Supplementary Provisions, Article 16

The provisions of Article 24 of the New Securities and Exchange Act apply to an annual securities report (including its accompanying documents and the amended reports of these) under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the New Securities and Exchange Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article; the same applies in the following Article) for a business year that ends on or after the effective date (including the specified period prescribed in paragraph (1) of that Article as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article and Article 18 of the Supplementary Provisions), or to the case where a fact prescribed in Article 24, paragraph (2) of the New Securities and Exchange Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (4) of that Article) arises on or after the effective date, and the provisions then in force continue to govern an annual securities report (including its accompanying documents and the amended reports of these) under the provisions of Article 24, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act for a business year that ended before the effective date, or the case where a fact prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article arises before the effective date.