Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Annual Securities Reports, etc. Submitted by Foreign Companies, etc.

The provisions of Articles 24, 24-2 and 24-5 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 of the Act Partially Amending the Securities and Exchange Act, etc. (Act No. 65 of 2006) (hereinafter referred to as the "New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act") (including the case where those provisions apply mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 27 of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) apply starting with the annual securities reports and their accompanying documents, the amended reports of those, and the semiannual securities reports and their amended reports, submitted by an issuer of securities set forth in the following items on or after the day specified in the respective items, and with regard to those submitted before the day specified in the respective items, the provisions then in force continue to govern.