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 40,835
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

32.99%

Financial Instruments Firms

0.91%

Other Corporations

10.44%

Foreign Companies-Other

28.76%

Individuals and Other

20.79%

Treasury Stock

6.11%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.21%

Tohoku Area

2.02%

Kanto Area

42.75%

Chubu Area

13.89%

Kinki Area

20.14%

Chugoku Area

12.47%

Shikoku Area

2.59%

Kyushu Area

3.76%

Overseas

1.17%

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

17.27%

16,619

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.

10.22%

9,830

Fukutake Foundation

5.20%

5,008

The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

2.89%

2,787

State Street Bank and Trust Company

2.85%

2,741

Junko Fukutake

2.24%

2,155

Minamigata Holdings, Inc.

1.90%

1,836

Nobuko Fukutake

1.83%

1,769

Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Retirement Benefit Trust Account, The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.)

1.66%

1,600

Mitsuko Fukutake

1.63%

1,575

(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 for which Hideaki Fukutake is a representative. The instructor with respect to the execution of voting rights related to the consigned trust assets is efu Investment Limited. efu Investment Limited directly holds an additional 1,049 thousand shares (a 1.09% investment ratio).
2.The Company owns 6,263 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.