INVESTOR RELATIONS

Common stock (authorized)	113,812,700
Common stock (issued)	42,279,982
Number of shareholders at end of this term	4,358

Name of shareholder	Number of shares （thousands）	Shareholding percentage （％）
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION	25,629	65.85
INTERTRUST TRUSTEES（CAYMAN）LIMITED SOLELY IN ITS　CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF JAPAN-UP	6,346	16.31
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.	932	2.39
BNY GCM CLIENT ACCOUNT JPRD AC ISG（FE-AC）	698	1.79
Tachibana Securities Co., LTD.	270	0.69
Employee Stock Ownership Association	178	0.46
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.	173	0.45
STATE STREET BANK AND TRUST COMPANY 505223	157	0.40
SEIWA CORPORATION	146	0.38
Hanwa Co.,Ltd.	136	0.35

１．Number of shares under 1,000 is rounded down to the nearest thousand.
２．The company’s 3,360 thousand treasury shares are not included in the major shareholding figure stated above.
３．The proportion of shareholding is calculated after deducting treasury shares.
４．Shares held by The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd., Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. are related to trust services.

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