Shareholder Procedures

Shares held in a special account (account at a special account management institution)

Please contact the Transfer Agent Department of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited.

The form can also be obtained via the Internet.
For details, please refer to "Procedures for Shares" on the website of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited.

Notes on stock administration procedures

• "The Special Taxation Measures Law was amended in 2008 (Law No. 23 of April 30, 2008) to require that a ""notice of payment"" be sent to shareholders for dividends paid in January 2009 or later, stating the dividend amount, withholding tax amount, etc. The law requires us to send a ""notice of payment"" to shareholders for dividends paid on or after January 2009, which includes the dividend amount and withholding tax amount.
  For shareholders who receive dividends in the form of dividend receipts, a ""Notice of Payment"" will be sent at the end of the year or the beginning of the following year. For shareholders who have designated direct deposit, the ""dividend statement"" sent at the time of dividend payment will serve as the ""payment notice. Both documents can be used as supporting documents when filing tax returns."
• In accordance with the dematerialization of share certificates, if a shareholder's address or name contains Chinese characters or other characters that are not designated by the Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. Please note that the address of notices sent to shareholders may be replaced with the characters specified by the "Hofuri" system. Please inquire with your securities company, etc., regarding the characters registered as the shareholder's address and name.
• Please contact the securities company where the shareholder has his/her account for change of address, purchase of odd-lot shares, etc. For shareholders who have opened a special account because they do not have an account at a securities company, please contact Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, the account management institution for the special account.
• Please contact Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited, the shareholder registry administrator, for any unclaimed dividends, whether in a general account or a special account. Please note, however, that we will not be able to pay any unpaid dividends after the expiration of the exclusion period.