Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Transitional Measures Accompanying Partial Amendment of the Securities and Exchange Act

With regard to new securities (meaning the securities set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Securities and Exchange Act as amended by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "New Securities and Exchange Act") or the rights set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article (excluding the securities set forth in the items of Article 2, paragraph (1) of the Securities and Exchange Act prior to amendment by the provisions of Article 1 (hereinafter referred to as the "Former Securities and Exchange Act") or the rights set forth in the items of paragraph (2) of that Article); the same applies in Article 11 of the Supplementary Provisions) for which the solicitation of an offer to acquire (meaning the solicitation of an offer to acquire prescribed in Article 2, paragraph (3) 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")) or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase (referred to as the "solicitation of an offer to acquire, etc." in Article 4 of the Supplementary Provisions) was commenced before the day this Act comes into effect (hereinafter referred to as "the effective date"), the provisions of Chapter II of the New Financial Instruments and Exchange Act do not apply.