Supplementary Provisions, Article 7

①The provisions of Article 24-5, paragraph (1) of the New Securities and Exchange Act (including as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to paragraph (3) of that Article; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) apply to a semiannual securities report under the provisions of paragraph (1) of that Article (including its amended report; the same applies hereinafter in this Article) for a business year beginning on or after April 1, 2000, and for a semiannual securities report under the provisions of Article 24-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act for a business year beginning before that date, the provisions then in force continue to govern.

②A company that must submit a semiannual securities report under the provisions of Article 24-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act pursuant to the provisions of the preceding paragraph may submit a semiannual securities report under the provisions of Article 24-5, paragraph (1) of the New Securities and Exchange Act in place of the semiannual securities report under the provisions of Article 24-5, paragraph (1) of the Former Securities and Exchange Act for a business year beginning on or after April 1, 1999 and before April 1, 2000.