Share Procedures
| Fiscal Year-end | December 31 of each year |
Regular General Meeting of the Shareholders | Late March of each year |
| Date of Record | | Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders | December 31 of each year |
| Annual Dividend | December 31 of each year |
| Interim Dividend | June 30 of each year |
Other dates to be noticed in advance if necessary |
Method of Public Notice
| The company shall give its public notice electronically. Provided, however, if public notice may not be given electronially due to disruptions or other unavoidable circumstances, it shall be made by being posted in the Nihon Keizai Shinbun. |
| Minimum trading unit | 100 Shares |
Guide to Procedures | | Transfer agent: | Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited |
| Transfer agent locations: | All branches of Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited in Japan |
| Transfer agent mailing address: | 1-10, Nikko-cho, Fuchu-shi Tokyo 183-8701, Japan Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited Transfer Agent Department |
| Inquiries: | (Requests for change of address and other forms) Toll-Free: 0120-175-417 (Other inquiries) Toll-Free: 0120-176-417 |
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Documents required for share procedures
The required documents for each procedure are shown below.
| Transfer of shareholder name | Change of shareholder name |
Change of address / Change of residence indication | Request for purchase of shares less than minimum trading unit |
| Change of agent | Notification of loss or theft of stock certificates |
| Change of trade name | Change of seal |
Designation of dividend transfer account / Change of transfer account institution
We also can accept requests for procedures forms.

Locations processing share procedures
Procedures can be completed at any branch of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Limited in Japan
If a branch office is not located conveniently nearby, procedures can also be completed by mail.