Stock Information

(as of March 31, 2008)

Number of Shares and Shareholders
Number of shares authorized 696,590,000 shares
Number of shares issued 174,148,018 shares
Number of shareholders 17,504 persons


Major Shareholders (Top 10)
Shareholders Number of Shares Held
(1,000 Stocks of Units)		 Percentage of Shares Held
Japan Trustees Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account) 9,163 5.2%
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) 8,127 4.6%
Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance, Co., Ltd. 7,509 4.3%
Nippon Flour Mills Clients Shareholding Association 7,184 4.1%
Mitsui Life Insurance Co., Ltd. 6,994 4.0%
Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd. 6,958 3.9%
DUSKIN CO., LTD. 5,020 2.8%
Mitsui & Co., Ltd. 4,835 2.7%
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. 4,223 2.4%
The Norinchukin Bank 4,121 2.3%

Distribution by Ownership of Shares
Financial Institutions 37.3%
Individual Investors 25.2%
Companies in Japan 17.4%
Non-Japanese Investors 16.1%
Treasury Stocks 2.9%
Securities Firms 1.1%



Distribution by Number of Shares
Shareholders possessing below 1,000 shares 0.2%
Shareholders possessing 1,000 shares or more 14.5%
Shareholders possessing 10,000 shares or more 9.6%
Shareholders possessing 100,000 shares or more 17.3%
Shareholders possessing 1,000,000 shares or more 58.4%



Shareholders’ Information
Fiscal Year April 1st to March 31st
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (date of record) March 31st
Year-end Dividend (date of record) March 31st
Interim Dividend (date of record) September 30th
Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders June
Round Lot 1,000 shares


  3-33-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Transfer Agent Office The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
Head Office
3-33-1 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Handling Agent The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
Transfer Agency Department
2-8-4 Izumi, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063
Telephone: 0120-78-2031 (toll free)
Handling Offices The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking Co., Ltd.
All Branch Offices in Japan
Japan Securities Agents, Ltd.
Head Office and all Branch Offices in Japan


The Chuo Mitsui Trust and Banking's toll free telephone service and website are available to make requests for forms required to notify change of address, purchase of stocks less than the round lot, change holder's name and instruct dividend remittance.

• Toll free telephone service 0120-87-2031
(24 hours; automatic voice information system)
•Website