Ownership

Number of Shares Outstanding53,176,764 Shares
Number of Shareholders24,362
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

26.78%

Securities Companies

1.62%

Other Corporations

23.25%

Foreign Companies－Other

15.94%

Individuals and Other Investors

32.41%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.22%

Tohoku Area

2.33%

Kanto Area

33.82%

Chubu Area

13.66%

Kinki Area

21.70%

Chugoku Area

17.42%

Shikoku Area

3.39%

Kyushu Area

5.14%

Overseas

1.32%
Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
Minamigata Enterprise Co., Ltd.

13.83%

7,358

Soichiro Fukutake

7.37%

3,921

The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

4.07%

2,168

Benesse Corporation Employee Shareholders' Association

2.89%

1,537

The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.

2.72%

1,447

Fukutake Education Foundation

2.28%

1,215

Reiko Fukutake

2.18%

1,159

The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.

2.09%

1,116

Fukutake Culture Foundation

2.03%

1,080

Shinwa Ltd.

1.72%

918