一the officer, etc. of the tender offeror, etc. (including its parent company, if the tender offeror, etc. is a corporation; hereinafter the same applies in this paragraph) (or, if the tender offeror, etc. is a person other than a corporation, its agent or employee):coming to know the relevant fact related to the person's duties;

二a shareholder of the tender offeror, etc. which has the right prescribed in Article 433, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act, or a member of the tender offeror, etc. which has the right prescribed in Article 433, paragraph (3) of that Act (including the officer, etc. of such a shareholder or member, if such a shareholder or member is a corporation, and the agent or employee of such a shareholder or member, if such a shareholder or member is a person other than a corporation):coming to know the relevant fact related to the exercise of that right;

三a person that has statutory authority over the tender offeror, etc.:coming to know the relevant fact in the course of exercising that authority;

四a person other than the officer, etc. of the tender offeror, etc., if the tender offeror, etc. is a corporation, a person other than the agent or employee of the tender offeror, etc., if the tender offeror, etc. is a person other than a corporation, which has concluded, or is in negotiations to conclude, a contract with the tender offer, etc. (including the officer, etc. of such a person, if such a person is a corporation, and the agent or employee of such a person, if such a person is a person other than a corporation):coming to know the relevant fact in relation to the conclusion, negotiation, or implementation of that contract;

五the issuer (including its officer, etc.) of listed or other share certificates, etc. related to the tender offer, etc. (excluding the tender officer prescribed in Article 27-22-2, paragraph (1) for listed share certificates, etc.):if such a person has come to know the fact by receiving information from the tender offeror, etc. (in the case of an officer, etc., if the person has come to know the fact related to their duties by receiving information from the tender offeror, etc.);

六the officer, etc. of a person set forth in item (ii), item (iv) or the preceding item which is a corporation (limited to the officer, etc. of a corporation when another officer, etc. of the corporation comes to know the fact that the tender offer, etc. will be launched or the fact that the tender offer, etc. will be suspended by the tender offeror, etc. pursuant to item (ii), item (iv) or the preceding item):coming to know the relevant fact related to the person's duties.

一a person with the right prescribed in Article 202, paragraph (1), item (i) of the Companies Act acquires share certificates by exercising that right;

二a person with a share option (including a right specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent thereto) acquires share certificates by exercising that share option (including securities specified by Cabinet Order as being equivalent thereto);

二の二a person that has acquired an option on share certificates, etc. effects a purchase, etc. or sale, etc. of share certificates, etc. by exercising that option;

三a purchase of shares is demanded under Article 116, paragraph (1); Article 182-4, paragraph (1); Article 469, paragraph (1); Article 785, paragraph (1); Article 797, paragraph (1); Article 806, paragraph (1); or Article 816-6, paragraph (1) of the Companies Act (including a demand specified by Cabinet Order as a demand under other laws and regulations that is equivalent thereto), or a purchase, etc. or sale, etc. of share certificates, etc. is made based on statutory obligations;

四a purchase, etc. of the listed or other share certificates, etc. that are subject to the tender offer, etc. (including an option for the purchase and sale of the listed or other share certificates, etc.; hereinafter the same applies in this item) is made as per the request of the tender offeror, etc. (limited to a request that the board of directors of the tender offeror, etc. have decided to make, if the tender offeror, etc. is a company (this includes a request that a director has decided to make based on the delegation made by resolution at the board of directors meeting under Article 399-13, paragraph (5) of the Companies Act or based on the delegation made by resolution at the board of directors meeting provided in the articles of incorporation under the provisions of paragraph (6) of that Article, if it is a company with supervisory committee; and including a request that an executive officer has decided to make based on the delegation made by resolution at the board of directors meeting under the provisions of Article 416, paragraph (4) of that Act, if it is a company with nominating committee, etc.)) (but only if the purchase, etc. of the listed or other share certificates, etc. is made for the purpose of selling, etc. the listed or other share certificates, etc. to the tender offeror, etc.);

五a purchase, etc. of the listed or other share certificates, etc. that are subject to the tender offer, etc. (these include options for the purchase and sale of listed or other share certificates, etc.) is made as per a request that the board of directors of the issuer of the listed or other share certificates, etc. have decided to make (including a request that a director has decided to make based on the delegation made by resolution at the board of directors meeting under the provisions of Article 399-13, paragraph (5) of the Companies Act or based on the delegation made by resolution at the board of directors meeting provided in the articles of incorporation under paragraph (6) of that Article, if it is a company with supervisory committee; and including a request that an executive officer has decided to make based on the delegation made by resolution at the board of directors meeting under the provisions of Article 416, paragraph (4) of that Act, if it is a company with nominating committee, etc.) in order to cope with the tender offer, etc.;

六a purchase, etc. or sale, etc. of share certificates, etc. is made pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Order referred to in Article 159, paragraph (3);

七a person that comes to know the fact that a tender offer, etc. will be launched as prescribed in paragraph (1) makes a purchase, etc. from another person that knows the fact that the tender offer, etc. will be launched, through neither a financial instruments exchange market nor an over-the-counter securities market, or a person that comes to know the fact that a tender offer, etc. will be suspended as provided in paragraph (1) makes a sale, etc. to another person that knows the fact that the tender offer, etc. will be suspended, through neither a financial instruments exchange market nor an over-the-counter securities market (unless both parties to the sale, etc. know that a further sale, etc. of the share certificates, etc. linked to that sale, etc. that is in violation of the provisions of paragraph (1) or (3) will be made);

八if a person that receives information on a fact concerning launch of a tender offer, etc. from a specified person concerned with tender offeror, etc. (meaning a person concerned with tender offeror, etc. that comes to know the fact concerning the launch of a tender offer, etc. prescribed in paragraph (1) in the manner as prescribed in any of the items of that paragraph; the same applies in the following item) (including an officer, etc. of that person when that person is a corporation, and an agent or employee of that person when the person is a person other than a corporation) makes a purchase, etc. of share certificates, etc. (limited to cases in which, in the public notice made by the person that receives the information pursuant to Article 27-3, paragraph (1), the following matters are clearly indicated and a tender offer notification prescribed in paragraph (2) of that Article which states those particulars and is submitted by the person that receives the information is made available for public inspection pursuant to the provisions of Article 27-14, paragraph (1)):

イthe name of the person that provides the information;

ロthe time when the information is received; and

ハthe particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as content of the fact concerning launch of a tender offer, etc. on which information is received;

九if a specified person concerned with tender offeror, etc. that is not the person set forth in paragraph (1), item (i) or a person that receives information on the fact concerning launch of a tender offer, etc. prescribed in that paragraph from a specified person concerned with tender offeror, etc. (the person excludes a specified person concerned with tender offeror, etc., and includes an officer, etc. of the person when the person is a corporation, and an agent or employee of the person when the person is a person other than a corporation) makes purchase, etc. of share certificates, etc. (limited to cases in which six months have passed from the day of coming to know the fact concerning launch of a tender offer, etc. as prescribed in any of the items of that paragraph for a specified person concerned with tender offeror, etc., and from the day of receiving the information for a person that receives information);

十if, upon a merger, etc., share certificates, etc. are succeeded or the other party is caused to succeed those share certificates, etc. and the proportion of the book value of the share certificates, etc. to the total amount of the book value of the assets succeeded upon the relevant merger, etc. is below the proportion specified by Cabinet Office Order as a particularly low proportion;

十一if a resolution at a board of directors meeting relating to a decision on the content of a contract for a merger, etc. (for an incorporation-type company split, an incorporation-type company split plan) has been passed before coming to know the fact concerning tender offer, etc. by a tender offeror, etc. and share certificates, etc. related to that tender offer, etc. are succeeded to or the other party is caused to succeed to those share certificates, etc. upon the merger, etc. in accordance with the relevant resolution;

十二if, upon an incorporation-type company split, share certificates, etc. are caused to be succeeded to by a company incorporated through incorporation-type company split (excluding incorporation-type company split that a corporation implements jointly with another corporation);

十三if, upon a merger, etc., share exchange, or partial share exchange, share certificates, etc. of a company that is a party to the relevant merger, etc., share exchange, or partial share exchange and an issuer of listed or other share certificates, etc. related to a tender offer, etc. or listed share certificates, etc. held by the relevant company have been delivered,or the relevant share certificates, etc. are delivered;

十四a purchase, etc. or sale, etc. is made as a performance of a contract for the purchase, etc. or sale, etc. of the share certificates, etc. that are subject to the tender offer, etc., which is concluded before the person comes to know the facts of the tender offer, etc. launched by the tender offeror, etc., as implementation of a plan for the purchase, etc. or sale, etc. of the share certificates, etc. subject to the tender offer, etc. which is decided before the person comes to know the facts of the tender offer, etc. launched by the tender offeror, etc., or a purchase, etc. or sale, etc. that is obviously based on other special circumstances equivalent to the case (limited to a case specified by Cabinet Office Order) is made.