April 25, 2008

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

Notice Concerning Cancellation of Own Shares

Osaka, Japan, April 25, 2008 --- Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”) announced that its Board of Directors resolved today to cancel its own shares under Article 178 of the Corporation Law, as detailed below:

1.	Class of shares acquired:	Shares of common stock
2.	Aggregate number of shares to be cancelled:	57,130 thousand shares （The ratio to the aggregate number of issued shares before cancellation: 6.42%）
3.	Scheduled cancellation date (Plan):	May 23, 2008

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Total number of issued shares after cancellation: 832,142,395 shares

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