Notice Regarding Purchase of Treasury Stock
(Purchase of shares pursuant to the provisions of its Articles of Incorporation in
accordance with Article 165, paragraph 2 of the Corporation Act)

This is to notify that the company, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on August 11, 2006, decided the purchase of its own shares pursuant to the provisions of Article 156 which is applicable in accordance with Article 165, paragraph 3 of the Corporation Act as follows;

1. Purpose of Purchase To improve profit distribution and stock value.

2. Contents 1)Type of shares to be purchased Common shares of the company 2)Total number of shares to be purchased Up to 1,200,000 shares (Represents approximately 1.01% of total number of shares issued) 3)Total amount of purchase costs of shares Up to 12,000,000,000 yen 4) Period of purchase From August 17 to September 19, 2006 5) Method of purchase Purchase in market

(Reference) Status of the company's own shares as of August 10, 2006 Total number of shares issued (exclusive of treasury stock) 115,383,290 shares Number of treasury stock 3,418,098 shares