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| December 30, 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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| 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 December 2, 2003 to December 8,2003 |
| 2. Total number of shares purchased |
:2,438,000 shares |
| 3. Aggregate amount of purchase value |
:2,092,258,000 yen |
| 4. Method of the purchases |
:Purchases in the market on the Tokyo Stock Exchange |
| (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:
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| •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 December 29, 2003:
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| •Total number of shares
purchased |
: 29,381,000 shares |
| • Aggregate amount
of purchase value |
: 25,999,860,000 yen |
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