Japan's Financial Services Agency - Stewardship Code : 207 Institutional Investors Have Signed Up To The Principles For Responsible Institutional Investors As Of May 27, 2016

The Council of Experts Concerning the Japanese Version of the Stewardship Code (Chairman: Professor Hiroyuki Kansaku, The University of Tokyo) published the Principles for Institutional Investors (Japan’s Stewardship Code) in February 27, 2014. The Council requested the FSA to publish and periodically update the list of institutional investors who announced their acceptance of the Code.

(Principles for Responsible Institutional Investors «Japan’s Stewardship Code»- To promote sustainable growth of companies through investment and dialogue - Publication of the final version and invitation to institutional investors to sign up for the Code)

Based on this request, the FSA publishes the list of institutional investors who have notified the FSA of their intention to accept the Code. The FSA will update the list any time when it receives the notification of acceptance of the Code from institutional investors.

As of May 27, 2016, there are 207 institutional investors in the list, classified as follows;

• Trust banks (Shintaku Ginko) : 7
• Investment managers (Toshishintaku/Toshikomon Gaisha) : 145
• Pension funds : 26
• Insurance companies : 22
• Others (service providers, etc.) : 7

(Total) : 207

Please also refer to “Stewardship Code: Message from the FSA”, which was published on September, 2, 2014.

Those who newly intend to accept the Code are invited to notify the FSA (jstewardship@fsa.go.jp) of their intention as well as the institution’s name, name of the person in charge, contact information (email address) and the URL where the announcement of the acceptance of the Code and the disclosure items described in the Code have been released.