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Benesse Repurchased its 0wn Shares

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

Release Date : 2002/09/02

 Benesse Corporation announced its repurchase of own shares of common stock by complying with article 210 of Japan's Commercial Code.

Details of repurchase;

Repurchased period :
From August 1st 2002 to August 30th 2002

No. of common stock repurchased :
360,000 shares

Amount :
790,954,500 yen

Repurchased method :
Market buying at Osaka securities exchange


(Reference 1)
Decision of general shareholder's meeting which were held on June 25th 2002

Type of stock:
Common Stock

No. of common stock repurchase:
up to 2,000,000 shares

Amount:
up to 6,000,000,000 yen


(Reference 2)
Aggregate amount of stock repurchased since June 25th 2002

Aggregate no. of common stock repurchased:
860,000 shares

Aggregate amount:
1,913,688,500 yen