Outline of TEIKOKU’s Total Contingency Plan against the Y2K Problem(Only 40 days left until January 1, 2000)
Nobember 22,1999
Since the establishment of a special committee in January 1999 to address the Year
2000 (Y2K) Issue, Teikoku prepared a "Total Contingency Plan" and studied allconceivable problems and their countermeasures. We hereby summarize the outline ofour Total Contingency Plan against the Y2K Problem as follows:
1. Basic recognition
Any act of the organization under this Total Contingency Plan is based on the followingprinciples:•To maintain an integrated information network system so that the management canjudge and decide in a timely manner.
To prepare for any actual problem in order to take immediate actions.
•To maintain a flat and simple organization structure so that the information istransferred smoothly and without delay.
2. Organizations of Special Team/Group on and around the critical date
2-1 Control systems of production/transportation facilities of Natural Gas & Petroleum
Products
1. Regional Headquarter of respective oil/gas producing zones (with its information
gathering team) is to be formed, as the primary observational function, to observeany irregular and/or unexpected incidentals such as sudden suspension of gas
processing plant operation, surveillance system of pipelines. Such Headquarter will
be mainly in charge of (i) Gathering information from the fields and transmit it toTokyo Head Office (ii) Judgment and order of necessary staff according to thesituation and (iii) Judgment and declaration of regional safety and information unit
toward the public inquiries in the region.
2. Backup & circumstantial judgment Group will be set up in the Tokyo Head Office,1

regardless of any obstacles’ occurrence, which is to be involved in the total
judgment. Such Group will be mainly in charge of (i) Judgment of total safety anddisclosure of necessary information toward the public inquiries (ii) Report to thechairman of the committee in case any serious phenomenon may occur and (iii)
Declaration of safety
3. Principal Headquarter will be set up in the Tokyo Head Office as well, in case thesupply of Teikoku’s natural gas is ceased and it is anticipated to take longer timethan expected to recover and any reinforcement of substitutive gas supply isrequired. Principal Headquarter will be in charge of those arrangements with thetotal decision-making and ordering functions.
2-2 Measures to the Administrative Network
We will continue daily checking on the Administrative Network and will form a special
team with system engineer(s) if any special measure is required.
2-3 Other facilities
We will take any necessary actions in case any of company’s infrastructures (e.g. phone,fax, elevators etc.) is obstructed.
3. Assumption of possible mishaps and their Contingency Plans
It is the principal recognition of the special committee against the Y2K Problem, as aresult of the completion of aforesaid verifications and trial actions, that any serious
mishaps and/or problems will no longer occur in 2000. Based on such recognition,
however, we will do our best to prepare to mobilize our action team to immediately copewith any unexpected incident.
Please note that the above information is disclosed for the readers to brief Teikoku’sactivities against the possible Y2K Problem. We do not have an intention to commit toany guarantee or obligation, or any waiver of Teikoku’s right in terms of the possible
Y2K Problem.

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