27th Jul 2006 13:17
Konami Corporation27 July 2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 27, 2006 KONAMI CORPORATION 2-4-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan Kagemasa Kozuki Representative Director and CEO Stock code number: 9766 at TSE1 Contact: Noriaki Yamaguchi Representative Director and CFO Tel: +81-3-5220-0573 Announcement on Acquisition of Own Shares (Pursuant to Article 163 of the Corporate Law of Japan "Acquisition of treasury stock from subsidiary") KONAMI CORPORATION ("Konami") hereby announces the acquisition of its own sharesfrom its subsidiary, as resolved in the meeting of Board of Directors held onJuly 27, 2006, pursuant to Article 163 of the Corporate Law of Japan. 1. Name of subsidiary: Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd. 2. Outline of Acquisition: 1) Type of shares acquired: Shares of Common Stock 2) Total number of shares acquired: 3,048,430 shares (Percentage of total number of shares outstanding: 2.12%) 3) Total acquisition cost: 7,621,075,000 yen (Tokyo Stock Exchange July 26, 2006, closing share price of Konami, multipliedby the number of shares acquired) 4) Acquisition date: July 28, 2006 5) Acquisition method: Negotiated transaction by stock transfer contract 3. Summary of acquisition Konami will acquire its own shares from Konami Sports & Life Co., Ltd., whichbecame a wholly owned subsidiary by stock exchange executed on March 1, 2006. (Reference) 1. Status of holding treasury stock as of June 30, 2006. 1) Total number of shares outstanding (treasury stock excluded): 140,204,413 shares 2) Number of treasury stock: 3,351,373 shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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