Stock procedures
For details on each item and the necessary procedures, please check the website of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd., our shareholder registry administrator (new window.).
- The link below for more details will take you to the Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank website.
What is a special account?
This is an account that the issuing company (our company) opens in a trust bank etc. in accordance with laws and regulations to protect the rights of shareholders for stock certificates that were not deposited with the Japan Securities Depository Center* at the time of the transition to electronic stock certificates (January 5, 2009). In our case, the special account is managed by Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. Please note that you cannot buy or sell shares in a special account. However, if you have received a notice of the general shareholders' meeting or a notice of dividend payment in your name, you can rest assured that the account is in your name.
- JASDEC stands for Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc., and is the only custodian and transfer institution in Japan designated under the Act on Custody and Transfer of Stock Certificates, etc. (an institution that consolidates and centrally manages the accounts of account management institutions of securities companies, etc.). After the computerization of stock certificates, securities companies, etc. open accounts at JASDEC, which then consolidates and manages these accounts to centrally manage the shares of listed companies.
Transferring shares in a special account to a securities company account
If you wish to sell the shares transferred to the special account, you can open a securities account at a securities company and transfer the balance to that account by following the prescribed procedures. For details, please contact Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank or the relevant securities company.
Change of address/name
Dividend-related documents and notices of general shareholders' meetings are sent by mail to the address you registered. If your address changes, please complete the "change of address" procedure as soon as possible at the securities firm you do business with.
Change of registered seal
Please be sure to use the registered seal when handling procedures related to shares in special accounts. The registered seal is used to verify that the shareholder is the person filing the registration. If you lose your registered seal or need to change it due to wear or other reasons, please submit a "Notification of Change" to Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. Please note that the procedure will differ depending on whether or not you currently have a registered seal.
Procedures for inheriting shares
Please complete the inheritance procedures at the securities company where the deceased had done business. Procedures vary depending on the securities company, so please contact each securities company. However, if the deceased's shares are managed in a special account, you will need to complete the inheritance procedures at Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank.
Procedures for purchase of shares less than the unit size (less than 100 shares) and requests for additional purchases
To purchase or increase your odd lot shares, you will need to request a transfer to our company via your securities firm (or, if your shares have been transferred to a special account, via Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Ltd., the special account management institution).
How to receive dividends via bank transfer account
Prior to the Electronic Share Certificate System, there were two methods for paying dividends: payment via Japan Post Bank using a dividend receipt or by transferring funds to a financial institution designated by each issuing company. However, after the Electronic Share Certificate System, it has become possible to designate a transfer financial institution (excluding Japan Post Bank) once and have it used as the transfer destination for all held stocks (registered dividend receipt account method), or to designate a securities account opened with a securities company as the transfer destination for dividends (pro rata allocation by number of shares method).
In addition, if you designate a securities account with a securities company as the dividend transfer destination (pro rata allocation method based on the number of shares) and you hold shares in securities accounts with multiple securities companies, you will receive dividends separately according to the number of shares recorded in each securities account.
However, the "pro rata distribution method by number of shares" cannot be used if even one of your shares held in a special account is less than one unit. For details, please contact your securities company.