Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Concerning Tender Offers

The provisions of Article 27-2, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (limited to the amending provisions set forth in item (iii) of the preceding Article; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) (referred to as the "item (iii) New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act" in Articles 5 and 6 of the Supplementary Provisions) apply to the purchase, etc. of share certificates, etc. prescribed in that paragraph that is made on or after the date of enforcement of the provisions set forth in that item (hereinafter referred to as the "item (iii) effective date"), and with respect to the purchase, etc. of share certificates, etc. prescribed in Article 27-2, paragraph (1) of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act before amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (referred to as the "item (iii) Old Financial Instruments and Exchange Act" in the following Article through Article 5 of the Supplementary Provisions) that was made before the item (iii) effective date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.