(Translation)(Securities Code: 2579)
March 24, 2009

NOTICE OF RESOLUTIONSAT THE 51 ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
stDear Shareholder,
We hereby inform you of the presentations and resolutions approved at the 51st Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders held today as follows:
Sincerely yours,
Norio Sueyoshi
Representative Director, President & CEO

7-9-66 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan

Reported Items
We reported:
1. Business Report, consolidated financial statements for the 51st fiscal term (January 1 toDecember 31, 2008); and audit report of consolidated financial statements by Accounting
Auditors and the Board of Corporate Auditors
2. Non-consolidated financial statements for the 51st fiscal term (January 1 to December 31,2008)
Resolved Items
Proposal No. 1: The appropriation of retained earnings
Proposal No. 1 was approved and adopted as proposed. It was resolved that the year-end
dividend for the fiscal year under review is 22 yen per share of the Company’s common stock.
Proposal No. 2: Partial amendments to Articles of Incorporation
Proposal No. 2 was approved and adopted as proposed. It was resolved to make necessary
amendments to the Articles of Incorporation in line with the share certificates dematerializationand the drafting procedures of the shareholders’ register.

-1-Proposal No. 3: Election of ten (10) Directors
Proposal No. 3 was approved and adopted as proposed. Norio Sueyoshi, Tamio Yoshimatsu,
Hijiri Morita, Shigeki Ota, Masamitsu Sakurai, Michael Coombs and Kokichi Honbo werereelected and have taken office as Directors. Nobuo Shibata, Hiroyoshi Miyaki and Jiro
Wakasa were newly elected and have taken office as Directors. Messrs. Coombs and Honbo
are Outside Directors.
Proposal No. 4: Election of three (3) Corporate Auditors
Proposal No. 4 was approved and adopted as proposed. Yukiko Kyokane was reelected andhas taken office as Corporate Auditor. Tadatsugu Harada and Tadamasa Amitsuka were newly
elected and have taken office as Corporate Auditors. Ms. Kyokane is an Outside CorporateAuditor.
Proposal No. 5: Revision to remuneration for Directors
Proposal No. 5 was approved and adopted as proposed. It was resolved to revise remuneration
for Directors to 500 million yen or less per year (including remuneration for Outside Directorsof 50 million yen or less per year).
Proposal No. 6: Revision to remuneration for Corporate Auditors
Proposal No. 6 was approved and adopted as proposed. It was resolved to revise remuneration
for Corporate Auditors to 100 million yen or less per year.

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held following the close of this General Meeting of Shareholders, the Company’s Directors andCorporate Auditors as of March 24, 2009 are as follows:
Directors
Representative
Director
Representative
Director
Representative
Director
Director

Norio Sueyoshi
Tamio Yoshimatsu
Hijiri Morita
Nobuo Shibata

Director

Shigeki Ota

Director

Hiroyoshi Miyaki

Director

Jiro Wakasa

Director

Masamitsu Sakurai

Director

Michael Coombs

Director

Kokichi Honbo

Corporate Auditors
Standing CorporateAuditor (full time)
Corporate Auditor(full time)
Corporate Auditor

Tadatsugu Harada
Tadamasa Amitsuka
Zenji Miura

Corporate Auditor

Katsumi Sasaki

Corporate Auditor

Yukiko Kyokane

PAYMENT OF THE YEAR-END DIVIDENDstFOR THE 51 FISCAL TERM
With respect to the payment of the year-end dividend for the 51st fiscal term, please kindly
review the enclosed “Receipt of the Payment of the Year-end Dividend of the 51st fiscal term”
and receive the payment of dividend in accordance with the instruction stated in thenotification at Japan Post Bank’s main office, or its branch or sub-branch office, or a postoffice, whichever is convenient, during the period from March 25, 2009 to April 27, 2009.
For shareholders who have designated a bank or postal-giro account transfer, please kindly
confirm the enclosed year-end “Statement of Dividend Calculation” and “Dividend Transfer
Notice” of the 51st fiscal term.

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