Japanese Bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet plans to repurchase 96.93 million shares through off-exchange trading, spending approximately 25.3 billion yen.

PANews October 13 news: Japanese bitcoin treasury company Metaplanet has announced that its board of directors has decided to implement a share buyback through the Tokyo Stock Exchange's ToSTNeT-3 off-auction trading mechanism.

According to the announcement, Metaplanet plans to use the closing price of 261 yen per share on October 13, 2026 as the buyback price, and to execute a buy order through ToSTNeT-3 at 8:45 a.m. on October 14. The number of common shares to be repurchased is 96,934,800 shares, accounting for approximately 7.1% of the total number of issued common shares excluding treasury shares as of September 30, 2026, with the total repurchase amount expected to be approximately 25,299,982,800 yen.

The company stated that the number of shares to be repurchased will not be adjusted, and the final transaction results will be announced after the trading session ends at 8:45 a.m. on October 14.

In addition, Metaplanet had previously approved a larger-scale share buyback plan, under which it intends to repurchase up to 200 million shares through market transactions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange during the period from October 14, 2026 to October 13, 2027, representing approximately 14.7% of issued shares, with a maximum total repurchase amount of 60 billion yen.