Changes in Major Shareholders
Aug. 30, 2005
As stated below, there was a change in the major shareholders of SOFTBANK CORP.
We will let you know about a report by the concerned shareholder filing to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau.
1. Trade name and others of relevant shareholders (as of August 23, 2005)
| Trade name |
Capital Research and Management Company |
| Location of head office |
333 South Hope Street, Log Angeles, CA90071, U.S.A. |
| Representative |
Paul G. haaga, Jr. |
| Type of business |
Investment advisory company |
| Purpose of shareholdings |
Investment to generate interest for client institutionalinvestors. The investment is part of the company’s regular business operations. |
| Number of shares held |
27,761,900 shares |
| Ownership ratio |
7.90% |
| Trade name |
Capital Guardian Trust Company |
| Location of head office |
11100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 15th Fl., Los Angeles, CA90071, U.S.A. |
| Representative |
Roberta A. Conroy |
| Type of business |
Engages mainly in trust business |
| Purpose of shareholdings |
Investment to generate interest for client institutional investors. The investment is part of the company’s regular business operations. |
| Number of shares held |
13,594,900 shares |
| Ownership ratio |
3.87% |
| Trade name |
Capital International Limited |
| Location of head office |
25 Bedford Street, London, England WC2E9HN |
| Representative |
David I. Fisher |
| Type of business |
Investment advisory company |
| Purpose of shareholdings |
Investment to generate interest for client institutional investors. The investment is part of the company’s regular business operations. |
| Number of shares held |
1,849,600 shares |
| Ownership ratio |
0.53% |
| Trade name |
Capital International Inc |
| Location of head office |
11100 Santa Monica Boulevard, 15th Fl., Los Angeles, CA90025, U.S.A. |
| Representative |
Peter C. Kelly |
| Type of business |
Investment advisory company |
| Purpose of shareholdings |
Investment to generate interest for client institutional investors. The investment is part of the company’s regular business operations. |
| Number of shares held |
2,835,200 shares |
| Ownership ratio |
0.81% |
| Trade name |
Capital International S.A. |
| Location of head office |
3 Place des Bergues, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland |
| Representative |
David I. Fisher |
| Type of business |
Investment advisory company |
| Purpose of shareholdings |
Investment to generate interest for client institutional investors. The investment is part of the company’s regular business operations. |
| Number of shares held |
113,600 shares |
| Ownership ratio |
0.03% |
2. Total number of shares held by the concerned company and the joint shareholders, and their combined shareholdings ratio in SOFTBANK CORP. against the number of its total outstanding shares
| |
Number of shares held |
Ratio against total outstanding shares |
Shareholdings rank among major shareholders |
After shareholdings change
(As of August 23, 2005) |
46,155,200 shares |
13.13% |
2nd |
3. Date of shareholdings change
August 23, 2005
4. Number of voting rights, total outstanding shares and capital amount as of August 23, 2005 when shareholdings change took place
| Number of voting rights |
3,507,599 |
| Total outstanding shares |
351,498,126 shares |
| Capital amount |
178,016,000,000yen (as of end of March 2005) |
5. How the shareholdings change came to be known
The relevant shareholders filed a report stating their ownership of SOFTBANK CORP. shares to the Kanto Local Finance Bureau on August 25, 2005. We came to know of the shareholdings change after receiving a copy of the report.
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