Regulations Governing the Offering and Issuance of Securities by Securities Issuers Article 60-1

The term “new restricted employee shares” as used in these Regulations means new shares issued by an issuer for employees pursuant to Article 267, paragraph 9 of the Company Act, with vesting conditions such as service-based conditions or performance-based conditions attached, under which the rights in the shares are restricted until the vesting conditions are met.With respect to new restricted employee shares issued by an issuer pursuant to Article 267, paragraph 9 of the Company Act and to these Regulations, when employees fail to meet the vesting conditions, the issuer may redeem or buy back the already-issued new restricted employee shares in accordance with the terms of the issuance rules, and is exempted from the restriction of Article 167, paragraph 1 of the Company Act prohibiting the company from redeeming or buying back its shares.New restricted employee shares that are bought back or redeemed under the preceding paragraph are deemed shares that have never been issued by the company, and the company shall apply for alteration of the corporate registration in respect of the shares accordingly.