State of Stock

（As of September 30, 2023）
Authorized number of shares 480,000,000
Number of shares outstanding 229,755,057
Number of shareholders 26,898

Principal Shareholders

（As of September 30, 2023）
Company Number of shares held Voting shares owned
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account） 29,278,200 12.74%
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd.　(trust account) 13,388,100 5.83%
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited 7,936,000 3.45%
NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION 6,900,000 3.00%
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation 6,259,198 2.72%
Air Water Customers' Stockholding 5,999,248 2.61%
State Street Bank and Trust Company（５０５００１） 5,688,854 2.48%
National Mutual Insurance Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives 4,951,500 2.16%
North Pacific Bank, Ltd. 4,574,473 1.99%
Air Water Group Stockholding 4,167,964 1.81%

Shareholders by sector

(As of September 30, 2023）
Shareholder Number of shares held rate
Financial firms 1,027,050 44.75%
Financial instruments traders 53,363 2.32%
Japanese corporate entities 289,807 12.63%
Foreign corporate entities, etc. 622,674 27.12%
Individuals & Others 302,406 13.18%
Total 2,295,300 100.00%
(Less than one unit stock) 225,057 -

Remarks:
1. Of our 817,713 treasury shares, 8,177 units are included in the “Individuals & Others ”  column, and 61 shares are included in the “Less than one unit stock ” column.
It should be noted that our 817,713 treasury shares is the number of shares recorded in the shareholder list. As of March 31, 2023, the actual number of treasury shares is 816,713 shares.
2. 289 units and 73 shares in the name of Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. are included in the “Japanese corporate entities ” and “Less than one unit stock” columns, respectively.