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State of stock

(As of December 31, 2011)

Authorized number of shares 3,300,000,000
Number of shares outstanding 1,497,112,926
Number of stockholders 109,711

Stockholders (Top ten)

(As of December 31, 2011)

StockholderNumber of stocks held
(in thousands)
Rate of Shareholding
(%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.(T) 90,109 6.02
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.(T) 68,964 4.61
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company 55,168 3.68
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company,Limited 45,000 3.01
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives  44,920 3.00
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. 41,868 2.80
Nippon Life Insurance Company 28,711 1.92
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd.(T9) 28,305 1.89
Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company 26,447 1.77
Showa Denko Employee Holding Association 22,270 1.49

Stockholders by sector

(As of December 31, 2011)

StockholderNumber of holdersNumber of stocks held
(in thousands)
Individuals 108,048 (  98.49%) 427,977 (   28.59%)
Japanese corporate entities 1,035 (    0.94%) 93,042 (     6.22%)
Foreign corporate entities, etc. 412 (    0.38%) 307,822 (   20.56%)
Financial firms 113 (    0.10%) 647,394 (   43.24%)
Securities firms 102 (    0.09%) 20,878 (     1.39%)
Governmental bodies 1 (    0.00%) 0 (     0.00%)
Total 109,711 (100.00%) 1,497,113 (100.00%)