Dentsu Announces the Status of Acquisition of Own Shares 2019

Dentsu Inc. (Tokyo: 4324; ISIN: JP3551520004; President & CEO: Toshihiro Yamamoto; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) announced the status of acquisition of the Company’s own shares carried out in accordance with Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to the provisions of Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the Act.
The details are as follows.

Class of shares acquired:    Common stock of the Company
Number of shares acquired:    1,740,100 shares
Acquisition cost：    6,551,365,486 yen (excluding brokerage commissions)
Acquisition period：    From October 1, 2019 to October 31, 2019 (contract date basis)
Method of acquisition:    Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through a discretionary trading authorization agreement

Reference 1: Details of the resolution made at the Board of Directors Meeting held on August 7, 2019
Class of shares to be acquired:    Common stock of the Company
Total number of shares to be acquired:    12,000,000 (maximum)
(4.25% of the total number of shares issued [excluding treasury stock])
Total acquisition cost：    30 billion yen (maximum)
Acquisition period：    From August 8, 2019 to March 24, 2020
Method of acquisition:        Market purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange through a discretionary trading authorization agreement

Reference 2: Cumulative total of shares acquired after the date of the above-mentioned resolution of the Board of Directors (as of October 31, 2019)
Total number of shares acquired：      2,894,500 shares
Total acquisition cost：      10,924,282,991 yen(excluding brokerage commissions)