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Stock Ownership

Stock Ownership (As of 31 December, 2023)

Total number of authorized shares 972,305,309
Total number of issued shares 507,003,362
Number of shareholders 143,801
(Decreased by 12,250 from the end of the previous term)

Number of shareholders

Major shareholders

Shareholder Name Number of Shares (in hundreds) Percentage of voting rights (%)
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 948,960 18.7
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) 330,993 6.5
SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. 171,064 3.4
The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited 112,000 2.2
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company 100,000 2.0
STATE STREET BANK WEST CLIENT - TREATY 505234 94,293 1.9
SSBTC CLIENT OMNIBUS ACCOUNT 79,030 1.6
GIC PRIVATE LIMITED - C 74,638 1.5
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK 385781 68,023 1.3
CEP LUX - ORBIS SICAV 57,277 1.1
Total 2,036,281 40.2

(Note)

  • Shareholding percentages are calculated based on the total number of issued shares less the number of treasury share.

Breakdown of Shareholdings by Investor Type

Number of Shares (in hundreds) Percentage of voting rights (%)
Foreign Corporations, etc. 2,135,385 42.1
Financial Institutions 1,806,608 35.6
Indivisuals, Other 477,399 9.4
Brokerage 432,947 8.6
Other Corporations 215,776 4.3
Treasury stock 1,915 0.0

(Note)

  • The shares of the Company held by Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. as trust property for stock compensation (1,915 hundreds shares)are excluded from the treasury shares (1,325 hundreds shares).

Breakdown of Shareholdings by Number of Shares Held

Number of Shares (in hundreds) Percentage of voting rights (%)
More than 5,000,000 2,193,839 43.3
More than 1,000,000 1,523,929 30.0
More than 100,000 718,279 14.2
More than 10,000 193,238 3.8
More than 1,000 262,052 5.2
More than 100 175,566 3.5
Less than 100 3,127 0.0

Status of Voting Rights

Category Number of shares Number of voting rights Contents
Non-voting shares
Shares with restricted voting rights (treasury shares, etc.)
Shares with restricted voting rights (other)
Shares with voting rights (treasury shares, etc.) (Treasury shares)
191,500
Standard shares without restriction for rights as shareholders
(Reciprocal holding)
9,400
same as above
Shares with voting rights (other) 506,246,300 5,062,463 same as above
Shares less than one unit 556,162
Number of issued and outstanding shares 507,003,362
Total number of voting rights 5,062,463

(Notes)

  1. Shares less than one unit include 98 shares of treasury shares ,2 shares of reciprocal holding and 5 shares of the Company‘s shares held by Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. as trust property of the performance-linked stock compensation plan for the Directors.
  2. Shares with voting rights (other) include 2,800 shares (28 voting rights) of Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. and 132,500 shares (1,325 voting rights) of the Company's shares held by Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. as trust property of the performance-linked stock compensation plan for the Directors.
  3. Shares with voting rights (threasury shares, etc.), shares with voting rights (other) and shares less than one unit are all common shares.