Article 23-8Submission of Shelf Registration Supplements

①It is prohibited for an issuer, person that engages in the secondary distribution of securities, underwriter, financial instruments business operator, registered financial institution or financial instruments intermediary service provider, or financial service intermediary to cause securities whose public offerings or secondary distributions have been registered in advance through a shelf registration to be acquired through public offerings or secondary distributions, or to sell such securities through public offerings or secondary distributions, unless the shelf registration has come into effect and a document stating the total issue value or total distribution value, conditions of issuance or distribution of the securities, and any other particulars that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest or for the protection of investors (hereinafter referred to as "shelf registration supplement") has been submitted to the Prime Minister for each public offering or secondary distribution, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order; provided however, that this does not apply to public offerings or secondary distributions specified by Cabinet Office Order if the total issue value or total distribution value of each public offering or secondary distribution is less than 100 million.

②Notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the issuer, person that engages in the secondary distribution of securities, underwriter, financial instruments business operator, or registered financial institution may cause short-term corporate bonds provided for in Article 66, item (i) of the Act on Book-Entry Transfer of Corporate Bonds and Shares or any other bonds, etc. specified by Cabinet Order that are among the book-entry bonds set forth in Article 278, paragraph (1) of that Act (limited to those with an outstanding balance that is made available for public inspection by the book-entry transfer institution (meaning a book-entry transfer institution provided for in Article 2, paragraph (2) of that Act) that deals in the relevant book-entry bonds), whose public offerings or secondary distributions have been registered in advance through a shelf registration, to be acquired through public offerings or secondary distributions or to sell such bonds, etc. through public offerings or secondary distributions, if the shelf registration has come into effect.

③If a public offering or secondary distribution of securities will be made only to shareholders that are stated or recorded in the shareholder register as of a certain date, the shelf registration supplement for that public offering or secondary distribution must be submitted by 10 days prior to that date; provided, however, that this does not apply in the cases that are specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the issue price or distribution price or other circumstances.

⑤As well as stating, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order and in addition to the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order which are referred to in paragraph (1), that reference should be made to the latest reference documents on the issuer with regard to the particulars set forth in Article 5, paragraph (1), item (ii), the shelf registration supplements referred to in paragraph (1) must be accompanied by the documents that are specified by Cabinet Office Order as necessary and appropriate in the public interest for the protection of investors.