Supplementary Provisions, Article 14Transitional Measures Accompanying the Partial Amendment of the Securities and Exchange Act by the Provisions of Article 3

The provisions of Article 4, Article 13, paragraph (1), Article 15, paragraph (1), and Article 23-13, paragraphs (1) and (3) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as amended by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act") apply to solicitation with a view to issuing new securities (meaning solicitation with a view to issuing new securities prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (1), item (iv) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) or solicitation with a view to delivering existing securities (meaning solicitation with a view to delivering existing securities prescribed in Article 4, paragraph (2) of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act) that commences on or after the effective date, and with regard to the solicitation of an offer to acquire securities set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Securities and Exchange Act before its amendment by the provisions of Article 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Securities and Exchange Act"), or rights set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article that are deemed to be securities pursuant to the provisions of that paragraph (hereinafter referred to as "former securities"), or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase former securities, that commenced before the effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.