Supplementary Provisions, Article 4

The provisions of Article 9-2, paragraph (1), items (v), (vi), (viii) and (ix) of the New Act also apply to shares acquired by a stock company subject to the application of the provisions of that paragraph during the period from January 1, 1977 to the day preceding the Effective Date. In this case, with regard to the application of the provisions of items (vi) and (ix) of that paragraph to a stock company subject to the application of the provisions of that paragraph on the Effective Date, the phrase "in advance" in item (vi) of that paragraph and the phrase "in advance (or, in the case of acquisition due to urgent and unavoidable circumstances, without delay after the acquisition)" in item (ix) of that paragraph are deemed to be replaced with "without delay after the enforcement of the Act Partially Amending the Act on Prohibition of Private Monopolization and Maintenance of Fair Trade (Act No. 63 of 1977)".