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 49,498
Shares' % by Shareholders Type
Financial Institutions

26.46%

Financial Instruments Firms

0.92%

Other Corporations

10.01%

Foreign Companies-Other

33.90%

Individuals and Other

22.60%

Treasury Stock

6.11%

Shareholders' % by Registered Location
Hokkaido Area

1.31%

Tohoku Area

2.05%

Kanto Area

42.94%

Chubu Area

14.46%

Kinki Area

20.17%

Chugoku Area

11.58%

Shikoku Area

2.61%

Kyushu Area

3.84%

Overseas

1.04%
Top 10 ShareholdersInvestment RatioNumber of Shares Held
(Thousand shares)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.

10.36%

9,968

Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.

9.97%

9,599

efu Investment Limited

8.16%

7,858

Fukutake Foundation

5.20%

5,008

JP Morgan Chase Bank 385632

4.15%

3,999

The Chugoku Bank, Ltd.

2.89%

2,787

State Street Bank and Trust Company

2.80%

2,698

Junko Fukutake

2.24%

2,155

State Street Bank West Client - Treaty 505234

1.96%

1,890

Minamigata Holdings, Inc.

1.90%

1,836
(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.