Stock Overview

Basic Information

(as of August 31, 2011)
Securities Code 4668
Stock Listing First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange
Number of Shares Issued 27,784,500
Number of Shares Per Unit 100
Annual Settlement Period August 31
Annual Meeting of Shareholders November
Shareholder Registry Administrator Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd.
1-4-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo.
Contact Address For Postal Mail and Telephone Inquiries Transfer Agent Division, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd.
2-8-4, Izumi, Suginami Ward, Tokyo, 168-0063. Japan
TEL: 0120-782-031 (Toll Free within Japan only)
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd. Stock Transfer Agent Service

Principal Shareholders

(as of August 31, 2011)
Principal Shareholders Number of Shares Owned Investment Ratio
MEIKO CO., LTD. 5,064,000 18.23%
Hirotake Watanabe 3,894,600 14.02%
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 3,172,500 11.42%
Yoshiko Okui 1,492,800 5.37%
GAKKEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD. 1,473,573 5.30%
THE BANK OF NEW YORK-JASDECTREATY ACCOUNT 1,193,300 4.29%
MORGAN STANLEY & CO. LLC. 878,800 3.16%
BBH FOR FIDELITY LOW-PRICED STOCK FUND 730,000 2.63%
MELLON BANK N.A. AS AGENT FOR ITS CLIENT MELLON ABN OMNIBUS UK PENSION 619,800 2.23%
JAPAN TRUSTEE SERVICES BANK, LTD. (Trust Account) 461,200 1.66%

A Large Volume Shareholding Report has been submitted as follows with respect to the shares of our company. The major shareholders are listed therein according to our register of shareholders as of August 31, 2011.

According to a Large Volume Shareholding Report (Change Report) dated November 7, 2011, as submitted by FIL Investments (Japan) Limited and joint shareholder FMR LLC, 3,824,000 shares (13.76% holdings) were held as of October 28, 2011.

An offering of shares announced on October 28, 2011, has resulted in a reduction in the number of shares held by MEIKO CO., LTD. and Hirotake Watanabe.

  • *1. According to the submitted Large Volume Shareholding Report (Change Report) dated November 9, 2011, 4,364,000 shares (15.71% holdings) were held as of November 1, 2011.
  • *2. According to the submitted Large Volume Shareholding Report (Change Report) dated November 9, 2011, 3,289,600 shares (11.84% holdings) were held as of November 1, 2011.

The 200,065 shares(Investment Ratio 0.72) of the treasury stock are not included in the above list of Major Shareholders.

Number of Shares by Owner

(as of August 31, 2011)
Principal Shareholders Number of Shares Owned Investment Ratio
Financial Institutions 1,958,800 7.05%
Financial Instrument Traders 131,915 0.48%
Other Corporations 7,551,573 27.18%
Foreign Corporations, etc. 8,195,740 29.50%
Individuals/Other 9,946,472 35.79%