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May 18, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:
Name of Company: Central Japan Railway Company
Name of Representative: Masayuki Matsumoto,President and Representative Director(Code: 9022, First Section of TSE, OSE and NSE)
Contact Person: Katsumi Miyazawa,
General Manager of the Public Relations Department(Telephone Number: +81-52-564-2549)

Notice of Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
Central Japan Railway Company (the “Company”) hereby gives notice that, at themeeting of the Board of Directors held on May 18, 2009, the Company resolved that
“Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation” be proposed at the 22nd ordinary
general meeting of shareholders scheduled to be held on June 23, 2009.
1.

Purpose of Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation(The provisions presented below, unless otherwise noted, indicate the proposed
amendments to the Articles of Incorporation.)(1) Since “The Act for Partial Amendments to the Act Concerning Book-entry
Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Other Securities for the Purpose ofStreamlining the Settlement for Trades of Stocks and Other Securities” (ActNo. 88 of 2004; hereinafter referred to as the “Settlement Streamlining Act”)
became effective on January 5, 2009, the Company is deemed to have adopted
a resolution to amend the Articles of Incorporation to abolish the provision
relating to the issuance of share certificates. Therefore, the current Article 7(Issuance of Share Certificates) shall be deleted, and the numbering of all
following articles shall be adjusted accordingly.
(2) With respect to Article 8 (Transfer Agent), since the provision relating to theregister of beneficial shareholders is no longer applicable as a result of theimplementation of the Settlement Streamlining Act, which abolished “The Act
Concerning Central Securities Depository and Book-Entry Transfer” (ActNo. 30 of 1984), all terms relating to such provision shall be deleted. Inaddition, since the register of lost share certificates can not be newly createdon and after January 5, 2009 as a result of the implementation of theSettlement Streamlining Act, all terms relating to the register of lost sharecertificates shall be deleted.
However, since the register of lost share certificates shall be created and kept
for one (1) year from the day following the date of the implementation of theSettlement Streamlining Act, the necessary provisions shall be newly
established in Article 1 and Article 2 of the supplementary provisions of theArticles of Incorporation, as a transitional measure.
(3) With respect to Article 9 (Share Handling Regulations), necessary changes
shall be made in order to clarify that the procedures relating to the exercise ofshareholder rights shall be prescribed in the Share Handling Regulations.
2.

Details of the Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation
Details of the amendments are set forth in the exhibit attached hereto.

3.

Schedule
Date of ordinary general meeting of shareholders at which the amendments to theArticles of Incorporation are to be proposed: June 23, 2009 (Tentative)
Effective date of the amendments to the Articles of Incorporation: June 23, 2009
(Tentative)

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Before Amendment
Article 7. (Issuance of Share Certificates)

After Amendment(Deleted)

The Company shall issue sharecertificates representing its shares.
Article 8.
Article 7.
(Description omitted.)(Unchanged.)
Article 9. (Transfer Agent)
Article 8. (Transfer Agent)
1.

(Description omitted.)

1. (Unchanged.)

2.

(Description omitted.)

2. (Unchanged.)

3. The preparation and the keeping of the 3. The preparation and the keeping of theregister of shareholders (including theregister of shareholders and theregister of beneficial shareholders;register of new stock acquisition rightsof the Company as well as otherhereinafter, the same shall apply), thebusiness relating to the register ofregister of new stock acquisition rights
shareholders and the register of newand the register of lost sharestock acquisition rights, shall becertificates of the Company as well as
entrusted to the transfer agent andother business relating to the registershall not be handled by the Company.
of shareholders, the register of newstock acquisition rights, and theregister of lost share certificates shallbe entrusted to the transfer agent andshall not be handled by the Company.

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Article 10. (Share Handling Regulations)
Except as otherwise provided for by
law or by these Articles ofIncorporation, the handling proceduresand handling fees relating to sharesshall be governed by the Share
Handling Regulations established by
the Board of Directors.
Article 11. through Article 24.
(Description omitted.)
Article 25. (Resolution for Election ofCorporate Auditors)

Article 9.

(Share Handling Regulations)

Except as otherwise provided for by
law or by these Articles ofIncorporation, the process by whichshareholder rights are to be exercisedand other handling procedures relating
to shares shall be governed by theShare
Handling
Regulations
established by the Board of Directors.
Article 10. through Article 23.
(Unchanged.)
Article 24. (Resolution for Election ofCorporate Auditors)

The provision of the first paragraph ofThe provision of the first paragraph of
Article 19 shall be applied mutatis
Article 18 shall be applied mutatis
mutandis to the election of Corporate
mutandis to the election of Corporate
Auditors.
Auditors.
Article 26. through Article 32.
Article 25. through Article 31.
(Description omitted.)(Unchanged.)(Newly established.)
Supplementary Provisions(Newly established.)
Article 1.

(Newly established.)

The preparation of the register of lost
share certificates of the Company andthe keeping of the register, as well asother business relating to the registershall be entrusted to the transfer agent
and shall not be handled by theCompany.
Article 2.
The preceding article and this article
shall be effective until January 5,
2010, and shall be deleted after thesaid date.

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