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(Translation)
February 6, 2009
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 Decision on Matters Relating to Acquisition of Own Shares
(Acquisition of Own Shares from Subsidiaries
pursuant to Article 163 of the Corporation Act)
At a meeting held on February 6, 2009, the Board of Directors of Toyota Motor Corporation ("TMC") resolved, pursuant to the provisions of Article 163 of the Corporation Act as applicable through the incorporation of certain provisions of Article 156 of the Corporation Act, on matters relating to acquisition of its own shares held by its subsidiaries. We hereby inform you of the following.
1. Name of the subsidiaries
Kanto Auto Works, Ltd. and Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.
2. Reasons for acquisition
TMC will repurchase shares of its common stock that have been held by the subsidiaries specified above, pursuant to the provisions of Article 135, Paragraph 3 of the Corporation Act.
3. Details relating to the acquisition
(1) Type of shares to be acquired Shares of common stock of TMC
(2) Aggregate number of shares to be acquired 930, 580 shares (The ratio to the aggregate number of issued shares (excluding treasury shares): 0.03%) (Out of the above, repurchase from Kanto Auto Works, Ltd.:
634, 570 shares; repurchase from Toyota
Auto Body Co., Ltd.: 296, 010 shares)
(3) Aggregate purchase price of shares Up to JPY 4,000,000,000
(The amount obtained by multiplying the
average closing price (rounded to the nearest
one (1) yen) of common stock of TMC on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange from February 2, 2009 to February 13, 2009 by the aggregate
number of shares to be acquired)
(4) Date of acquisition of own shares February 6, 2009 (Date of the sale and
purchase agreement)
(5) Method of acquisition Purchase through bilateral transaction
[Reference]
Treasury shares held by TMC as of January 31, 2009
• Aggregate number of issued shares
(excluding treasury shares) 3,136,829,960 shares
• Number of treasury shares 311,167,532 shares
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