Ownership

Number of Shares Outstanding53,176,764 Shares
Number of Shareholders14,105
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

21.72%

Securities Companies

1.76%

Other Corporations

23.25%

Foreign Companies－Other

16.10%

Individuals and Other Investors

37.17%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

0.97%

Tohoku Area

2.22%

Kanto Area

31.12%

Chubu Area

12.54%

Kinki Area

21.03%

Chugoku Area

21.96%

Shikoku Area

3.01%

Kyushu Area

5.25%

Overseas

1.90%
Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
Minamigata Enterprise Co., Ltd.

13.83%

7,358

Soichiro Fukutake

11.69%

6,221

Benesse Corporation Employee Shareholders' Association

4.22%

2,247

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.

2.09%

1,116

Fukutake Science and Culture Foundation

2.03%

1,080

Shinwa Ltd.

1.72%

918

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1.72%

917