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Tokyo Electron's First Buyback Month: ¥11.5bn Spent, Just 2.76% of Shares Retired

A monthly filing shows Tokyo Electron spent ¥11.47bn to retire only 2.76% of the shares authorized under its new buyback, already using 7.65% of the ¥150bn budget the board approved in May.

Jul 10, 20262 min readTokyo Electron Limited8035
Abstract illustration of a corporate share buyback: a grid of shares with some retired, beside a rising budget bar approaching its authorized ceiling.

Tokyo Electron Limited bought back 207,100 of its own shares for ¥11.47bn in June 2026, the opening month of a repurchase program its board approved on May 29. The company disclosed the activity in a monthly share buyback status report filed on July 10 with Japan's Kanto Local Finance Bureau, under Article 24-6(1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.

The board's May 29 resolution authorized purchases of up to 7,500,000 shares for a maximum of ¥150bn, over a buyback window running from June 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027. All of June's activity landed on a single date: Tokyo Electron acquired the full 207,100 shares on June 10, for a total of ¥11,474,246,000.

Tokyo Electron buyback program at a glance
Figures from Tokyo Electron's June 2026 share buyback status report, filed with the Kanto Local Finance Bureau on July 10, 2026.
MetricValue
Board authorization dateMay 29, 2026
Maximum shares authorized7,500,000 shares
Maximum value authorized¥150bn (¥150,000,000,000)
Buyback windowJune 1, 2026 to March 31, 2027
Shares acquired in June 2026207,100 shares (June 10, 2026)
Value acquired in June 2026¥11.47bn (¥11,474,246,000)
Cumulative progress by share count2.76%
Cumulative progress by value7.65%

Because the program started June 1, the cumulative figures through June 30 match the month's activity exactly: 207,100 shares and ¥11.47bn. Measured against the two authorized caps, that puts the company at 2.76% of the share-count ceiling but 7.65% of the yen-value ceiling. The value figure is running well ahead of the share-count figure at this early stage, a gap worth tracking as the buyback continues over the next several quarters.

The filing was submitted under the name of President and Representative Director Toshiki Kawai. It reports no share disposals or treasury-share transfers for the June period in the sections the packet's excerpt covers. The report does not break out a per-share average price, and it does not specify whether Tokyo Electron will rely on open-market purchases, off-market blocks, or another mechanism to work through the remaining ¥138.5bn of authorized spending before the program's March 2027 deadline.