**Exhibit 2.1**

*(TRANSLATION)*

**SHARE HANDLING REGULATIONS**

**OF**

**TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION**

Established: November 28, 1951 

As last amended on May 1, 2006 

**CHAPTER I.**

**GENERAL PROVISIONS**

**Article 1.***    (Purpose)*

With respect to the handling relating to shares and stock acquisition rights of the Corporation under Article 9 of the Articles of Incorporation of theCorporation, the matters shall be as provided in these Regulations. 

**Article 2.***    (Transfer agent, handling office andliaison offices)*****

The transfer agent under Article 8, Paragraph 2 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation and itshandling office and liaison offices shall be as follows: 

Transfer agent: 

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation 

4-5, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 

Handling office: 

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, 

Corporate Agency Division 

4-5, Marunouchi 1-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 

Liaison offices: 

Branch offices throughoutJapan of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and Head office and branch and sub-branch offices throughout Japan of Nomura Securities Co., Ltd. 

**Article 3.***    (Denominations of share certificates)*****

1. Certificates of shares to beissued by the Corporation shall be in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 10,000 or 100,000 shares; provided, however, that in addition to those mentioned above, with respect to any number of shares less than 100, a certificaterepresenting such number of shares may be issued. 

2. Shareholders may not request to issue certificates representing any number of sharesfalling short of the number of shares constituting one unit (tangen) provided for in Article 6, Paragraph 1 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation (hereinafter called “less-than-one-unit shares”), except for the cases providedfor in Article 21 (Reissue due to mutilation or disfigurement), Article 22 (Reissue due to used-up space on share certificate) hereof and reissuance due to lapse of share certificates. 

**Article 4.***    (Application, request, notification, etc.)*****

1. Anyapplication, request, notification, etc. with respect to the matters provided for in these Regulations, the exchange of share certificates, distribution of dividends from surplus and other matters which the Corporation has delegated to the transferagent shall be directed to the transfer agent. 

 

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2. The procedure under the preceding paragraph shall be taken by submitting the application, request,notification, etc. in the prescribed form setting forth the address and name of the applicant or the requesting or notifying party and affixed with the seal filed as provided in Article 16; provided, however, that if it is not so affixed with theseal filed as provided in Article 16, a document identifying the applicant or the requesting or notifying party shall be attached. 

**Article5.***    (Agent)*****

If the procedure mentioned in Paragraph 1 of the preceding Article is taken by agent,such agent shall submit a document showing his/her power of representation. 

**Article 6.***    (Certification document andguarantor)*****

If the Corporation deems it necessary in connection with the procedure mentioned in Article 4, Paragraph 1, theCorporation may require, in addition to those provided for in these Regulations, such certification document or such guarantor as the Corporation may deem appropriate. 

**CHAPTER II.**

**ENTRY OR RECORDING IN REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS, REGISTER OF BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS,REGISTRATION OF PLEDGE AND INDICATION OF TRUST PROPERTY**

**Article 7.***    (Entry or recording in register ofshareholders)*****

1. In case of an application for entry or recording of shares in the register of shareholders, an application inthe prescribed form shall be submitted, together with the share certificates; provided, however, that it shall not be required to submit share certificates if the share certificates have not been issued. 

2. In case of an application for entry or recording in the register of shareholders by a person who has acquired the shares for any cause other thanassignment, a document showing the acquisition of the shares shall be submitted in addition to those provided for in the preceding paragraph. 

**Article8.***    (Entry or recording in register of shareholders in cases otherwise provided for in laws or ordinances)*****

If, in the case of an application for entry or recording of shares in the register of shareholders in accordance with the preceding Article, specific procedure is required to be followed under any law or ordinance for the acquisition ofsuch shares, a document showing the completion of such procedure shall be attached. 

**Article 9.***    (Recording in register ofbeneficial shareholders)*****

Entry or recording in the register of beneficial shareholders shall be made upon a notice from theJapan Securities Depository Center, Inc. (the “Center”) with respect to beneficial shareholders. 

**Article10.***    (Integration of number of shares in register of shareholders and in register of beneficial shareholders)*****

In case a shareholder entered or recorded in the register of beneficial shareholders is deemed to be the same person as a shareholder entered or recorded in the register of shareholders, the number of shares enteredor recorded in the register of beneficial shareholders and that entered or recorded in the register of shareholders shall be aggregated with respect to the exercise of shareholders’ rights. 

 

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**Article 11.***    (Registration of pledge and cancellation thereof)*****

In case of an application for registration of a pledge or for cancellation thereof, the application in the prescribed form shall be submitted under thejoint signatures of the pledgor and the pledgee together with the share certificates. 

 
**Article****12.**    *(Indication of trust property and cancellation thereof)*
In case of an application for indication of trust property or for cancellation thereof, the application in the prescribed form shall be submitted togetherwith the share certificates. 

**CHAPTER III.**

**NOTICE OF NON-POSSESSION OF SHARE CERTIFICATES**

**Article 13.***    (Notice ofnon-possession of share certificates)*****

A shareholder not desiring to possess share certificates shall submit notice in theprescribed form, together with the share certificates; provided, however, that it shall not be required to submit share certificates if such notice is submitted in respect of the share certificates to be newly issued. 

**CHAPTER IV.**

**NOTIFICATION OF VARIOUSMATTERS**

**Article 14.***    (Notification of shareholder’s name, address, proxy and representative)*****

1. A shareholder shall file a notification of his/her name and address by means of a shareholder card (including the beneficialshareholder card, the same applies hereinafter); provided, however, that, if the shareholder falls under any of the following items, notification of the matters mentioned in such item shall be filed by means of the shareholder card: 

 
 (1)If the shareholder is a person with limited capacity, the name of the shareholder and the title, name and address of the legal representative of such shareholder.
 
 (2)If the shareholder is a judicial person, the name and address of the judicial person and the title and name of its representative. 
2. If the shares are jointly owned, all of the joint owners shall file a notification of their representative in the prescribed form, in addition tothose provided for in the preceding paragraph. 

3. A shareholder (or such shareholder’s legal or other representative, if any) havingno domicile in Japan shall, in addition to those provided for in the preceding two (2) paragraphs, designate his/her provisional address or appoint a standing proxy in Japan and file a notification of such provisional address or the name andaddress of such standing proxy. 

**Article 15.***    (Notification of change of shareholder’s name, address, proxy orrepresentative)*****

1. In case of a change occurring in the matters notified under the preceding Article, notification thereof shallbe filed in the prescribed form, together with the relevant document mentioned in the following items; provided, however, that it shall not be required to attach such document in the case of a change of address: 

 
 (1)If the change relates to the shareholder or his/her legal representative, the share certificates (except where the share certificates have not been issued) and a document showingsuch fact. 
 
 (2)If the change relates to the representative of the judicial person or the standing proxy, a document showing such fact. 
 

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2. In case of a change occurring in the representative of joint owners of shares, all the joint ownersshall file a notification thereof in the prescribed form. 

**Article 16.    ***(Notification of seal)*****

1. A shareholder shall file a notification of his/her seal to be used for the procedure provided for in Article 4, Paragraph 1 by means of a shareholdercard; provided, however, that a notification of the seal of the legal representative shall be filed, if any, or of the representative if the shareholder is a judicial person or the seals of the shareholder and his/her standing proxy if theshareholder has one. 

2. In case of a change of the notified seal, a notification thereof shall be filed in the prescribed form.

3. A foreigner accustomed to signing may substitute his/her signature for a seal. 

**Article 17.***    (Application to registered pledgees)*****

The provisions of this Chapter shall apply *mutatis mutandis* to the registered pledgees. 

**CHAPTER V.**

**ISSUANCE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES**

**Article 18.***    (Indication of issuance date of share certificates and name of shareholders)*****

1. A share certificate shall indicate the issuance date of the share certificate and the name of the shareholder; provided, however, that in respect ofshare certificates deposited with the Center, the name of the Center shall be indicated at the request of the Center. 

2. Upon anapplication being made for entry or recording of shares in the register of shareholders in accordance with the provisions of Chapter II, the date of registration in the register of shareholders shall be entered in the specified space on the sharecertificate and the transfer agent shall affix its attesting seal thereto. 

**Article 19.***    (Registration of pledge andindication of trust property)*****

Upon application being made for the registration of a pledge or the indication of trust propertyor for the cancellation thereof in accordance with the provisions of Articles 11 and 12 , a statement to that effect and the date of registration in the register of shareholders shall be entered on the share certificate and the transfer agent shallaffix its attesting seal thereto. 

 
**Article****20.**    *(Issuance of share certificates in non-possession status)*
1. In case a shareholder who has submitted a notice of non-possession of share certificates in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 desires toapply for the issuance of the share certificates, such shareholder shall submit an application in the prescribed form; provided, however, that no application may be made for the issuance of certificates for less-than-one-unit shares. 

2. In the case of the preceding paragraph, the Corporation may require the applicant to submit a written notice of acceptance of the notice ofnon-possession of share certificates previously delivered by the Corporation or a certificate in lieu thereof and a receipt for the share certificates. 

**Article 21.***    (Reissuance due to mutilation or disfigurement)*****

In case of an applicationfor the reissue of share certificates due to mutilation or disfigurement of share certificates, an application in the prescribed form shall be submitted together with the share certificates; provided, however, that if the mutilation or disfigurementis to such an extent as to render it difficult to ascertain the authenticity of the share certificates, the provisions of Chapter VII shall apply *mutatis mutandis*. 

 

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**Article 22.    ***(Reissue due to used-up space on share certificate)*****

If the column for holders’ names on a share certificate is used up, a new share certificate shall be issued in exchange for such certificate.

**Article 23.***    (Issuance due to division, consolidation, etc.)*****

1. In case of an application for the issuance of new share certificates due to division or consolidation of share certificates, an application in theprescribed form shall be submitted together with the share certificates; provided, however, that no application may be made for the issuance of certificates for less-than-one-unit shares. 

2. In case of an application for the issuance of new share certificates by adding up the less-than-one-unit shares for which share certificates have beenissued and the less-than-one-unit shares for which no share certificates have been issued, an application in the prescribed form shall be submitted together with the certificates for the less-than-one-unit shares; provided, however, that noapplication may be made for the issuance of certificates for less-than-one-unit shares. 

**CHAPTER VI.**

**PURCHASE OF LESS-THAN-ONE-UNIT SHARES**

**Article24.***    (Request for purchase of shares)*****

1. In case of a request for purchase of less-than-one-unitshares, a request in the prescribed form shall be submitted to the transfer agent’s handling office or any of its liaison offices, together with the share certificates; provided, however, that it shall not be required to submit sharecertificates if the share certificates have not been issued. 

2. In case a request referred to in the preceding paragraph is made by abeneficial shareholder, such request shall be made through the participant(s) of the Center having the beneficial shareholder’s account and the Center. 

**Article 25.***    (Determination of purchase price)*****

In case a purchase request is made inrespect of less-than-one-unit shares, the sale and purchase price of such shares shall be an amount obtained by multiplying the number of shares requested to be purchased by an amount equal to the final sale and purchase price on the market providedby the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the day on which the purchase request has reached the transfer agent’s handling office or any of its liaison offices (hereinafter called the “date of request”); provided, however, that if there is nosale and purchase transaction on the market provided by the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the date of request or if the date of request falls on a holiday for the Tokyo Stock Exchange, an amount equal to the first sale and purchase price validlyestablished on the following trading day and thereafter shall be used. 

**Article 26.***    (Payment of purchase price)*****

Unless the Corporation otherwise determines, the purchase price under the preceding Article shall be paid on a day designated by theCorporation and falling within four (4) transfer agent’s business days counting from the day on which the sale and purchase price has been determined and the documents necessary for the purchase request have reached the transferagent’s handling office, at such handling office; provided, however, that, if the Corporation purchases the less-than-one-unit shares at the price of the date of the less-than-one-unit shares’ ex-dividends from surplus or ex-rights, thepurchase price shall be paid on the next business day of the record date for the final determination of such dividends or rights (the “record date”). 

 

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**Article 27.***    (Time of transferring shares)*****

1. The less-than-one-unit shares requested to be purchased shall be transferred to the Corporation at the time provided for in the following items:

 
 (1)In case of payment in cash at the transfer agent’s handling office, at the time such payment is tendered. 
 
 (2)In all other cases, at the time the procedure for such payment has been completed. 
2. If the Corporation purchases the less-than-one-unit shares at the price of the date of ex-dividends or ex-rights, entry or recording of shares in the register of shareholders shall not be made until the recorddate. In case of such shares being cum dividends or cum rights, the shares shall be transferred to the Corporation on the record date, notwithstanding that the purchase price remains unpaid until the record date. 

**CHAPTER VII.**

**REISSUANCE OF SHARECERTIFICATES DUE TO LOSS**

**Article 28.    ***(Application for registration of loss of share certificates and cancellationthereof by the party who registered such share cancellation)*****

1. In case registration of loss of share certificates is appliedfor, an application form therefor shall be submitted together with a document evidencing acquisition of the share certificates concerned, a document evidencing the loss thereof and a document for identification of the applicant; provided, however,that in case the applicant is the nominee or the registered pledgee of the lost share certificates, only the document evidencing the loss thereof shall be required for submission. 

2. In case the registrant of lost share certificates applies for cancellation of such registration referred to in the preceding paragraph, an applicationform therefor shall be submitted. 

**Article 29.***    (Application for cancellation of registration of loss of share certificatesby the party holding such share certificates)*****

In case cancellation of registration of loss of share certificates is applied forby the party holding such share certificates, an application form therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificate concerned and a document for identification of the applicant; provided, however, that in case such cancellation isapplied by the shareholder or the registered pledgee, a document for identification of the applicant shall not be required. 

**Article30.***    (Application of provisions concerning reports)*****

In case the registrant of lost sharecertificates, who is not the holder or the registered pledgee of the share certificates concerned, changes the description entered or recorded in the register of lost share certificates, the provisions of Articles 14 through 17 hereof shall beapplied *mutatis mutandis*. 

**CHAPTER VIII.**

**EXERCISE OF STOCK ACQUISITION RIGHTS, ETC.**

**Article 31.***    (Exercise of stockacquisition rights)*****

In case a holder of stock acquisition rights exercises the rights, such holder shall submit an applicationin the prescribed form. 

 

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**Article 32.***    (Request for issuance of certificates of stock acquisition rights)*****

In case a holder of stock acquisition rights requests issuance of the certificates thereof, such holder shall submit an application inthe prescribed form. 

 
**Article****33.**    *(Change in the matters entered or recorded in register of stock acquisition rights)*
In case a holder of stock acquisition rights changes his/her name, address or the matters entered or recorded in the register of stock acquisitionrights, such holder shall notify the change. 

**CHAPTER IX.**

**FEES**

**Article 34.***    (Fees)*****

The fees for the handling of shares shall be as follows: 

 
 (1)Application for loss of share certificates and cancellation thereof by the party who registered such share cancellation pursuant to Article 28 
10,000 yen per case 

     500 yen per share certificate 

 
 (2)The fees for the handling of shares other than the above shall be free. 
**SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS**

**Article 1.***    (Amendment to Regulations)*****

Any amendment to these Regulations shall be by resolution of the Board of Directors. 

**Article 2.***    (Effective date)*****

These Regulations, as amended, shall become effective as of May 1, 2006. 

 

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