Press Releases
December 25, 2008
Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited
Notice Concerning Cancellation of Own Shares
Osaka, Japan, December 25, 2008 --- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) announced that its Board of Directors resolved today to cancel its own shares under Article 178 of the Corporation Law, as detailed below:
| 1. | Class of shares to be cancelled: | Shares of common stock |
| 2. | Aggregate number of shares to be cancelled: | 25,486,300 shares （The ratio to the aggregate number of issued shares before cancellation: 3.13%） |
| 3. | Scheduled cancellation date (Plan): | January 16, 2009 |
( Reference )
Total number of issued shares after cancellation: 789,666,095 shares
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