The following is an unofficial English translation of the Convocation Notice for the 25th Ordinary General
Meeting of Shareholders of Central Japan Railway Company. The Company provides this translation for yourreference and convenience only and without any warranty as to its accuracy or otherwise.

(Securities Identification Code: 9022)
June 6, 2012
To: Shareholders
Yoshiomi Yamada
President and Representative Director
Central Japan Railway Company
1-4, Meieki 1-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya,
Aichi Prefecture
Convocation Notice for the 25th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders
Dear Sirs/Madams:
Notice is hereby given that the 25th ordinary general meeting of shareholders of Central
Japan Railway Company (the “Company”) will be held as set forth below. You are cordiallyinvited to attend the meeting.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you are allowed to exercise your voting
rights in writing or electronically (through the Internet, etc.). After examining thereference materials set forth below, please exercise your voting rights no later than 5:30
p.m. on June 21, 2012 (Japan Standard Time (JST)).
[Exercise of voting rights in writing]
Please indicate your approval or disapproval for each proposal on the voting form
enclosed herewith, and send it back to the Company so that it will reach the Company no later
than 5:30 p.m. on June 21, 2012 (JST).
[Exercise of voting rights electronically (through the Internet, etc.)]
Please access the website designated by the Company for the exercise of voting rights(http://www.web54.net), and indicate your approval or disapproval for each proposal according
to the instructions on the screen, using the “voting rights exercise code” and the “password”
indicated on the enclosed voting form, no later than 5:30 p.m. on June 21, 2012 (JST).
When you exercise your voting rights electronically (through the Internet, etc.), please
read, “A Guide to the Exercise of Voting Rights Electronically (through the Internet, etc.)” onpages 62-63 of the original Japanese document.
Particulars
1.

Date and Time:

June 22, 2012 (Friday) at 10:00 a.m. (JST)2.

Venue:

Nagoya Marriott Associa Hotel
1-4, Meieki 1-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

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Purpose of the Meeting:
Matters to be Reported:

1.

Report on the details of the business report, and theconsolidated and non-consolidated financialstatements for the 25th fiscal year (from April 1, 2011
to March 31, 2012)

2.

Report on the results of the audit of the consolidated
financial statements by the Accounting Auditors andthe Board of Auditors

Matters to be Resolved:

4.
(1)
(2)

Proposal 1:

Appropriation of retained earnings

Proposal 2:

Partial amendment to the Articles of Incorporation

Proposal 3:

Election of fourteen (14) Directors

Proposal 4:

Revision of the amount of Director’s remuneration

Notes on the Procedures of the Meeting:If you exercise your voting rights more than once electronically (through the Internet,etc.), then the last exercise will be the one deemed valid.
If you exercise your voting rights both in writing and electronically (through theInternet, etc.), then the exercise of those rights electronically (through the Internet, etc)
will be the one deemed valid.

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1.

Upon arrival at the meeting, please submit the enclosed voting form to the receptionist at
the entrance of the meeting place.

2.

In the event circumstances arise requiring that amendments be made to items in thereference materials for the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, the business report,
the consolidated financial statements, and the non-consolidated financial statements, such
amendments will be made public on the Company’s homepage(http://www.jr-central.co.jp).

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