The Company will abolish the Retirement Benefit System for Directors and Corporate Auditors at the close of the 7th ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2007.
For retirement benefits corresponding to the term of office until the date of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company will supply benefits with the date of the meeting as the cutoff point. After obtaining approval at the ordinary general meeting of shareholders, the Company will pay the benefits to qualified Directors and Corporate Auditors when they retire from office.

In line with the abolition of the Retirement Benefit System for Directors, the Company will review the Remuneration System for Directors and Corporate Auditors. For Directors, the Company will adopt a remuneration system that is linked more closely to the consolidated business results of the Group. For Corporate Auditors, in view of their responsibilities, it will introduce a system that limits remuneration to fixed amounts.
Application of the new Remuneration System for Directors will start at the close of the 7th ordinary general meeting of shareholders to be held in June 2007.

To increase shareholder value through a management approach that aims to achieve sustained improvement in corporate value, the Company will set up guidelines for the purchase and ownership of treasury stocks. Based on these guidelines, Directors will purchase a fixed amount of shares in the Company every month through a stock ownership group they form, and will continue to own the acquired shares during their term of office.