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(As of September 30, 2009)

Number of shareholders 235,046
Number of shares 789,666,095

		FY2005	FY2006	FY2007	FY2008	FY2009 2Q End
Financial institutions	No. of shareholders	368	374	404	390	376
	No. of shares (1000)	287,788	305,746	295,532	284,243	268,910
	% of shares outstanding	32.36	34.38	33.23	36.00	34.05
Registered financial instruments firms	No. of shareholders	51	65	100	93	96
	No. of shares (1000)	17,848	26,874	24,947	16,045	14,362
	% of shares outstanding	2.01	3.02	2.81	2.03	1.82
Other institutions	No. of shareholders	986	1,154	1,409	1,597	1,725
	No. of shares (1000)	43,280	36,557	37,030	41,068	38,320
	% of shares outstanding	4.87	4.11	4.16	5.20	4.85
Foreign investors	No. of shareholders	1,067	1,088	1,034	1,024	975
	No. of shares (1000)	389,313	346,012	328,802	271,441	267,179
	% of shares outstanding	43.78	38.91	36.97	34.37	33.83
Private investors and others	No. of shareholders	105,639	109,431	146,530	193,332	231,873
	No. of shares (1000)	151,044	144,270	156,633	176,648	200,694
	% of shares outstanding	16.99	16.22	17.61	22.37	25.42
Takeda	No. of shares (1000)	534	29,813	46,329	220	201
	% of shares outstanding	0.06	3.35	5.21	0.03	0.03
Total	No. of shareholders	108,111	112,113	149,478	196,437	235,046
	No. of shares (1000)	889,272	889,272	889,272	789,666	789,666

Ranking	Previous ranking	Shareholders	No. of shares held (1000)	% of shares outstanding
1	(1)	Nippon Life Insurance Company	56,400	7.14
2	(2)	Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust account)	44,723	5.66
3	(4)	The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust account)	29,200	3.70
4	(5)	Takeda Science Foundation	17,912	2.27
5	(6)	The Chase Manhattan N.A. London S. L. Omnibus Account	17,305	2.19
6	(7)	State Street Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. 505225	12,744	1.61
7	(9)	BNP PARIBAS Securities (Japan) Limited	9,895	1.25
8	—	Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust account 9)	9,421	1.19
9	(8)	MELLON BANK, N.A. AS AGENT FOR ITS CLIENT MELLON OMNIBUS US PENSION	9,048	1.15
10	(10)	Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation	7,839	0.99

(As of March 31, 2009)
Institution	Rating
Moody's	Aa1
Standard & Poor's (S&P)	AA
Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I)	AAA

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