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 45,029
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

25.93%

Financial Instruments Firms

0.98%

Other Corporations

10.28%

Foreign Companies-Other

35.16%

Individuals and Other

21.54%

Treasury Stock

6.11%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.24%

Tohoku Area

2.02%

Kanto Area

43.09%

Chubu Area

14.10%

Kinki Area

20.01%

Chugoku Area

12.03%

Shikoku Area

2.58%

Kyushu Area

3.87%

Overseas

1.06%
Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.

9.80%

9,433
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.

9.78%

9,414
efu Investment Limited

8.16%

7,858
Fukutake Foundation

5.20%

5,008
State Street Bank and Trust Company

4.72%

4,543
The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

2.89%

2,787
JP Morgan Chase Bank 385632

2.86%

2,758
Junko Fukutake

2.24%

2,155
Minamigata Holdings, Inc.

1.90%

1,836
Nobuko Fukutake

1.83%

1,769
(Note) 1.The shares held by The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. include 6,809 thousand Company shares (a 7.07% 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.
2.The Company owns 6,264 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.