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Articles of Incorporation of Daiichi

 Exhibit 4.1 

 (TRANSLATION) 
  
 DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 
 ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION 
  
 CHAPTER I. 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS 
  

	Article 1.	(Corporate Name) 

  
 The name of the Company shall be “Daiichi Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha” and in English “DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.” 
  

	Article 2.	(Location of Head Office) 

  
 The head office of the Company shall be located in Chuo-ku, Tokyo. 
  

	Article 3.	(Purposes) 

  
 The purposes of the Company shall be to engage in the following business: 
  

	 	(1)	Manufacturing, sale, export and import of pharmaceuticals, veterinary medicines, quasi-pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, aroma chemicals, foodstuffs, food additives, feedstuff, feed
additives, chemical products, industrial chemicals, agricultural chemicals, reagents, radioactive pharmaceuticals, and other medical agents; 

  

	 	(2)	Manufacturing and sale of medical instruments as well as sale, export and import of daily necessities and miscellaneous goods; 

  

	 	(3)	Assumption of experiment and research relating to safety of drugs; 

  

	 	(4)	Purchase, sale, lease, management and brokerage of real estate; 

  

	 	(5)	Publishing; 

  

	 	(6)	Automobile transportation; 

  

	 	(7)	Casualty insurance agency and solicitation of life insurance; and 

  

	 	(8)	Any and all business and investment related to each of the foregoing items. 

  

	Article 4.	(Method of Giving Public Notices) 

  
 Public notices of the Company shall be published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, to be published in Tokyo. 
  
 CHAPTER II. 
 SHARES 
  

	Article 5.	(Total Number of Shares) 

  
 The total number of shares authorized to be issued by the Company shall be seven hundred and eighty-nine million (789,000,000). 
  

	Article 5-2.	(Acquisition of the Company’s own shares) 

  
 The Company may, by a resolution of the Board of Directors, acquire its own shares pursuant to the provision of Article 211-3, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the
Commercial Code. 

	Article 6.	(Number of Shares Constituting One Unit of Shares) 

  
 The number of shares constituting one unit (tangen) of shares of the Company shall be one hundred (100). 
  

	Article 7.	(Non-Issuance of Certificates for Fractional Unit Shares) 

  

The Company shall not issue any certificate for shares constituting less than one full unit (tangen miman kabushiki; hereinafter referred to as
“fractional unit shares”), provided, however, that this provision shall not apply to cases provided for in the Share Handling Regulations. 
  

	Article 8.	(Transfer Agent)  

  
 1.      The Company shall appoint a transfer agent with respect to its shares and stock acquisition rights. 
  
 2.      The transfer agent and its handling office shall be
elected by a resolution of the Board of Directors and a public notice thereof shall be released. 
  
 3.      The register of shareholders, the register of beneficial shareholders (hereinafter referred to as, “the Register of Shareholders, Etc.”), the register of stock
acquisition rights and the register of lost share certificates of the Company shall be kept at the handling office of the transfer agent. The Company shall cause the transfer agent to handle the registration of the transfer of shares and share
acquisition rights, the repurchase of fractional unit shares, procedures for lapsed share certificates, and other business pertaining to the shares and the stock acquisition rights, and the Company, itself, shall not handle such business.

  

	Article 9.	(Share Handling Regulations) 

  
 Denominations of share certificates, registration of transfer of shares or stock acquisition rights, repurchase of fractional unit shares, handling of
procedures for lapsed share certificates, and other handling business and charges related to the shares and the stock acquisition rights of the Company shall be governed by the Share Handling Regulations established by the Board of Directors.

  

	Article 10.	(Record Date) 

  
 1.      Shareholders (including the beneficial shareholders; hereinafter the same shall apply) who are listed or recorded on the latest Register of Shareholders, Etc. as of March 31st of
each year shall be entitled to exercise their rights at an ordinary general meeting of shareholders of the Company with regard to such fiscal year. 
  
 2.      In addition to the preceding paragraph, the Company may, whenever necessary, in accordance with a resolution of the Board of
Directors and upon giving prior public notice, treat the shareholders or registered pledgees who are listed or recorded on the Register of Shareholders, Etc. as of a certain date as shareholders or registered pledgees entitled to exercise their
rights. 
  
 CHAPTER III. 
 GENERAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS 
  

	Article 11.	(Convocation) 

  
 1.      The Company shall convene an ordinary general meeting of shareholders in June of every year. 
  
 2.      The Company may convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders whenever necessary in
accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors. 
  
 3.      The Company may hold a general meeting of shareholders at the head office of the Company or any other place within any ward of Tokyo. 
  

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	Article 12.	(Person Authorized to Convene General Meetings of Shareholders and Chairperson) 

  
 The President and Director shall convene a general meeting of shareholders in
accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors and shall act as the chairperson thereat. When the President and Director is unable to act in this capacity, the Executive Vice President and Director, Senior Managing Director or Managing
Director, in order of precedence, shall act in place of the President and Director. 
  

	Article 13.	(Method of Adopting Resolutions) 

  
 1.      Unless otherwise provided for in laws and ordinances or these Articles of Incorporation, all resolutions of a general meeting of
shareholders shall be adopted by a majority of the voting rights held by the shareholders present at the meeting. 
  
 2.      Special resolutions provided for in Article 343 of the Commercial Code shall be adopted by no less than two-thirds (2/3) of the
voting rights held by the shareholders present at a meeting at which shareholders holding no less than one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of the total shareholders are present. 
  

	Article 14.	(Exercise of Voting Rights by Proxy) 

  
 1.      A shareholder may exercise his/her voting rights through another shareholder, as a proxy, who holds voting rights of the Company;
provided, however, that such proxy shall be restricted to one (1) person. 
  
 2.      A shareholder or his/her proxy shall submit to the Company a document evidencing the authority of such proxy at every general meeting of shareholders. 
  
 CHAPTER IV. 
 DIRECTORS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS 
  

	Article 15.	(Authorized Number) 

  
 The Company shall have no more than twenty (20) Directors. 
  

	Article 16.	(Election) 

  
 1.      Directors shall be elected at a general meeting of shareholders. 
  
 2.      A resolution of a general meeting for the election of Directors prescribed in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be adopted
by a majority of the voting rights held by the shareholders present at a meeting at which shareholders holding no less than one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of the total shareholders are present. 
  
 3.      No cumulative voting shall be used in the adopting of a
resolution for election of Directors. 
  

	Article 17.	(Term) 

  
 1.      The term of office of a Director shall expire upon conclusion of an ordinary general meeting of shareholders with respect to the last fiscal year within two (2) years after the
Director assumes office. 
  
 2.      The term of
office of a Director who is elected to increase the number of Directors or to fill a vacancy created by a Director who has retired before completion of his/her term shall expire when the term of office of the other Directors then in office is to
expire. 
  

	Article 18.	(Representative Directors and Directors with Titles) 

  
 1.      The Company shall appoint Directors who represent the Company by a resolution of the Board of Directors. 
  
 2.      The Board of Directors may appoint one (1) Chairperson
of the Board, one (1) President and Director, and one or a few Executive Vice President(s) and Director(s), Senior Managing Director(s) and Managing Director(s). 
  

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	Article 19.	(Remuneration) 

  
 The remuneration and retirement allowances for Directors shall be determined by a resolution of a general meeting of shareholders. 
  

	Article 20.	(Notice of Convocation) 

  
 A notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Directors shall be dispatched to each Director and each Corporate Auditor no later than three (3)
days prior to the date of such meeting; provided, however, that such period may be shortened in case of urgency. 
  

	Article 21.	(Regulations of the Board of Directors) 

  
 Matters pertaining to the Board of Directors shall be governed by the Regulations of the Board of Directors provided for by the Board of Directors.

  

	Article 22.	(Corporate Adviser and Consultant) 

  
 The Company may obtain a corporate adviser and consultant through a resolution of the Board of Directors. 
  
 CHAPTER V. 
 CORPORATE AUDITORS AND BOARD OF CORPORATE AUDITORS 
  

	Article 23.	(Authorized Number) 

  
 The Company shall have no more than five (5) Corporate Auditors. 
  

	Article 24.	(Election) 

  
 1.      Corporate Auditors shall be elected at a general meeting of shareholders. 
  
 2.      A resolution of a general meeting for the election of Corporate Auditors prescribed in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be
adopted by a majority of the voting rights held by the shareholders present at a meeting at which shareholders holding no less than one-third (1/3) of the voting rights of the total shareholders are present. 
  

	Article 25.	(Term) 

  
 1.      The term of office of a Corporate Auditor shall expire upon conclusion of an ordinary general meeting of shareholders with respect to the last fiscal year within four (4) years
after the Corporate Auditor assumes office. 
  
 2.      The term of office of a Corporate Auditor who is elected to fill a vacancy of a Corporate Auditor who has retired before completion of his/her term shall expire when the term of office of such retired
Corporate Auditor is to expire. 
  

	Article 26.	(Full-time Corporate Auditors and Senior Corporate Auditor) 

  
 The Corporate Auditors shall appoint Full-time Corporate Auditors from among themselves. In addition, they may also appoint
Senior Corporate Auditors from among themselves. 
  

	Article 27.	(Remuneration) 

  
 The remuneration and retirement allowances for Corporate Auditors shall be determined by a resolution of a general meeting of shareholders. 
  

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	Article 28.	(Notice of Convocation) 

  
 A notice of convocation of a meeting of the Board of Corporate Auditors shall be dispatched to each Corporate Auditor no later than three (3) days prior
to the date of such meeting; provided, however, that such period may be shortened in case of urgency. 
  

	Article 29.	(Regulations of the Board of Corporate Auditors) 

  
 Matters pertaining to the Board of Corporate Auditors shall be governed by the Regulations of the Board of Corporate Auditors provided for by the Board of
Corporate Auditors. 
  
 CHAPTER VII. 
 ACCOUNTING 
  

	Article 30.	(Fiscal Year) 

  
 The accounts of the Company shall be closed on March 31st of each year. 
  

	Article 31.	(Payment of Dividends) 

  
 Dividends shall be paid to the shareholders or the registered pledgees who are listed or recorded on the latest Register of Shareholders, Etc. as of March
31st of each year. 
  

	Article 32.	(Interim Dividends) 

  
 The Company may, by a resolution of the Board of Directors, pay interim dividends (cash distributions pursuant to the provision of Article 293-5 of the
Commercial Code) to the shareholders or the registered pledgees who are listed or recorded on the latest Register of Shareholders, Etc. as of September 30th of each year. 
  

	Article 33.	(Prescription Period of Dividends) 

  
 In the case dividends or interim dividends remain unclaimed for three (3) years after the date of the commencement of payment thereof, the Company shall
be exempted from the obligation to pay such dividends. 
  

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	 Enacted:
	  	January 31, 1918
	 Amended:
	  	June 25, 1920
	 	  	December 20, 1922
	 	  	November 26, 1923
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	 	  	April 27, 1929
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	 	  	April 28, 1934
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	 	  	October 25, 1938
	 	  	April 26, 1939
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	 	  	May 19, 1943
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	 	  	November 29, 1963
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	 	  	May 30, 1967
	 	  	May 30, 1975
	 	  	June 29, 1982
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	 	  	June 26, 1998
	 	  	June 29, 1999
	 	  	June 29, 2000
	 	  	June 27, 2002
	 	  	June 27, 2003
	 	  	June 29, 2004

  

 - 6 -Share Handling Regulations of Daiichi

 Exhibit 4.2 

 (TRANSLATION) 
  
 DAIICHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. 
 SHARE HANDLING REGULATIONS 
  
 CHAPTER I. 
  
 GENERAL PROVISIONS

  

	Article 1.	(Purpose) 

  
 Denominations of share certificates and handling of the shares of the Company as well as the handling charges shall be governed by these Regulations
pursuant to Article 9 of the Articles of Incorporation; provided, however, that the handling concerning beneficial shareholders shall be governed by Chapter X hereof. 
  

	Article 2.	(Transfer Agent) 

  
 The transfer agent of the Company, and its handling office and liaison offices shall be as follows: 
  

			
	 Transfer agent:
	  	Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.,
	 	  	2-1, Yaesu 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
		
	 Handling office:
	  	Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Stock Transfer Agency Division, Head Office
	 	  	2-1, Yaesu 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo
		
	 Liaison offices:
	  	Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd., Branch offices throughout Japan
	 	  	Mizuho Investors Securities Co., Ltd., Head Office and Branch offices

  

	Article 3.	(Denominations of Share Certificates) 

  
 1.      Share certificates to be issued by the Company are to represent: one (1), ten (10), fifty (50), one hundred (100), five hundred
(500), one thousand (1,000) and ten thousand (10,000) shares; provided, however, that the Company may issue share certificates representing any number of shares less than one hundred (100). 
  
 2.      Of the share certificates referred to in the
immediately preceding paragraph, shareholders may not request the Company to issue share certificates (hereinafter referred to as “fractional unit shares certificate(s)” (tangen miman kabuken)) representing any number less than the number
of shares constituting one unit (hereinafter referred to as “fractional unit share(s)” (tangen miman kabushiki)) provided for in Article 7 of the Articles of Incorporation except for the cases as provided for in Articles 17, 18 and 22.

  

	Article 4.	(Requests, Reports Etc.) 

  
 1.      Requests or reports entrusted to the transfer agent by the Company shall be made to the transfer agent. 
  
 2.      All requests, reports, notices or applications under
these Regulations shall be made in the forms designated by the Company, to which the seal impression prescribed in Article 11 hereof shall be affixed. 
  
 3.      If any request, report, notice or application under these Regulations is made by a proxy, a document evidencing his/her authority
shall be submitted, and if any request, report, notice or application under these Regulations requires consent of a curator (hosanin) or an assistant (hojonin), a document evidencing such consent shall be submitted. 

 CHAPTER II. 
 REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF SHARES 
  

	Article 5.	(Registration of Transfer of Shares) 

  
 1.      In the case of request for registration of transfer of shares, a written request shall be submitted together with the share
certificates concerned. 
  
 2.      In the case of
request for registration of transfer of shares acquired for any reason other than assignment, a document evidencing such acquisition shall be submitted in addition to the procedures referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph; provided,
however, that if no share certificates have been issued for such shares, submission of share certificates shall not be required. 
  

	Article 6.	(Registration of Transfer of Shares Where Laws and Ordinances Provide Otherwise) 

  
 In case where any special procedures are required by laws and ordinances for a transfer of shares, a written request
therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned and a document evidencing completion of such procedures. 
  
 CHAPTER III. 
  
 PLEDGE AND TRUST ASSETS 
  

	Article 7.	(Registration of Pledge and Cancellation Thereof) 

  
 In the case of request for registration or alteration of a pledge or cancellation thereof in respect of shares, a written request signed jointly by the
pledgor and the pledgee shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned. 
  

	Article 8.	(Indication of Trust Assets or Cancellation Thereof) 

  
 In the case of request for indication of trust assets or cancellation thereof in respect of shares, the trustor or the trustee shall submit a written
request together with the share certificates concerned. 
  
 CHAPTER IV. 
  
 NON-POSSESSION OF SHARE
CERTIFICATES 
  

	Article 9.	(Request for Non-possession of Share Certificates) 

  
 In case where non-possession of share certificates is requested, a written request therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates
concerned; provided, however, that if the share certificates concerned have not been issued, submission of share certificates shall not be required. 
  

	Article 10.	(Request for Issuance or Return of Share Certificates Placed in Non-possession Status) 

  
 In case where a shareholder who has requested non-possession of share
certificates requests the issuance or return of the share certificates, a written request therefor shall be submitted; provided, however, that no request may be made for issuance of share certificates representing fractional unit shares if the
Company has treated the certificates for such shares as non-issued share certificates. 
  

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 CHAPTER V. 
  
 REPORTS 
  

	Article 11.	(Reports of Name, Address and Seal Impression of Shareholder, Etc.) 

  
 1.      A shareholder, registered pledgee or legal representative thereof shall report his/her address, name
and seal impression; provided, however, that a foreigner who is accustomed to signing his/her name may substitute his/her specimen signature for such seal impression. 
  
 2.      In case where any change in the reported matters referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph
occurs, such matters shall be reported. 
  

	Article 12.	(Report of Mailing Address of Non-Resident Shareholder, Etc.) 

  
 1.      A shareholder, registered pledgee or legal representative of such shareholder or registered pledgee who is residing in a foreign
country shall either appoint a standing proxy in Japan or designate a mailing address in Japan and shall report thereon in addition to the matters prescribed in the immediately preceding article. 
  
 2.      The provisions of the immediately preceding article
shall apply mutatis mutandis to standing proxies. 
  

	Article 13.	(Corporate Representatives) 

  
 1.      If a shareholder is a corporation, the representative of such corporation shall be reported. 
  
 2.      In the case of a change of such representative, a
report thereof shall be submitted together with a certified extract copy of the commercial register of such corporation. 
  

	Article 14.	(Representative of Jointly-owned Shares) 

  
 Shareholders who own shares jointly shall appoint a representative and submit a report thereof. The same shall apply in the case of change of such
representative. 
  

	Article 15.	(Change of Entry in Register of Shareholders and Share Certificates) 

  
 In case where any change of entry in the register of shareholders or share certificates is made due to any of the following
reasons, a written report thereon shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned and a written document evidencing such fact; provided, however, that if no share certificates have been issued for such shares, submission of share
certificates shall not be required: 
  

	 	1.	Change of family name or first name; 

	 	2.	Appointment, change or removal of a legal representative of a person, including a person in parental authority and a guardian; 

	 	3.	Change of trade name or corporate name; and 

	 	4.	Change of corporate organization. 

  
 CHAPTER VI. 
  
 REISSUANCE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES 
  

	Article 16.	(Reissuance due to Split or Consolidation of Share Certificates) 

  
 1.      In the case of request for issuance of new share certificates due to split or consolidation of share
certificates, a written request shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned. 
  
 2.      No fractional unit share certificates shall be issued in response to the request prescribed in the immediately preceding paragraph. 
  

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	Article 17.	(Reissuance due to Defacement or Mutilation) 

  
 In the case of request for issuance of new share certificates due to defacement or mutilation of share certificates, a written request shall be submitted
together with the share certificates concerned; provided, however, that if it is difficult to discern whether the share certificates in question are genuine or not, issuance of new share certificates shall be made in accordance with the provisions
of Chapter VII hereof. 
  

	Article 18.	(Reissuance Due to Completion of Columns) 

  
 When all the columns for names of shareholders on a share certificate have been completely filled, the Company shall collect such share certificate and
issue a new share certificate. 
  

	Article 19.	(Automatic Consolidation of Fractional Unit Share Certificates) 

  
 Fractional unit share certificates submitted for registration of a transfer of shares shall, in case where such fractional
unit shares may be combined into one unit of shares, be consolidated into one unit share certificates, unless the party requesting such registration has instructed otherwise. 
  
 CHAPTER VII. 
  
 REISSUANCE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES DUE TO LOSS 
  

	Article 20.	(Application for Registration of Loss of Share Certificates and Cancellation thereof) 

  
 1.      In case where a person applies for registration of loss
of share certificates, the application form therefor shall be submitted together with a document evidencing acquisition of the share certificates concerned, a document evidencing loss thereof and a document for identification of the applicant;
provided, however, that in case where the person who applies for registration of loss of share certificates is the registered shareholder or pledgee of such lost share certificates, the application form therefor shall be submitted together only with
a document evidencing loss thereof. 
  
 2.      In
case where those who registered the loss of share certificates apply for cancellation of such registration prescribed in the immediately preceding paragraph, the application form therefor shall be submitted. 
  

	Article 21.	(Application for Objection to Registration of Loss of Share Certificates) 

  
 In the case of application for objection to registration of loss of share certificates, the application form therefor shall
be submitted together with the share certificates concerned and a document for identification of the applicant; provided, however, that in case where shareholders or the registered pledgees apply for such objection, a document for identification of
the applicant shall not be required. 
  

	Article 22.	(Reissuance due to Lapse of Share Certificates) 

  
 In the case of request for reissuance of lapsed share certificates, a written request therefor shall be submitted. 
  

	Article 23.	(Application of the Provisions concerning the Reports) 

  
 In case where the person who registered the loss of share certificates is not a shareholder or a registered pledgee, such person shall amend the
description in the register of lost share certificates recorded pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 through 15 hereof applied mutatis mutandis. 
  

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 CHAPTER VIII. 
  
 REPURCHASE OF FRACTIONAL UNIT SHARES 
  

	Article 24.	(Request for Repurchase) 

  
 In the case of request for repurchase of fractional unit shares, a written request shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned to
the share handling office or any of the liaison offices of the transfer agent provided for in Article 2 hereof; provided, however, that if no share certificates have been issued for such shares, submission of share certificates shall not be
required. 
  

	Article 25.	(Determination of Repurchase Price) 

  
 1.      The repurchase price per fractional unit share that is requested to be repurchased shall be the closing price on the market held by
the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the day on which the written request is received by the share handling office or any of the liaison offices provided for in the immediately preceding article; provided, however, that if no sales transaction is performed
or the Tokyo Stock Exchange is not open for business on such day, the repurchase price per fractional unit share shall be the price per share at which the shares are first traded subsequent to such day. 
  
 2.    The repurchase price shall be the amount obtained by multiplying
the repurchase price per fractional unit share to be determined pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph by the number of fractional unit shares requested to be repurchased. 
  

	Article 26.	(Payment of Repurchase Price) 

  
 1.      The Company shall pay the repurchase price calculated in the manner prescribed in the immediately preceding article at the place of
acceptance of request for repurchase no later than six (6) business days from the day following the day on which the repurchase price is determined; provided, however, that if the repurchase price reflects the right to receive dividends or new
shares pursuant to stock split or the stock acquisition rights, etc., the Company shall pay the repurchase price no later than the record date and the date of allotment. 
  
 2.      The person who requests for repurchase may request payment of the repurchase price by transfer to
his/her designated bank account or by postal money transfer. 
  

	Article 27.	(Transfer of Title to Repurchased Shares) 

  
 The title to fractional unit shares for which a request for repurchase is made shall be transferred to the Company at the date when the payment or
procedures for payment of the repurchase price provided for in the immediately preceding article are completed. 
  
 CHAPTER IX. 
  
 HANDLING CHARGES 
  

	Article 28.	(Handling Charges for Reissuance of Share Certificates) 

  

1.      No charges shall be charged by the Company for handling of shares except for the following cases: 
  

	 	(1)	In the case of reissuance of share certificates placed in non-possession status pursuant to Article 10 hereof, reissuance due to split of share certificates pursuant to Article 16
hereof, reissuance due to defacement or mutilation pursuant to Article 17 hereof or reissuance due to lapse of share certificates pursuant to Article 22 hereof, the charges shall be the amount equivalent to the stamp tax per share certificate; and

  

	 	(2)	In the case of application for registration of loss of share certificates pursuant to Article 20 hereof, the charges shall be ten thousand (10,000) yen per request for application
for registration of loss of share certificates and five hundred (500) yen per share certificate to be registered as a lost share certificate. 

  

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 CHAPTER X. 
  
 SPECIAL TREATMENT 
 WITH RESPECT TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS 
  

	Article 29.	(Entry in Register of Beneficial Shareholders) 

  
 Entry in the register of beneficial shareholders shall be made on the basis of notices with respect to the beneficial shareholders given from the Japan
Securities Depositary Center, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as “Center”) and the card of beneficial shareholders. 
  

	Article 30.	(Card of Beneficial Shareholders) 

  
 A beneficial shareholder shall submit the card of beneficial shareholders through the participant. 
  

	Article 31.	(Integration) 

  
 In case where any shareholder whose name appears on the register of shareholders can be regarded as the same person as any beneficial shareholder whose
name appears on the register of beneficial shareholders based on their addresses and names, the respective numbers of shares of each such registration shall be aggregated in respect of the exercise of rights of shareholders. 
  

	Article 32.	(Reports by Beneficial Shareholders) 

  
 1.      The provisions of Chapter V shall apply mutatis mutandis to beneficial shareholders; provided, however, that in the case of a
change of entry in the register of beneficial shareholders, submission of share certificates shall not be required. 
  
 2.      A beneficial shareholder shall make the submission prescribed in the immediately preceding paragraph through the Participant;
provided, however, that report of change of the registered seal impression only does not require the submission through the participant. 
  

	Article 33.	(Purchase of Fractional Unit Shares of Beneficial Shareholders) 

  
 The provisions of Chapter VIII shall apply mutatis mutandis to beneficial shareholders; provided, however, that in case where a beneficial
shareholder requests for repurchase of fractional unit shares, such beneficial shareholder shall make the request through the Participant and the Center. 
  

	Article 34.	(Others) 

  
 Treatment with respect to beneficial shareholders shall be governed by rules established by the Center in addition to provisions of this Chapter.

  

	Article 35.	(Abolition of and Amendments to these Regulations) 

  
 Abolition of and any amendment to these Regulations shall be subject to a resolution of the Board of Directors. 

 

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 ADDENDUM 
  

	Article 1	(Date of Enforcement) 

  
 These Regulations shall be enforced from April 1, 2003. 
  

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