(Cancellation of Treasury Shares Pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act)
TOKYO, Japan, February 8, 2024 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (“Renesas”, TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced that it has resolved at the Meeting of Board of Directors dated February 8, 2024, to cancel treasury shares pursuant to Article 178 of the Companies Act as follows.
- Class of shares to be cancelled: Renesas common shares
- Number of shares to be cancelled: 87,839,138 shares (approximately 4.5% of shares issued and outstanding)
- Scheduled cancellation date: February 29, 2024
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- Renesas will retain a maximum of approximately 5% of the total number of shares issued and outstanding and, in principle, treasury shares exceeding 5% will be subject to cancellation.
- After cancellation, the total number of shares issued and outstanding is projected to be 1,870,614,885, and the total number of treasury shares is projected to be 93,530,744. (These numbers are projected based on the total numbers of shares issued and outstanding as well as treasury shares as of December 31, 2023.)
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