Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Securities and Exchange Act

①Unless otherwise provided in these Supplementary Provisions, the provisions of Chapter II of the Securities and Exchange Act as amended by the provisions of Article 15 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Securities and Exchange Act") apply to the solicitation of an offer to acquire (meaning the solicitation of an offer to acquire prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) of the New Securities and Exchange Act; the same applies hereinafter) the securities listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the New Securities and Exchange Act and the rights listed in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article (hereinafter referred to as "new securities"), or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase (hereinafter referred to as the "solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc."), commenced on or after the effective date, and to transactions in new securities pertaining to that solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc., and the provisions then in force continue to govern the solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc. of the securities listed in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Securities and Exchange Act prior to the amendment by the provisions of Article 15 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Securities and Exchange Act") (hereinafter referred to as "former securities") commenced before the effective date, and transactions in former securities pertaining to that solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc.