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Notice Concerning the Issuance of Stock Compensation-type Stock
Options (Stock Acquisition Rights)
Tokyo (March 26, 2013) - Bridgestone Corporation (the "Company") has announced thatits Board of Directors, at a meeting on March 26, 2013, decided the issuance of stockacquisition rights as stock options and the terms of the issuance, as described below.
1. Reasons for the issuance of stockacquisition rights as stock options

The issuance of these stock acquisition rights isintended to heighten the motivation and morale forenhancing the Company’s long-term corporate value of
the Company's directors excluding the outside directors
and corporate officers who do not concurrently serve as
directors, and to promote the sharing of interests withthe shareholders.

2. Details of the issuance of stockacquisition rights(1)Identity and number of recipients ofstock acquisition rights and number ofstock acquisition rights to be allocatedMembers of the Company's Board of Directors
excluding the outside directors: 4 persons, 540 rights
Corporate officers who do not concurrently serve as
directors: 36 persons, 1,420 rights
Total: 40 persons, 1,960 rights
196,000 shares of the Company's common stock(The number of shares to be issued or transferred foreach stock acquisition right shall be 100 shares (“thenumber of granted shares”).)
In the event that the total number of stock acquisitionrights subscriptions does not reach the total number ofstock acquisition rights listed below, the number ofshares to be used to underlie the stock acquisitionrights shall be considered to be the number of stockacquisition rights subscriptions multiplied by the
number of granted shares.
1,960 rights
In the event that the total number of stock acquisitionrights subscriptions does not reach the total number ofstock acquisition rights listed above, the total number ofstock acquisition rights subscriptions shall beconsidered to be the total number of stock acquisitionrights.
The amount of payment in exchange for one stockacquisition rights shall be determined by multiplying thefair value of one share, calculated using theBlack-Scholes model based on all conditions on theallotment date, by the number of granted shares. The(2)Class and number of shares
underlying the stock acquisition rights(3)Total number of stock acquisitionrights(4)Method of calculating the amount ofpayment for stock acquisition rights:

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(5)Amount of property to be contributed
to the Company upon the exercise of
the stock acquisition rights(6) Exercisable period of the stockacquisition rights(7)Conditions for the exercise of the stockacquisition rights(8)Matters concerning the amount of theincrease in common stock capital andcapital surplus from the issuance ofshares upon the exercise of the stockacquisition rights

2above-calculated amount is based on fair value and thestock acquisiton rights grantee are not provided withadvantageous conditions. On the allotment date, theCompany and the grantee shall offset the Company's
right to payment for the stock acquisition rights and thegrantee's right to compensation for the execution ofduties, etc., in an amount equivalent to the amount tobe paid for the stock acquisition rights.
The amount of property to be contributed to theCompany upon the exercise of each stock acquisitionright shall be calculated by multiplying the amount ofproperty to be contributed per share, which shall be 1
yen, by the number of granted shares.
From May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2033
i) The stock acquisition rights grantee shall not be able
to exercise those stock acquisition rights during theperiod in which they serve as a director or corporateofficer, or both, of the Company (including the date on
which they retire; hereinafter referred to as the "ServicePeriod").
ii) In the event that the stock acquisition rights
grantee's Service Period, ends by the end of February
2014 (including the event that the period ends due tothe death of the grantee), the stock acquisition rights
grantee (including the grantee's successor), will not beable to exercise a certain number of the allotted stockacquisition rights (with fractional amounts of less than
one stock acquisition right being discarded); that
number shall be calculated by multiplying the numberof stock acquisition rights allotted by the number ofmonths in the period from the end of Service Period ,to March 31, 2014 (with amounts less than one month
being discarded), divided by 12.
iii) Partial execution of each stock acquisition right is
not allowed.
iv) Other conditions shall be subject to the agreementon allotment of stock acquisition rights concluded
between the Company and the stock acquisition rights
grantee.
(i) The amount of the increase in common stock(capital) from the issuance of shares upon the exerciseof the stock acquisition rights shall be the amount equal
to one-half of the limit for an increase in capital, etc.,
calculated in accordance with Article 17-1 of Japan'sCompany Accounting Regulations (kaisha keisankisoku), and any fractional amounts less than ¥1
resulting from such calculation shall be rounded up.
(ii)The amount of the increase in capital surplus fromthe issuance of shares upon the exercise of the stockacquisition rights shall be the amount equal to the limit
for an increase in capital, etc., as stated in (i) above,less the amount of the increase in common stock

(9)Items related to the acquisition of thestock acquisition rights(10)Restrictions on acquisition of stockacquisition rights via transfer(11)Date of Allotment of stock acquisitionrights(capital) as provided in (i) above.
If the shareholders’ meeting of the Company approvesa proposal of (i) a merger agreement by which theCompany dissolves or (ii) a share exchange agreement
or a share transfer plan by which the Company
becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of anothercompany or companies, the Company shall acquire thestock acquisition rights then unexercised without any
payment or other compensation, as of the day of suchapproval.
Acquisition of stock acquisition rights via transfer shallrequire an approval of the Board of Directors of theCompany.
May 1, 2013
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