Shareholder Information
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 Procedures for Shares | Transfer from Special Account | Address change | Procedure for inheritance of shares |Fractional Shares | |
Procedures for Shares
Transfer Agent Department, The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
1-10 Nikko-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 1838701
Telephone (toll free) : 
0120-176-417(available only in Japan)
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Transfer from Special Account
Special account
Stock dematerialization was conducted on January 5, 2009. Share certificates not deposited at the Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. by the implementation date are managed in special accounts opened by the Company at The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd, an institution that manages special accounts.
The Company opened special accounts at The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd., the institution managing special accounts, under laws and regulations to protect the rights of shareholders. Special accounts have been opened in the names printed on share certificates.
Shares managed in special accounts cannot be sold. To sell shares managed in special accounts, you need to open a securities account at a securities company and transfer shares to that securities account. You can apply to The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. to request the purchase of odd-lot shares without transferring shares managed in a special account.
*If you have any shares in a special account, you will not be able to receive dividends for any stocks through your account at a securities company (dividends allocated in proportion to shares owned).
Transfer from special account
To sell shares managed in a special account, you need to open a securities account at a securities company and transfer shares to the securities account through a specified procedure (except for requesting the purchase of odd-lot shares). For further details, contact The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. or your securities company.
Address change
To change your registered address or name, please notify your securities company if you have deposited shares in the Company in an account at a securities company.
Share certificates not deposited at Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. on the date of stock dematerialization in January 2009 have been transferred to special accounts at the institution managing special accounts (The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.). In this case, please notify The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd. of the change of your address or name.
Procedure for inheritance of shares
Please carry out the procedure at the securities company of the deceased. For details about the procedure, please contact the securities company.
*If you have share certificates of the deceased with you, the shares may be managed in an account in the institution managing special accounts (The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.) in the name of the deceased. In this case, please undertake the inheritance procedures at The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
Fractional Shares
The unit amount of the Company's shares is 1,000. A number of shares less than one unit (1-999 shares) cannot be traded on the market.
The Company therefore introduces a "share buyback system," under which it will purchase fractional units of shares from the shareholders and a "share sale system," under which it will allow the fractional unit shareholders to buy additional shares in order to make up to one unit (1,000 shares).
How to submit a request to purchase fractional shares
The Company will purchase fractional unit of shares held by shareholders and pay cash for the shares. Requests for the purchase can be made via a stock broker or The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., which is Company's shareholder registry administrator. The commission rate will be the same as what is charged for stock broking.
Procedures for the sale of the fractional unit of shares that are on custody at a broker must be completed via the broker. However, procedures for shares that are managed in a special account must be completed via the account administrator (The Sumitomo Trust & Banking).
For further information, please see the web site of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd..
How to submit a request to buy additional shares
Shareholders who own fractional unit of shares (1-999 shares) can purchase additional shares sufficient to make up one unit from the Company. Requests for the buy can be made via a stock broker or The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., which is Company's shareholder registry administrator.
If the shares are managed under a special account, procedures must be completed via the special account administrator (The Sumitomo Trust & Banking), and the estimated amount required must be paid into the designated account in advance.
For further information, please see the web site of The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd..
