INVESTOR RELATIONS

Common stock (authorized)	113,812,700
Common stock (issued)	42,279,982
Number of shareholders at end of this term	9,326

Name of shareholder	Number of shares （thousands）	Shareholding percentage （％）
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION	25,629	65.85
Tachibana Securities Co., LTD.	1,630	4.19
JPLLC-CL JPY	1,511	3.88
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd.	1,029	2.64
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.	930	2.39
GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL	825	2.12
JPMorgan Securities Japan Co., Ltd.	487	1.25
MSIP CLIENT SECURITIES	341	0.88
DFA INTL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO	340	0.88
UBS AG LONDON A/C IPB SEGREGATED CLIENT ACCOUNT	331	0.85

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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