Press Release
May 13, 2009
To Whom It May Concern:

Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
President and CEO: Tomonori Hayashi(Code No.: 6839 First Section of TSE/OSE)

Notice of Changes to Articles of Incorporation
Funai Electric Co., Ltd. (hereinafter “the Company”) hereby announces that a decision to discuss thefollowing changes to the Articles of Incorporation at the 57th annual General Shareholders Meetingscheduled for June 19, 2009 was made at today’s Board of Directors Meeting.
1. Reasoning for the Changes
The “Law to Partially Revise the Laws Concerning the Conversion of Corporate Bonds, etc., in Order toStreamline Settlements Related to Company Shares, etc.” (2004 laws, No. 88) became effective onJanuary 5, 2009 and the shares of all listed companies were converted to transferable shares (the“digitization of share certificates”).
In accordance with these changes, provisions that presume the existence of share certificates will bedeleted or changed as necessary, and supplementary provisions will be created defining provisional
measures relating to these changes.
2. Details of Changes
The changes are detailed in the separate attachment.
3. Schedule
General Shareholders Meeting to change Articles of Incorporation

June 19, 2009

Effective date of changes to Articles of Incorporation

June 19, 2009INQUIRIES ABOUT THIS PRESS RELEASE
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Separate Attachment(Portions of text to be changed are underlined)
Current Articles of Incorporation
Article 1∫(Abbreviated)
Article 6(Issuance of share certificates)
Article 7 The Company will issue security
certificates representing Company shares.
(Unit shares and non-issuance of fractional unit
shares)
Article 8 The Company’s unit share shall consistof 100 shares.
2 The Company will not issue security certificatesfor fractional unit shares, regardless of theprevious Article. However, exceptions to this rule
may exist where defined in the Company’s sharehandling regulations.
(Fractional unit share rights)
Article 9 Company shareholders (now andhereinafter to include real shareholders) may not
exercise any rights based upon a fractional unit
share except the following:
1. (Abbreviated)
2. (Abbreviated)
3. (Abbreviated)(Shareholder registry manager)
Article 10 (Abbreviated)
２ (Abbreviated)
３The creation and maintenance of theCompany’s shareholder registry (now andhereinafter to include the real shareholderregistry), share subscription right registry and lost
share certificate registry, in addition to other work
related to the shareholder registry, sharesubscription right registry and lost share certificate
registry, is entrusted to the shareholder registry
manager and is not handled by the Company.

Proposed Changes
Article 1∫(Remains unchanged)
Article 6(Deleted)(Unit shares)
Article 7 The Company’s unit share shall consist of
100 shares.
(Deleted)(Fractional unit share rights)
Article 8 Company shareholders may not exercise
any rights based upon a fractional unit share
except the following:
1. (Remains unchanged)
2. (Remains unchanged)
3. (Remains unchanged)(Shareholder registry manager)
Article 9 (Remains unchanged)
２ (Remains unchanged)
３
The creation and maintenance of theCompany’s shareholder registry and sharesubscription right registry, in addition to other work
related to the shareholder registry and sharesubscription right registry, is entrusted to theshareholder registry manager and is not handled
by the Company.

Current Articles of Incorporation(Share handling regulations)
Article 11 The handling and fees related to theCompany’s shares are determined by law andthese Articles of Incorporation, in addition to theshare handling regulations defined by the Board ofDirectors or executive officers appointed by theBoard of Directors.
Article 12∫(Abbreviated)
Article 13(Convening Authority and Chairperson)
Article 14 (Abbreviated)
2 If the President, a Director, is unable to attend oris involved in an accident, another Director will bechosen to fill his or her role by a method
predetermined by the Board of Directors.
Article 15∫(Abbreviated)
Article 37(Newly established)(Newly established)(Newly established)

Proposed Changes(Share handling regulations)
Article 10 The procedures for the execution ofCompany shareholder rights and the handling ofother share-related business are determined bylaw and these Articles of Incorporation, in addition
to the share handling regulations defined by theBoard of Directors or executive officers appointed
by the Board of Directors.
Article 11∫(Remains unchanged)
Article 12(Convening Authority and Chairperson)
Article 13 (Remains unchanged)
2 If the President, a Director, is unable to attend oris involved in an accident, another Director will bechosen to fill his or her role in accordance with amethod predetermined by the Board of Directors.
Article 14∫(Remains unchanged)
Article 36
Supplementary Provisions
Article 1 The creation and maintenance of theCompany’s lost share certificate registry, inaddition to other work related to the lost sharecertificate registry, is entrusted to the shareholder
registry manager and is not handled by theCompany.
Article 2 This Article and the previous Article shallbe effective until January 5, 2010. This Article andthe previous Article shall be deleted as of January
6, 2010.