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(As of March 31, 2008)

Number of shareholders 149,478
Number of shares 889,272,395

		FY2003	FY2004	FY2005	FY2006	FY2007
Financial institutions	No. of shareholders	382	379	368	374	404
	No. of shares (1000)	325,471	303,756	287,788	305,746	295,532
	% of shares outstanding	36.6	34.16	32.36	34.38	33.23
Registered financial instruments firms	No. of shareholders	76	78	51	65	100
	No. of shares (1000)	12,748	13,790	17,848	26,874	24,947
	% of shares outstanding	1.43	1.55	2.01	3.02	2.81
Other institutions	No. of shareholders	1,081	1,054	986	1,154	1,409
	No. of shares (1000)	44,648	43,898	43,280	36,557	37,030
	% of shares outstanding	5.02	4.94	4.87	4.11	4.16
Foreign investors	No. of shareholders	983	1,005	1,067	1,088	1,034
	No. of shares (1000)	338,507	364,554	389,313	346,012	328,802
	% of shares outstanding	38.07	40.99	43.78	38.91	36.97
Private investors and others	No. of shareholders	113,821	115,526	105,639	109,431	146,530
	No. of shares (1000)	167,896	163,274	151,044	144,270	156,633
	% of shares outstanding	18.88	18.36	16.99	16.22	17.61
Takeda	No. of shares (1000)	479	512	534	29,813	46,329
	% of shares outstanding	0.05	0.06	0.06	3.35	5.21
Total	No. of shareholders	116,343	118,042	108,111	112,113	149,478
	No. of shares (1000)	889,272	889,272	889,272	889,272	889,272

Ranking	Previous ranking	Shareholders	No. of shares held (1000)	% of shares outstanding
1	(1)	Nippon Life Insurance Company	56,400	6.34
2	(2)	Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust account)	48,478	5.45
3	(3)	The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust account)	41,145	4.63
4	(5)	Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance company	19,029	2.14
5	(6)	Takeda Science Foundation	17,912	2.01
6	(4)	State Street Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. 505103	15,502	1.74
7	(8)	The Chase Manhattan N.A. London S. L. Omnibus Account	13,666	1.54
8	(14)	RABOBANK NEDERLAND TOKYO BRANCH	12,786	1.44
9	(9)	Nomura Securities Co., Ltd.	12,477	1.40
10	(13)	MELLON BANK、 N.A. AS AGENT FOR ITS CLIENT MELLON OMNIBUS US PENSION	10,270	1.15

The Company owns the treasury stock of 46,329 thousand shares at the end of FY2007, but is excluded from "10 large shareholders".

(As of March 31, 2007)
Institution	Rating
Moody's	Aa1
Standard & Poor's (S&P)	AA
Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I)	AAA

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