Toyota Motor Regulatory News (TYT)

8 May 2008 09:42

Toyota Motor Corporation08 May 2008 (Translation) May 8, 2008 To Whom It May Concern: Company Name: TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION Name and Title of Representative: Katsuaki Watanabe, President (Code Number: 7203 Securities exchanges throughout Japan) Name and Title of Contact Person: Takuo Sasaki General Manager, Accounting Division (Telephone Number: 0565-28-2121) Notice Concerning Acquisition of Own Shares (To be proposed at the 104th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting) (Acquisition of Own Shares under Article 156 of the Corporation Act) At a meeting held on May 8, 2008, the Board of Directors of Toyota MotorCorporation ("TMC") resolved to propose an agenda asking for authorization toacquire its own shares under the provision of Article 156 of the Corporation Actat the 104th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting to be held on June 24, 2008. We hereby inform you of the following. 1. Reasons for acquisition of TMC's own shares To improve capital efficiency and implement flexible capital policies in accordance with the business environment. 2. Details of matters relating to the acquisition (1) Type of shares to be acquired Shares of common stock of TMC(2) Aggregate number of sharespermitted to be acquired Up to 30,000,000 shares (The ratio to the aggregate number of issued shares (excluding treasury stock): 0.95%)(3) Aggregate purchase price of shares Up to JPY 200,000,000,000(4) Acquisition period One year from the day immediately following the close of the 104th Ordinary General Shareholders' Meeting. (Note) The above acquisition of own shares shall be subject to the approval ofthe proposal "Acquisition of Own Shares" at the 104th Ordinary GeneralShareholders' Meeting scheduled to be held on June 24, 2008. (Reference) Treasury stock held by TMC as of March 31, 2008 • Aggregate number of issued shares excluding treasury stock) 3,149,279,852 shares • Number of treasury stock 298,717,640 shares This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange