Ownership

Number of Shares Outstanding53,176,764 Shares
Number of Shareholders17,098
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

21.23%

Securities Companies

1.72%

Other Corporations

24.18%

Foreign Companies-Other

9.79%

Individuals and Other Investors

43.08%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.05%

Tohoku Area

2.10%

Kanto Area

30.95%

Chubu Area

12.45%

Kinki Area

20.39%

Chugoku Area

23.48%

Shikoku Area

3.32%

Kyushu Area

5.17%

Overseas

1.09%

Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
Minamigata Enterprise Co., Ltd.

13.83%

7,358

Soichiro Fukutake

11.69%

6,220

Benesse Corporation Employee Shareholders' Association

5.21%

2,775

The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

4.07%

2,168

Reiko Fukutake

2.74%

1,459

Fukutake Education Foundation

2.28%

1,215

The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

2.22%

1,182

The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd.

2.15%

1,143

Fukutake Culture Foundation

2.03%

1,080

Nobuko Fukutake

1.98%

1,056