Japan Post : Notice Concerning Commencement of Purchase of Treasury Stock through Trading on the Auction Market

1. Details of the acquisition

(1) Class of shares to be acquired:

(2) Total number of shares acquired:

(3) Total amount of shares acquired:

(4) Acquisition period:

(5) Method of acquisition:

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	August 15, 2023
Company name:	Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.
Representative:	MASUDA Hiroya
	Director and Representative Executive Officer,
	President & CEO
	(Code number: 6178, Prime Market of the
	Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact:	IR Office (Phone: [phone])

Notice Concerning Commencement of Purchase of Treasury Stock through Trading on the Auction Market

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd. (the "Company") hereby announces that it has decided to commence the purchase of treasury stock through trading on the auction market as described below.

Common stock of the Company

242,926,400 shares (at maximum)

193,473,434,400 yen (at maximum) From August 16, 2023 to March 31, 2024 Trading on the auction market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

(Note) All or a part of the share repurchase may not be made depending on the market trends, etc.

(Reference)

1. Details of the resolutions by the Board of Directors meetings on May 15, 2023 and August 14, 2023 concerning the acquisition of treasury stock

(1)

Class of shares to be acquired:

Common stock of the Company

1. Total number of shares to be acquired: 346,000,000 shares (at maximum)

(The ratio of the total number of shares to be acquired to the total number of shares issued (excluding treasury stock): 10.0%)

1. Total amount of shares to be acquired:
2. Acquisition period:
3. Method of acquisition:

300 billion yen (at maximum)

From August 15, 2023 to March 31, 2024 Purchases through the Off-auction Own Share Repurchase Trading system (ToSTNeT-3) and trading on the auction market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.

2. Progress as of August 15, 2023
(1)	Total number of shares acquired:	103,073,600 shares
(2)	Total amount of shares acquired:	106,526,565,600 yen