General Information

ListedOctober 26,1995
Securities Traded
(Common Stock)
Tokyo Stock Exchange First Market
Ticker Code9783
Unit of Trading100 shares
Independent AuditorsDeloitte Touche Tohmatsu LLC
Transfer AgentMitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation

Ownership

Number of Shares Outstanding 102,453,453 shares
Number of Shareholders 40,819
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

30.27%

Financial Instruments Firms

0.67%

Other Corporations

10.40%

Foreign Companies-Other

29.97%

Individuals and Other

22.58%

Treasury Stock

6.11%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.20%

Tohoku Area

1.99%

Kanto Area

41.36%

Chubu Area

14.08%

Kinki Area

20.59%

Chugoku Area

13.46%

Shikoku Area

2.57%

Kyushu Area

3.73%

Overseas

1.02%

Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.

16.53%

15,908

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.

6.76%

6,509

Fukutake Foundation

5.20%

5,008

The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

2.89%

2,787

Nobuko Fukutake

2.87%

2,769

JP Morgan Chase Oppenheimer JASDEC Lending Account

2.74%

2,643

Junko Fukutake

2.24%

2,155

Mitsuko Fukutake

2.15%

2,075

State Street Bank and Trust Company

2.09%

2,013

Minamigata Holdings, Inc.

1.90%

1,836

(Note) 1.The shares held by The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. include 13,618 thousand Company shares (a 14.15% 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 1.66% investment ratio) to a retirement benefit trust retaining voting rights.
3.The Company owns 6,262 thousand 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.