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Kobe Steel announces share buyback results and completion of share buyback program

Purchase of shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Companies Act and Articles of Incorporation

August 3, 2015

Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces the results of the buyback of its shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156 of the Companies Act, where they are applied by replacing the phrases pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, paragraph 3.

The buyback of the shares pursuant to the resolution at the Board of Directors meeting held on July 28, 2015 has been completed. Details of the purchase follow below.

Details of the purchase

(1) Class of shares that were
Common stock
purchased:
 
(2) Number of shares that were
9,000,000 shares
purchased:
 
(3) Total purchase price of shares:
1,680,918,000 yen
(4) Purchase period:
July 29, 2015 to July 31, 2015(on a contract basis)
(5) Method of purchase:
Market buying from the Tokyo Stock Exchange

(Reference)

1. Contents of the resolution at the Board of Directors meeting held on July 28, 2015

(1) Class of shares to be purchased:
Common stock
(2) Number of shares to be purchased:
9,000,000 shares (upper limit)
(0.25% of total issued shares, excluding treasury shares)
(3) Total purchase price of shares:
2.2 billion yen (upper limit)
(4) Purchase period:
July 29, 2015 to September 30, 2015
(5) Method of purchase:
Market buying

2. Cumulative aggregate number of, and aggregate amount of the purchase price of shares that were purchased pursuant to the above resolution at the Board of Directors meeting

(1) Aggregate number of shares
9,000,000 Shares
that were purchased:
 
(2) Aggregate amount of purchase
1,680,918,000 yen
price: