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| October31,2003 |
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Notice
regarding "Purchase of the Company's Own Shares in the Market"
and "Acquisition of Treasury Stock"
| (Acquisition of treasury stock 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 it has purchased the Company's
own shares in the market for the purpose of acquiring treasury stock
pursuant to the provisions of Article 210 of the Commercial Code of
Japan as follows: |
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| Particulars |
| 1. Purchase period |
:From October 10, 2003 to October 30, 2003 |
| 2. Total number of shares purchased |
:11,165,000 shares |
| 3. Aggregate amount of purchase value |
:10,149,891,000 yen |
| 4. Method of the purchases |
:Purchases in the market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
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| In addition, the Company resolved at the meeting of the Board of
Directors held today that it will continue to purchase its own shares,
and hereby announces the following: |
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| 1. Class of shares to be purchased |
:Common stock of the Company |
| 2. Total number of shares to be purchased |
:17,055,000 shares (at the maximum) |
| 3. Aggregate amount of purchase value |
:9,754,889,000 yen(at the maximum) |
| 4. Purchase period |
:From November 4, 2003 to November 27, 2003 |
| (Reference 1) |
Details of the acquisition of treasury
stock, which was resolved at the 86th ordinary general meeting of
shareholders held on June 27, 2003: |
| •Class of shares
to be purchased |
: Common stock of the Company |
| • Total number
of shares to be purchased |
: 40,000,000 shares (at the maximum) |
| •Aggregate amount
of purchase value |
: 26,000,000,000 yen(at the maximum) |
| (Reference 2) |
Total number of treasury stock which the
Company purchased on or after the date of resolution of the ordinary
general meeting of shareholders until October 30, 2003: |
| •Total number
of shares purchased |
: 17,945,000 shares |
| • Aggregate
amount of purchase value |
: 16,245,111,000 yen |
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