about ¥74.8bn). That brought cumulative repurchases since April to 13,084,600 shares for ¥127,246,058,900 (about ¥127.2bn), equal to 20.44% of the authorized share volume and 36.36% of the authorized yen amount.
| Metric | July 2026 | Cumulative (Apr-Jul 2026) | Authorization (Mar 2026-Nov 2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shares repurchased | 6,021,300 | 13,084,600 | 64,000,000 (ceiling) |
| Value repurchased | ¥74.8bn | ¥127.2bn | ¥350bn (ceiling) |
| Progress rate | - | 20.44% (shares) / 36.36% (value) | 100% |
Separately, Recruit disposed of 220,600 treasury shares in July after stock acquisition rights were exercised, generating ¥1,746,884,899 (about ¥1.75bn). At month-end the company held 41,332,362 treasury shares against 1,472,504,149 total shares outstanding. The filing separately notes that shares held through Recruit's executive-compensation and stock-grant trusts are also booked as treasury stock in its consolidated financial statements, on top of the disclosed treasury total.
With roughly 63% of the ¥350bn ceiling still unspent, Recruit's next monthly status report will show whether the July pace holds before the buyback window closes on November 30.