UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR
15d-16 UNDER THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of November, 2016
Commission File Number: 001-31221
Total number of pages: 3
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Sanno Park Tower 11-1, Nagata-cho 2-chome
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-6150
Japan
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Form 20-F x Form 40-F ¨
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| NTT DOCOMO, INC. | ||||||
| Date: November 4, 2016 | By: | /S/ KATSUYUKI TAKAGI | ||||
| Katsuyuki Takagi Head of Investor Relations | ||||||
Information furnished in this form:
| 1. |
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
President and CEO: Kazuhiro Yoshizawa
Tokyo Stock Exchange: 9437
New York Stock Exchange: DCM
November 4, 2016
Announcement of the Status of Share Repurchase
(Share Repurchase under the provisions of Articles of Incorporation pursuant to Article 165 (2) of the Companies Act)
NTT DOCOMO, INC. (the “Company”) hereby announces the status of the Company’s repurchase of its own shares conducted based on Article 156 (1) of the Companies Act as applied pursuant to Article 165 (3) of the Companies Act, and in accordance with the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as detailed below.
| 1. | Class of shares: Common stock |
| 2. | Aggregate number of shares repurchased: 2,006,600 shares |
| 3. | Aggregate price of shares repurchased: 5,113,488,850 yen |
| 4. | Period for share repurchase: From October 1, 2016 to October 31, 2016 |
| 5. | Method of repurchase: Purchase on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
(Note 1)
Details of the resolution approved at the board of directors’ meeting held on January 29, 2016.
| (1) | Class of shares to be repurchased: Common stock |
| (2) | Aggregate number of shares to be repurchased: Up to 220,000,000 shares |
| (equal to 5.67% of total issued shares excluding treasury shares) |
| (3) | Aggregate price of shares to be repurchased: Up to 500,000,000,000 yen |
| (4) | Period for share repurchase: From February 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016 |
(Note 2)
Aggregate number and aggregate price of shares repurchased as of October 31, 2016 based on the resolution adopted by the Board of Directors on January 29, 2016:
| (1) | Aggregate number of shares repurchased: 163,234,662 shares |
| (2) | Aggregate price of shares repurchased: 421,780,517,828 yen |
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Department
NTT DOCOMO, INC.
Tel: +81-3-5156-1111
About NTT DOCOMO
NTT DOCOMO provides innovative, convenient and secure mobile services that enable smarter living for each customer. The company serves over 70 million mobile customers in Japan via advanced wireless networks, including a nationwide LTE network and one of the world’s most progressive LTE-Advanced networks. DOCOMO is a leading developer of a 5G network that it plans to deploy by 2020, as well as network function virtualization (NFV), NFC infrastructure and services, emerging IoT solutions, and more. Outside Japan, the company is providing technical and operational expertise to seven mobile operators and other partner companies, and is contributing to the global standardization of all-new mobile technologies. DOCOMO is listed on stock exchanges in Tokyo (9437) and New York (DCM). Please visit https://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/english/.