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 March 9, 2007, 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 1,000,000 shares (Represents approximately 0.84 number of shares issued) 3) Total amount of purchase costs of shares Up to 10,000,000,000 Yen 4) Period of purchase From March 12 to April 13, 2007 5) Method of purchase Purchase in market

(Reference) Status of the company’s own shares as of March 8, 2007 Total number of shares issued (exclusive of treasury stock) 114,277,594 shares Number of treasury stock 4,523,794 shares