Q1: What is Yokogawa's stock code?
A: The stock code is 6841.
Q2: What is the minimum number of shares allowed per trade?
A: The minimum number of shares is 100.
Q3: Who is the administrator of the register of shareholders?
A:
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Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
Transfer Agent Department
1-17-7 Saga, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8722
Tel.: +81-3-5213-5213 |
Q4: Who are Yokogawa's major shareholders?
A: The top ten shareholders are as follows (as of Mar. 31, 2007):
| The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account) |
27,463,600 shares |
10.22% |
| The Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Company |
22,697,000 shares |
8.45% |
| Japan Trustee Service Bank, Ltd. (trust account) |
17,583,900 shares |
6.55%
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| Nippon Life Insurance Company |
13,284,615 shares |
4.95% |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Employee Retirement Benefit Trust, Mizuho Corporate Bank Account) |
6,643,990 shares |
2.47% |
| SSB Client Omnibus OM04 |
6,433,100 shares |
2.39% |
| Yokogawa Electric Corporation |
5,733,063 shares |
2.13% |
| Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. |
4,694,936 shares |
1.75% |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. (Employee Retirement Benefit Trust, Mizuho Bank Account) |
4,617,010 shares |
1.72% |
| Japan Trustee Service Bank, Ltd. (trust account 4) |
4,482,200 shares |
1.67% |
Q5: What are the record dates for payment of dividends from the surplus?
A: The record dates are March 31 and September 30.
Q6: What is the long-term trend for dividend payments?
A: The trend is as follows:
| Fiscal year |
dividend per share |
| FY1997 |
¥7.50 |
| FY1998 |
¥7.50 |
| FY1999 |
¥7.50 |
| FY2000 |
¥12.50 |
| FY2001 |
¥7.50 |
| FY2002 |
¥7.50 |
| FY2003 |
¥7.50 |
| FY2004 |
¥7.50 |
| FY2005 |
¥15.00* |
| FY2006 |
¥15.00 (forecast) |
*including 5 yen additional dividend to commemorate our 90th anniversary
Q7: Where are transfer, change of name/address/registered seal, and other stock clerical procedures carried out?
A:
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At the Transfer Agent Department of Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
1-17-7 Saga, Koto-ku, Tokyo 135-8722
Tel.: +81-3-5213-5213 |
Q8: Has Yokogawa adopted the new unit share (tangen-kabu) system?
A:
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Yes, Yokogawa adopted the new unit share system on October 1, 2001, which is the date that the Law on the Partial Amendment to the Commercial Code, etc. went into effect. |
Q9: Who are the principal analysts covering Yokogawa?
A: They are as follows:
| Calyon Securities |
Takeaki Ueno |
| Credit Suisse First Boston Securities |
Teruhiko Nishimura |
| Daiwa Institute of Research |
Hirokazu Mitsuda |
| Deutsche Securities |
Yoshikazu Higurashi |
| Goldman Sachs |
Shin Horie |
| HSBC Securities |
Scott Foster |
| JP Morgan Securities |
Hisashi Moriyama |
| Macquarie Securities |
Damian Thong |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Securities |
Yukihiko Shimada, Masahiro Nakanomyo |
| Mizuho Investors Securities |
Yuichi Ishida |
| Mizuho Securities |
Satoshi Ohmori |
| Morgan Stanley Securities |
Kazuo Yoshikawa |
| Nomura Securities |
Tetsuya Wadaki |
| UBS Securities |
Ryosuke Katsura, Yoshitsugu Yamamoto |
Q10: Is there a preferential treatment for shareholders program?
A: No
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