REG - Nippon Telegraph - SALE OF SHARES HELD BY UNTRACEABLE SHAREHOLDERS

Nippon Telegraph and TelephoneAnnouncement

10/12/2018 07:00

RNS Number : 9324J
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp
10 December 2018
 


December 10, 2018
 









































Company Name: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation




















Representative: Jun Sawada, President and Chief Executive Officer




















(Code No.: 9432, First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange)



 
 
NOTICE REGARDING THE SALE OF SHARES HELD BY UNTRACEABLE SHAREHOLDERS
 
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation ("NTT") hereby announces that, at a meeting of its board of directors held today, NTT has authorized the sale of shares held by untraceable shareholders pursuant to Paragraph 1, Article 197 of the Companies Act of Japan in order to streamline its share management services, as described below.
 
1.     List of Shareholders Whose Shares will be Sold:
Pursuant to Article 198 of the Companies Act of Japan, NTT will provide public notice by way of electronic public notification on December 11, 2018 of the shareholder numbers, names, addresses and numbers of shares held according to the shareholder registry, of shareholders whose shares will be sold. Please refer to the following NTT website.
http://www.ntt.co.jp/ir/notification/index.html
 
(Reference Note) "Untraceable shareholders" are shareholders who have not responded to notices and demands dispatched to their addresses as recorded in the shareholder registry for five consecutive years or more and who have not received dividends for five consecutive years.
 
2.     Schedule:
December 11, 2018 (Tuesday):             Public notice and request for objections to the sale of shares held by untraceable shareholders
March 15, 2019 (Friday):                      Deadline for objections from untraceable shareholders
March 18, 2019 (Monday) or later:      Sale or purchase of shares held by untraceable shareholders(*)
(*) NTT plans to either sell or purchase as treasury stock the shares held by untraceable shareholders.
 
3.     Contact Details:
Shareholders listed in the public notice are requested to contact the following shareholder registry administrator with inquiries regarding this matter.
Shareholder Registry Administrator:   Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Contact:                                                 8-4, Izumi 2-chome, Suginami-ku, Tokyo 168-0063, Japan
                                                                Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Stock Transfer Agency Department
Telephone: 0120-584-400 (for NTT shareholders only, toll free, Japan only)
                                                                                               0120-782-031 (main number, toll free, Japan only)
 





















  


For further inquiries, please contact:








  


Takumi Matsumoto or Takayuki Kimura








  


Investor Relations Office








  


Finance and Accounting Department
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation








  


Contact us by email:
http://www.ntt.co.jp/ir/form_e/ref_contact.html



 




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