Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Continues Share Buyback Program

Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan Holdings Inc., a major beverage company in Japan, has continued its share repurchase program. Between July 1 and July 31, 2026, the company bought 696,800 common shares for approximately 2.99 billion yen through market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

This transaction is part of a broader board-approved buyback plan that began on November 1, 2025, and will run until October 31, 2026. The program has an upper limit of 15 million shares and 30 billion yen, which represents up to 8.7% of the company's issued shares excluding treasury stock.

The scale of the program underscores management's confidence in the business, which may support earnings per share and share price over time.