
January 22, 2009
To All Stakeholders:
Company: USS Co., Ltd.
President and CEO: Yukihiro Ando
Stock code: 4732
Stock exchange listings: Tokyo and Nagoya (first sections)
Tel: +81-52-689-1129
Contact: Masafumi Yamanaka
Managing Director
Junior Managing Director, Officer, Supervisory Office
Announcement of Change in Major Shareholder
USS Co., Ltd. today announced a change in a major shareholder as of January 22, 2009.
1. Reason for change
Futoshi Hattori, chairman and representative director of USS, is a major shareholder and the company’s largest shareholder. Mr. Hattori has donated 700,000 shares of USS stock, representing part of his total USS holdings, to the Hattori International Scholarship Foundation, where he serves as president.
2. Profile of shareholder
(1) Individual who will no longer be a major shareholder
| Name: |
|
Futoshi Hattori |
| Address: |
|
Nagoya, Aichi prefecture |
3. Shares (voting rights) held by the major shareholder and percentage of all voting rights
|
Voting rights(No. of shares) |
Pct. of all voting rights |
Shareholder ranking |
| Before transfer |
333,057 (3,330,570 shares) |
10.89% |
1st |
| After transfer |
263,057 (2,630,570 shares) |
8.60% |
1st |
Notes:
| 1. |
The percentage of all voting rights is based on the number of voting rights as of January 22, 2009 and is rounded to the one-hundredths place. |
| 2. |
There were 32,695,982 shares outstanding on January 22,2009. |
| 3. |
The number of shares outstanding does not include 2,106,312 shares that do not have voting rights. This number of shares is as of January 22, 2009, the most recent figure available. |
| 4. |
The total number of voting rights is 3,058,967. |
| 5. |
The shareholder ranking was calculated by Capcom from the latest available shareholders’ register as of September 30, 2008. |
4. Recipient of shares
|
|
Voting rights (No. of shares) |
Pct. of all voting rights |
Shareholder ranking |
Hattori International Scholarship Foundation |
Before transfer |
— |
— |
— |
| After transfer |
70,000 (700,000 shares) |
2.29% |
11th |
Note: See Notes to Item 3
5. Date of transfer
January 22, 2009
6. Outlook
USS has been informed by the Hattori International Scholarship Foundation that the foundation plans to be a long-term shareholder.
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