Canon Inc To Buy Back $ 492M Worth of Stock/Dept
Canon says to buy back up to 50 billion yen of own shares
(Reuters) – Canon Inc (7751.T) said on Thursday it would buy back up to 1.5 percent of its outstanding shares for a maximum of 50 billion yen ($492 million) to improve capital efficiency.
The world's largest camera maker said it would buy back up to 17 million shares between May 9 and July 29 to ensure a "flexible capital strategy that provides for future transactions such as share exchanges".