For Shareholders

Information for Shareholders

Fiscal year

From January 1 to December 31

Ordinary shareholders' meeting

Second half of March

Record date

Voting rights for ordinary shareholders' meetings: December 31
Year-end dividend: December 31
Interim dividend: June 30

Method of giving public notices

The public notices of the Company are given by electronic means.
However, if the Company cannot give public notices by electronic means because of a contingency, public notices are given in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.

Shareholders' register manager

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited

Account manager of the special account

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo JAPAN

Contact (Mailing address and telephone number for inquiries)

8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063 JAPAN
Stock Transfer Agency Department, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Telephone number: 0120-782-031 (toll free)
Nationwide branches of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited and the head office and the nationwide branches of Japan Securities Agents, Ltd. manage intermediary administration.

Notice

Notice of the change of address, requests for the purchase and sale of fractional shares, and related matters

Shareholders should contact their securities broker.
Shareholders who have opened special accounts because they did not have an account with a securities broker are requested to contact Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, which manages special accounts.

Payment of unpaid dividends

Please contact Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, the shareholders' register manager.