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| September30,2003 |
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NOTICE
REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF THE COMPANY'S
TREASURY STOCK
(Acquisition of treasury stock of
the Company pursuant to Article 210 of the Commercial Code of
Japan) |
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| <Caution> |
| You will be deemed the primary recipients of corporate
insider information by virtue of the provision of Article
166 of the Securities and Exchange Law and Article 30
of the Securities and Exchange Law Enforcement Order and
will be subject to insider tradingregulations under such
Law and Order until the elapse of 12 hours from the time
when this press release was made (until around 3:00a.m.
on October 1, 2003, Tokyo time). |
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| The Company hereby announces that pursuant to the resolution for
the acquisition of treasury stock passed at the Ordinary General Meeting
of Shareholders held on June 27, 2003, it resolved, at the meeting
of the Board of Directors of the Company held today, to acquire treasury
stock as follows: |
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| Particulars |
| 1. Types of shares to be acquired: Shares of common stock of the
Company |
| 2. Total number of shares to be acquired:35,000,000 shares (Maximum) |
| 3. Aggregate amount of the acquisition cost: yen26,000,000,000 (Maximum) |
| 4. Acquisition period: From October 1,2003 to October 30,2003 |
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