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REGULATIONS FOR HANDLING OF SHARES
OF
CANON INC.
 Chapter I. General Provisions
 (Object)
 Article 1.
 (Denominations of share certificates)
 Article 2.
  (Manager of the Register of Shareholders)
 Article 3.
  
  
  
 (Matters to be handled by the Manager of the Register of Shareholders)
 Article 4.
 (Method of application and notification, etc.)
 Article 5.




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Chapter II. Entry or Record in the Register of Shareholders
 (Registration of Transfer)
 Article 6.
  (Registration of Transfer in cases otherwise provided for in laws or ordinances)
 Article 7.
 Chapter III. Registration of Pledge and Indication of Trust Property
 (Registration of pledge or cancellation thereof)
 Article 8.
 (Indication of trust property or cancellation thereof)
 Article 9.
 Chapter IV. Non-Possession of Share Certificates
 (Notice of non-possession of share certificates)
 Article 10.
 (Application for issuance of non-possessed share certificate)
 Article 11.
 Chapter V. Various Notifications
 (Notification of addresses, names and seals of shareholders, etc.)
 Article 12.
  (Notification of places at which shareholders, etc. residing in foreign countries are to receive
notices)
 Article 13.
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(Representative of corporation)
 Article 14.
 (Representative of jointly-owned share)
 Article 15.
 (Alteration of matters stated in the register of shareholders and in the share certificate)
 Article 16.
   
  Chapter VI. Re-Issuance of Share Certificates, etc.
 (Re-issuance due to division, consolidation, etc.)
 Article 17.
 (1)
    
    Division or consolidation of share certificates;(2)
    
    In case a combined total of the shares represented by the Certificates for
Less-than-one-unit shares and the Less-than-one-unit Shares for which no certificates
have been issued has reached the number of shares constituting one unit or more in
number.
  (Re-issuance due to defacement or destruction)
 Article 18.
 (Re-issuance due to the lack of entry space)
 Article 19.
 Chapter VII. Registration of Loss of Share Certificates, etc.
 (Request for registration of loss of share certificate)
 Article 20.
 (Application for cancellation by registrant of loss of share certificate)
 Article 21.
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(Application for cancellation by share certificate holder)
 Article 22.
 (Applicability of various notifications)
 Article 23. mutatis mutandis
 Chapter VIII. Purchase of Less-than-one-unit Shares
 (Request for purchase)
 Article 24.
 (Determination of purchase price)
 Article 25.
  (Payment of purchase price)
 Article 26.
 (Time of transfer of shares)
 Article 27.
  Chapter IX.
Sale of Less-than-one-unit Shares pursuant to a request for additional purchase
 (Procedure for request of additional purchase)
 Article 28.
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(Approximate price of additional purchase)
 Article 29.
  (Effective date of the request for additional purchase)
 Article 30.
  (Period during which the receipt of request for additional purchase is suspended)
 Article 31.
  (Determination of the price for additional purchase)
 Article 32.
   (Receipt of Additional Purchase Charge)
 Article 33.
  (Transfer of additionally purchased stock)
 Article 34.
 (Delivery of share certificate)
 Article 35.
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Chapter X. Fees
 (Fee for issuance of new share certificates)
 Article 36.
 (Fee for the registration of loss of share certificate)
 Article 37.
   (Fee for purchase by the Company and additional purchase by the shareholders of Less-than-one-unit
Shares)
 Article 38.
 Chapter XI. Special Handling Relative to Beneficial Owners
 (Making entries in the beneficial owners list)
 Article 39.
 (Beneficiary owner entry form)
 Article 40.
 (Matching and identification of shareholder)
 Article 41.
 (Various notifications of beneficial owners)
 Article 42. mutatis mutandis
  (Purchase of Less-than-one-unit Shares of beneficial owners)
 Article 43. mutatis mutandis
 (Additional purchase of Less-than-one-unit Shares by beneficial owners)
 Article 44. mutatis mutandis
 (Miscellaneous)
 Article 45.
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Chapter XII. Exercise of Rights by Shareholders
 (Method of exercise of shareholder rights such as shareholder right to make proposals)
 Article 46.
  Separately determined amounts under Article 38  of the Regulation for Handling of Shares
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