Financial Instruments and Exchange Act

In a case specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of making the copies of the documents that are required to be made available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27) or Article 27-14, paragraph (2) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)) available for public inspection, a person that has carried out electronic disclosure procedures for the documents set forth in Article 25, paragraph (1), items (i) through (ix) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27), the subsidiary company submitting an annual securities report of a person that has carried out electronic disclosure procedures for the document set forth in item (x) of that paragraph (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27), or a person that has carried out electronic disclosure procedures for the document prescribed in Article 27-14, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)) may make the particulars (excluding the parts that are not to be made available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 25, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27) and also excluding the specified part) that are required to be stated in the documents set forth in each item of Article 25, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27) or the documents prescribed in Article 27-14, paragraph (1) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2)) that relate to the copies of those documents available for public inspection by displaying those particulars on the screen of an output device or by any other means specified by Cabinet Office Order. In such a case, the person that makes those particulars available for public inspection is deemed to have made the copies of those documents available for public inspection.

In the cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of sending the copies of the documents that a parent company, etc. is required to send to its subsidiary company submitting annual securities reports pursuant to the provisions of Article 24-7, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (6) of that Article (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27) and Article 27), the parent company, etc. may provide the subsidiary company submitting annual securities reports with the particulars that are required to be stated in a parent company, etc. status report (including its amended report), related to the copies of the documents, by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies. In such a case, the parent company, etc. is deemed to have sent the copies of those documents.

In the cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of sending the copies of the documents that a tender offeror (meaning a tender offeror as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (4)) is required to send to the issuer (and to any person that has already submitted a tender offer statement for the share certificates, etc. of that issuer as of the day on which the tender offeror submits the tender offer statement in connection with the relevant tender offer (meaning a tender offer statement as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (2) and including any amended statement in connection with it; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (4))) of the share certificates, etc. that are subject to the tender offer (meaning a tender offer as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (1); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph and paragraph (4)), pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-3, paragraph (4) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-8, paragraph (6) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-13, paragraph (3)); Article 27-11, paragraph (4); and Article 27-13, paragraph (3)) or Article 27-10, paragraph (13) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-10, paragraph (14)), the tender offeror may provide the issuer with the particulars, as per the copies of those documents, that are required to be stated in the tender offer notification, written tender offer withdrawal notice (meaning a written tender offer withdrawal notice as prescribed in Article 27-11, paragraph (3)), tender offer report (meaning a tender offer report as prescribed in Article 27-13, paragraph (2) and including any amended report in connection with it), and tender offeror's answer, by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies. In such a case, the tender offeror is deemed to have sent the copies of those documents.

In the cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of sending the copies of the documents that a tender offeror (meaning a tender offeror as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) is required to send pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-3, paragraph (4) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2) or (3) if a person has already submitted a tender offer statement (meaning a tender Offer statement as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (2)) for share certificates, etc. issued by the issuer that is the tender offeror, as of the date on which the tender offeror submits the tender offer statement (meaning a tender offer statement as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2), and including any amended statement in connection with it) in the relevant tender offer (meaning a tender offer as prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (1) as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2); hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph), the tender offeror may provide the relevant person with the particulars for that tender offer that are required to be stated in the tender offer statement (meaning the tender offer statement prescribed in Article 27-3, paragraph (2) as applied mutatis mutandis to Article 27-22-2, paragraph (2), and including any amended statement in connection with it) by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies. In such a case, the tender offeror is deemed to have sent the copies of those documents.

In the cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of sending the copies of the documents that the target company of a tender offer is required to send to the tender offeror that is involved in the relevant tender offer pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-10, paragraph (9) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-10, paragraph (10)) (and to any person other than the tender offeror that has already submitted a tender offer statement for the share certificates, etc. of the issuer that are subject to that tender offer as of the day on which the target company submits the target company's position statement in connection with the relevant tender offer (including any amended reports in connection with it; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph)),the target company may provide the tender offeror with the particulars that are required to be stated in the target company's position statement by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies. In such a case, the target company of the tender offer is deemed to have sent the copies of those documents.

In the cases specified by Cabinet Office Order, in lieu of sending the copies of the documents that the holder of share certificates, etc. is required to send to the issuer of those share certificates, etc. pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-27 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-29, paragraph (2)), the holder of the share certificates, etc. may provide the company with the particulars, as per the copies of those documents, that are required to be stated in the documents prescribed in Article 27-27 (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-29, paragraph (2)) (excluding parts that are not to be made available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-28, paragraph (3) (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27-29, paragraph (2))) by means of using an electronic data processing system or by any other means using information and communications technology that Cabinet Office Order specifies. In such a case, the holder of share certificates, etc. is deemed to have delivered the copies of those documents.