Article 52-4Special Provisions on Notifications on Holding of Voting Rights in a Bank

①Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 52-2-11, paragraph (1), a bank, financial instruments business operator (limited to one engaged in securities-related services), trust company (limited to one that has obtained the license referred to in Article 3 or Article 53, paragraph (1) of the Trust Business Act), or other persons specified by Cabinet Office Order that have filed a notification of the base date with the Prime Minister and that holds voting rights in respect of shares issued by a bank or bank holding company but does not hold them for the purpose of controlling the business of the bank or bank holding company that issued those shares (excluding the case in which the percentage of voting rights held exceeds the number specified by Cabinet Office Order and the case specified by Cabinet Office Order in consideration of the manner in which the voting rights are held and other circumstances; hereinafter referred to as "voting rights subject to special provisions" in this Article) must submit a notification on holding of voting rights in a bank concerning those shares to the Prime Minister, by the 15th of the month following the month in which the base date falls and pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order, in which it states the particulars specified by Cabinet Office Order as relevant to the holding status of those voting rights on the base date on which its percentage of voting rights held exceeded five percent for the first time.

②A written report of changes for the voting rights subject to special provisions (excluding a report for a change in which the voting rights become those other than voting rights subject to special provisions) must be submitted to the Prime Minister by the day specified in the following items in accordance with the category of cases set forth in each item, pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order:

③The base date referred to in the preceding two paragraphs means the last day of every third month, after the day on which the person specified by Cabinet Office Order that is prescribed in paragraph (1) files a notification with the Prime Minister pursuant to the provisions of Cabinet Office Order.

④The provisions of Article 2, paragraph (11) apply mutatis mutandis to the voting rights subject to special provisions held by a major holder of voting rights in a bank in the case referred to in paragraph (1) or paragraph (2).