Notice Regarding the Acquisition of Treasury Stock and the Purchase of Treasury Stock Through Off-Exchange Transactions for Treasury Stock (ToSTNeT-3) (Acquisition of Treasury Stock and Purchase of Treasury Stock Through Off-Exchange Transactions for Treasury Stock (ToSTNeT-3) Based on the Provisions in the Articles of Incorporation under Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act)

　We hereby announce that, at a meeting of our Board of Directors held today, we resolved to acquire our own shares and the specific method of acquisition pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act, as applied mutatis mutandis pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 3 of the same Act.