General Information

ListedOctober 26,1995
Securities Traded
(Common Stock)
Tokyo Stock Exchange,Inc. First Market and Osaka Securities Exchange Co.,Ltd. First Market
Ticker Code9783
Unit of Trading100 Shares
Independent AuditorsTohmatsu & Co.
Transfer AgentMitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Ownership

Number of Shares Outstanding 104,153,453 Shares
Number of Shareholders 35,656
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

36.55%

Financial Instruments Firms

0.46%

Other Corporations

10.19%

Foreign Companies-Other

24.52%

Individuals and Other

21.62%

Treasury Stock

6.66%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.14%

Tohoku Area

1.82%

Kanto Area

40.73%

Chubu Area

13.62%

Kinki Area

20.26%

Chugoku Area

14.90%

Shikoku Area

2.71%

Kyushu Area

3.62%

Overseas

1.20%

Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
The Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.

14.73%

14,328

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.

10.03%

9,760

The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.

4.56%

4,437

Naoshima Fukutake Art Museum Foundation

3.17%

3,090

The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

2.86%

2,787

Nobuko Fukutake

2.84%

2,769

Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd.

2.22%

2,161

Junko Fukutake

2.21%

2,155

Mitsuko Fukutake

2.13%

2,075

Minamigata Holdings, Inc.

1.88%

1,836

(Note) 1.The shares held by Nomura Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. include 13,618 thousand Company shares (a 14.00% investment ratio) contributed by efu Investment Limited as trust assets. efu Investment is an asset management and investment corporation owned fully by Soichiro Fukutake and Reiko Fukutake; the former serves as a representative.
2.In addition to the above, The Chugoku Bank, Ltd. has contributed 1,600 thousand Company shares (a 1.64% investment ratio) to a retirement benefit trust retaining voting rights.
3.The Company owns 6,941thousand shares of treasury stock which are not included above because they do not carry voting rights. These shares of treasury stock are also excluded from the calculation of investment ratios.