[TRANSLATION](Securities Identification Code: 9022)
June 5, 2009
To: Shareholders
Masayuki Matsumoto
President and Representative Director
Central Japan Railway Company
1-4, Meieki 1-chome, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya,
Aichi Prefecture
CONVOCATION NOTICE OF
THE 22ND ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Dear Sirs/Madams:
Notice is hereby given that the 22nd ordinary general meeting of shareholders ofCentral Japan Railway Company (the “Company”) will be held as set forth below. You arecordially invited to attend the meeting.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you are allowed to exercise your voting
rights in writing or via the Internet. After examining the reference materials set forth
below, please exercise your voting rights no later than 5:30 p.m. on June 22, 2009.
[Exercise of voting rights in writing]
Please indicate your approval or disapproval on each of the proposals on the voting
form enclosed herewith, affix your seal thereto and then send it back to the Company so that itreaches the Company no later than 5:30 p.m. on June 22, 2009.
[Exercise of voting rights via the Internet]
Please access the website designated by the Company for exercise of voting rights(http://www.web54.net) and enter your approval or disapproval on each of the proposals inaccordance with instructions on the screen using the “voting rights exercise code” and the“password” indicated on the voting form enclosed herewith no later than 5:30 p.m. on June 22,
2009.
When you exercise your voting rights via the Internet, please read “A Guide for theExercise of Voting Rights via the Internet” on pages 54-55 of the Japanese original document.
Description
1.

Date and Time:

June 23, 2009 (Tuesday) at 10:00 a.m.

2.

Venue:The Westin Nagoya Castle
3-19 Hinokuchi-cho, Nishi-ku, Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture(Please see the map of the meeting place for the general meetingof shareholders at the end of this notice.)3.

Purpose of the Meeting:
Matters to be Reported:

1.

Report on the details of the business report, and theconsolidated
andnon-consolidated
financialstatements for the 22nd fiscal year (from April 1,2008 to March 31, 2009)2.

Report on the results of the audit, by the IndependentAuditors and the Board of Corporate Auditors, of theconsolidated financial statements

Matters to be Resolved:

4.
(1)
(2)

Proposal 1:

Appropriation of retained earnings

Proposal 2:

Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation

Proposal 3:

Election of one (1) Director

Proposal 4:

Election of one (1) Corporate Auditor

Notes on Procedure of Meeting:If you have exercised your voting rights more than once via the Internet, the last
exercise will be deemed valid.
If you have exercised your voting rights both in writing and via the Internet, the one
exercised via the Internet will be deemed valid.
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1. Upon arrival at the meeting, please submit the voting form enclosed herewith to thereception at the entrance of the meeting place.
2. When alterations are necessary to be made to the items to be mentioned in the referencematerials for the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, the business report,
non-consolidated financial statements and consolidated financial statements, such altered
items will be made public on the Company’s homepage (http://www.jr-central.co.jp).

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