INVESTOR RELATIONS

Common stock (authorized)	113,812,700
Common stock (issued)	42,279,982
Number of shareholders at end of this term	4,403

Name of shareholder	Number of shares （thousands）	Shareholding percentage （％）
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION	16,629	55.58
INTERTRUST TRUSTEES（CAYMAN）LIMITED SOLELY IN ITS　CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF JAPAN-UP	5,231	17.48
JAPAN SECURITIES FINANCE CO., LTD.	836	2.79
Tachibana Securities Co., LTD.	760	2.54
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.	673	2.25
JPMSPLC CLIENT ASSETS SK JPY	435	1.45
CGML PB CLIENT ACCOUNT/COLLATERAL	250	0.84
UBS AG LONDON A/C IPB SEGREGATED CLIENT ACCOUNT	213	0.71
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK EUROPE SE	200	0.67
Employee Stock Ownership Association	182	0.61

１．Number of shares under 1,000 is rounded down to the nearest thousand.
２．The company’s 12,361 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. are related to trust services.

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