Notification Concerning Revision of Number of Shares Constituting
One Unit of Stock and Partial Amendment ofthe Articles of Incorporation
2013/11/15 in Japan | Page 1/2

Friday, November 15, 2013
For Immediate Release
Kanamoto Company, Limited
Stock Code 9678
Tokyo Stock Exchange 1st Section; Sapporo Stock Exchange
Kanchu Kanamoto
President and CEO< Contact for inquiries concerning this material >Hiroyuki Isono
Director and Corporate Officer Division Manager, Administration
Division, General Manager, Office of the President
Telephone: + 81–11–209–1631

Notification Concerning Revision of Number of Shares Constituting One
Unit of Stock and Partial Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation
At its Board of Directors meeting held on November 15, 2013, the Board of Directors of Kanamoto
Company, Limited (Kanchu Kanamoto, President; Head Office: Sapporo, Japan), Japan’s leading
construction equipment rental company, approved a resolution to revise the number of shares constituting
one unit of stock and to partially amend the Articles of Incorporation, based on the provision of Article 195
paragraph (1) of the Companies Act. Details are provided below.
1. Revision of the number of shares constituting one unit of stock(1) Reasons for the revision
The Company will reduce the number of shares constituting one unit of stock for the purpose of
preparing an environment that will make it easier for investors to invest, further improve the liquidity of
Kanamoto’s stock and achieve expansion of the investor bracket, and to reflect the recommendation in theAction Plan for Consolidating Trading Units for securities exchanges throughout Japan to adopt a uniform
share trading unit for common stock of 100 shares.
(2) Details of the revision
The Company will revise the share trading unit size from 1,000 shares to 100 shares.
(3) Planned date of the revision
Wednesday, January 1, 2014
(Supplementary information)
In conjunction with the adoption of the unit stock system described above, the share trading unit size for
Kanamoto’s shares on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Sapporo Securities Exchange will also bechanged from 1,000 shares to 100 shares, effective January 1, 2014.
2. Partial amendment of the Articles of Incorporation(1) Reasons for the amendment
The amendment will be made in conjunction with the revision to the number of shares constituting one
unit of stock described above.

Notification Concerning Revision of Number of Shares ConstitutingOne Unit of Stock and Partial Amendment ofthe Articles of Incorporation
2013/11/15 in Japan | Page 2/2(2) Details of the amendment
The details of the proposed amendment to the Articles of Incorporation are as follows.
(Amended portions are indicated by an underline)
Existing Articles of Incorporation
Proposed amendment
Chapter 2 Shares(Number of Shares Constituting One Unit of Stock)
Article 8 The number of shares constituting one unit ofstock of the Company shall be one thousand(1,000) shares.

Chapter 2 Shares(Number of Shares Constituting One Unit of Stock)
Article 8 The number of shares constituting one unit ofstock of the Company shall be one hundred(100) shares.

< Newly established >(Supplementary Provision)
Article 1 The effective date of the amendment toArticle 8 shall be January 1, 2014.
Article 2This supplementary provision shall bedeleted on the effective date in the precedingarticle.

3. Special benefits plan for shareholders
Kanamoto will maintain its present standard for number of shares for the special benefits plan forshareholders described below that the Company has implemented for shareholders currently holding
1,000 or more shares.
【Details of the special benefits plan for shareholders】
The special benefits plan for shareholders is a preferential system for shareholders owning at least
1,000 shares that are described or recorded in the Register of Shareholders as of October 31 of each year
to select from a specially mailed catalog a product they would like to receive from among carefully selected
products from Hokkaido, the birthplace of Kanamoto.
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