Exhibit 1.2
(TRANSLATION)
SHARE HANDLING REGULATIONS
OF
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
(Matsushita Denki Sangyo Kabushiki Kaisha)
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. | (Purpose) |
Pursuant to the authority granted by Article 11 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, as amended, these Regulations shall govern the denominations of share certificates, handling of shares of stock of the Company and charges therefor; handling of shares in respect of beneficial shareholders shall be governed by Chapter XI of these Regulations.
Article 2. | (Transfer Agent) |
The Transfer Agent of the Company, its handling office and liaison offices shall be as follows:
Transfer Agent: | The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka | |
Handling Office: | Stock Transfer Agency Department of The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited 5-33, Kitahama 4-chome, Chuo-ku, Osaka | |
Liaison Offices: | All branch offices in Japan of The Sumitomo Trust and Banking Company, Limited. Head office and all branch offices in Japan of Daiwa Securities Co. Ltd. Head office and all branch offices in Japan of Japan Securities Agents, Ltd. |
Article 3. | (Denominations of Share Certificates) |
1. All share certificates to be issued by the Company shall be in the denominations of one hundred (100), five hundred (500), one thousand (1,000), ten thousand (10,000) and those representing any number less than one hundred (100) shares; provided, however, that the share certificates to be reissued upon repurchase by the Company of the shares deposited with Japan Securities Depository Center, Inc. (the “Center”) in respect of which non-possession of share certificates was requested may be issued in the number of such shares.
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2. Notwithstanding, among the share certificates referred to in the preceding paragraph, shareholders may not request for the issue of a share certificate representing a number of shares less than one unit, except pursuant to the provisions of Articles 15, 16 and 22 hereof.
Article 4. | (Requests, Reports and Applications, etc.) |
1. All requests, reports, applications and other procedures with respect to the business which the Company has entrusted to the Transfer Agent shall be made to the Transfer Agent.
2. All requests, reports and applications, etc. under these Regulations shall be made in the forms prescribed by the Company and affixed with the seal impression which has been filed with the Company under Article 9.
3. Should any request, report or application, etc. referred to in the preceding paragraph be made by a proxy, a document evidencing the authority of such proxy shall be submitted, or if the consent of a curator (hosanin) or an assistant (hojonin) is required for any such action, a document evidencing such consent shall be submitted, to the Transfer Agent.
CHAPTER II
ENTRIES INTO THE REGISTER OF SHAREHOLDERS IN WRITING OR IN DIGITAL
FORMAT
Article 5. | (Registration of Transfer of Shares) |
1. In case registration of transfer of shares in the register of shareholders in writing or in digital format (hereinafter referred to as the “registration of transfer of shares”) is requested, a written request therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned setting forth the name of the person making such request.
2. In case registration of transfer of shares is requested for reasons other than assignment, a document evidencing the reason for such acquisition shall be submitted in addition to the procedures provided in the preceding paragraph; provided, however, that if no share certificates have been issued for such shares, submission of share certificates shall not be required.
Article 6. | (Registration of Transfer of Shares Where Special Procedure is Required by Laws or Ordinances) |
In case the transfer of shares is required to comply with a special procedure by laws or ordinances, a written request for the registration of transfer of shares shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned setting forth the name of the person making such request as well as a document evidencing the completion of such special procedure.
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CHAPTER III
REGISTRATION OF PLEDGE
AND INDICATION OF TRUST PROPERTY
Article 7. | (Registration of Pledge and Cancellation Thereof) |
In case registration of a pledge or cancellation thereof is requested in respect of shares, a written request therefor jointly signed by the pledgor and the pledgee shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned setting forth the name of the pledgee.
Article 8. | (Indication of Trust Property and Cancellation Thereof) |
In case indication of a trust property or cancellation thereof is requested in respect of shares, a written request therefor shall be submitted either by the trustor or by the trustee together with the share certificates concerned.
CHAPTER IV
REPORTS
Article 9. | (Reports of Name, Address and Seal Impression) |
1. A shareholder, his/her registered pledgee or his/her legal representative, if any, shall report their names, addresses and seal impressions; provided that a foreigner may substitute his/her specimen signature for such seal impression.
2. In case of any change in the matters referred to in the preceding paragraph, a report thereof shall be submitted.
Article 10. | (Report of Address by Nonresident Shareholders) |
1. A shareholder and his/her registered pledgee or his/her legal representative, if any, who is not residing in Japan shall, in addition to the procedures referred to in the preceding Article, either appoint a standing proxy or designate a mailing address in Japan, and a report thereof shall be submitted.
2. The provisions of the preceding Article shall apply mutatis mutandis to the standing proxy.
Article 11. | (Representative of Corporation) |
1. If a shareholder is a corporation, the name of a representative of such corporation shall be reported.
2. In case of any change in the matters referred to in the preceding paragraph, a written report thereof shall be submitted together with an official certificate of the matters recorded in its commercial register.
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Article 12. | (Representative of Jointly-Owned Shares) |
1. Shareholders who own shares jointly shall appoint one representative and a report thereof signed by all such shareholders shall be submitted.
2. The same shall apply in case of any change occurring in such representative.
Article 13. | (Change in Entries in the Register of Shareholders and in Share Certificates) |
Should it be desired to make any change of an entry in the register of shareholders or in share certificates for the following reasons, a written report thereof shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned and any document evidencing the fact of such change:
1) change of family name, or first name;
2) appointment of legal representative, change or cancellation thereof;
3) change of trade name or corporate name; and
4) change in corporate organization.
CHAPTER V
REISSUANCE OF SHARE CERTIFICATES
Article 14. | (Reissuance due to Division or Consolidation) |
In case issuance of new share certificates is requested for the reason of dividing or consolidating share certificates, a written request therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned.
Article 15. | (Reissuance due to Defacement or Mutilation) |
In case issuance of new share certificates is requested due to defacement or mutilation, a written request therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned; provided, however, that if it is difficult to discern whether the share certificates in question are genuine or not because of excessive defacement or mutilation, the procedure prescribed in Chapter VI hereof shall apply mutatis mutandis.
Article 16. | (Reissuance due to Completion of Columns for Endorsement) |
In case all the columns for endorsement of a share certificate have been filled, the Company shall retrieve such share certificate and issue a new share certificate.
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CHAPTER VI
REGISTRATION OF LOSS OF SHARE CERTIFICATES, ETC.
Article 17. | (Request for Registration of Loss of Share Certificates) |
Any person who requests the registration of loss of share certificates shall submit a written request therefor together with a document evidencing acquisition of the share represented by the certificates concerned, a document evidencing loss of the share certificate and a document for identification of the person making such request; provided, however, that in case where the person who submits a request for registration of loss of share certificates is a nominee, a written request therefor shall be submitted together only with a document evidencing loss thereof.
Article 18. | (Application for Cancellation of Registration of Loss of Share Certificates by the Person Who Registered Such Loss) |
In case cancellation for registration of loss of share certificates mentioned in the preceding Article is applied for by the person who registered such loss, the application therefor shall be submitted.
Article 19. | (Application for Cancellation of Registration of Loss of Share Certificates by the Person Holding Such Share Certificates) |
In case cancellation for registration of loss of share certificates is applied for by the person holding such share certificates, the application therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned and a document for identification of the applicant; provided, however, that in case where shareholders or the registered pledgees apply for such cancellation, a document for identification of the applicant is not required.
Article 20. | (Application of the Provisions Concerning the Reports) |
Where a person who registered a loss of share certificates is not either a shareholder or registered pledgee, and where he or she requests to amend the description in the register of lost share certificates recorded in writing or in digital format, the provisions of Chapter IV hereof shall be applied mutatis mutandis.
CHAPTER VII
NON-POSSESSION OF SHARE CERTIFICATES
Article 21. | (Request for Non-possession of Share Certificates) |
In case non-possession of share certificates is requested, a written request therefor shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned; provided, however, that if the share certificates concerned have not yet been issued, submission of share certificates is not required.
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Article 22. | (Request for Issuance or Delivery of Share Certificates Placed in Non-possession Status) |
In case a shareholder who has requested non-possession of share certificates requests the issuance of the share certificates, a written request therefor shall be submitted.
CHAPTER VIII
PURCHASE OF SHARES LESS THAN ONE UNIT
Article 23. | (Request for Purchase of Shares) |
In case purchase of a number of shares less than one unit by the Company is requested, a request therefor in the form prescribed by the Company shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned; provided, however, that if no share certificates have been issued for such shares, submission of share certificates is not required.
Article 24. | (Purchase Price) |
The purchase price per share of a number of shares less than one unit shall be the last selling price of the shares at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the day when such request and the share certificates are received by the Handling Office or any of the Liaison Offices of the Transfer Agent referred to in Article 2; provided, however, that if no sales were made on such day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the price at which the shares were first sold subsequent to that day shall be the purchase price.
Article 25. | (Payment of Purchase Price) |
1. Unless otherwise provided by the Company, the purchase price shall be paid on the day specified by the Company which will be within six (6) business days from the day following the day when the purchase price is fixed pursuant to the preceding Article, at the place where the request for purchase was submitted, to the shareholder who requested such payment; provided, however, that if the purchase price reflects the rights to receive a distribution of surplus or receive new shares pursuant to a stock split, etc., the purchase price shall be paid no later than the record date.
2. The shareholder who made a request for such purchase may request that such payment be made by way of transfer to a bank account designated by him/her, or by cash payment by postal transfer.
3. At the time of payment of such purchase price, share handling charges provided for in Article 36 shall be deducted.
Article 26. | (Transfer of Title of Purchased Shares) |
When purchase of a number of shares less than one unit by the Company is requested, the title to such shares shall be transferred to the Company on the date specified by the Company in the case provided for in paragraph 1 of the preceding Article, or on the date when all payment procedures have been completed in the case provided for in paragraph 2 of the preceding Article.
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CHAPTER IX
SALE OF SHARES LESS THAN ONE UNIT
Article 27. | (Request for Sale of Shares) |
In case a shareholder holding a number of shares less than one unit makes a request to the Company for sale (the “Request for Sale”) to such shareholder of such number of shares which will, when aggregated with his or her shares less than one unit, constitute one full unit of shares, a written request therefor in the form prescribed by the Company shall be submitted together with the share certificates concerned and the advanced payment referred to in the following Article; provided, however, that if no share certificates have been issued for such shares, submission of share certificates shall not be required.
Article 28. | (Advanced Payment) |
1. The advanced payment shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the last selling price of the shares at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the business day immediately preceding the day when such written request and the share certificates are received by the Handling Office or any of the Liaison Offices of the Transfer Agent referred to in Article 2 (or, if no sales were made on such day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the last selling price thereat on the day immediately preceding such day) by the number of shares being requested for sale, and further multiplying the result by 1.3. Any fraction less than one thousand (1,000) yen resulting from such calculation shall be rounded up.
2. In case the Request for Sale is made and if the amount of the advanced payment deposited is less than the amount determined in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Company shall not handle such Request for Sale.
3. No interest shall accrue from the advanced payment.
Article 29. | (Request for Sale of Number of Shares Exceeding the Remaining Number of Treasury Stock) |
If an aggregate number of shares for which the Requests for Sale are made on the same day exceeds the number of shares reserved by the Company as treasury stock for the Request for Sale, none of such Requests for Sale made on such day shall become effective.
Article 30. | (Effective Date of Request for Sale) |
The Request for Sale shall become effective as of the date on which the written request and the share certificates referred to in Article 27 and the advanced payment referred to in Article 28 are received by the Handling Office or any of the Liaison Offices of the Transfer Agent referred to in Article 2.
Article 31. | (Suspension Period of Request for Sale) |
1. The Company shall suspend acceptance of the Requests for Sale during the period from the twelfth (12th) business day preceding March 31 through to March 31 and the period from the twelfth (12th) business day preceding September 30 through to September 30 every year.
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2. Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, the Company may, whenever it deems necessary, establish any other periods during which the Company suspends acceptance of the Requests for Sale.
Article 32. | (Sale Price) |
1. The sale price per share of the shares which do not constitute one unit, for which the Request for Sale is made, shall be the last selling price of the shares at the Tokyo Stock Exchange on the day when the Request for Sale becomes effective as referred to in Article 30; provided, however, that if no sales were made on such day at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the price at which the shares were first sold subsequent to that day shall be the sale price.
2. In case the amount of the advanced payment referred to in Article 28 is less than the total amount of the sale price for shares referred to in the preceding paragraph multiplied by the number of shares being requested for sale, and the handling charges referred to in Article 36 (the “Sale Proceeds”), the Company shall request the shareholder who made the relevant Request for Sale to pay such shortfall. In this case, if such shortfall remains unpaid for the period of five (5) business days from the day following the day on which the Company has made a request for payment thereof, the relevant Request for Sale shall become invalid.
Article 33. | (Receipt of Sale Proceeds) |
1. The Company shall receive the Sale Proceeds from the advanced payment on the date specified by the Company which will be within six (6) business days from the day following the day on which the sale price for shares which do not constitute one unit referred to in the preceding Article, has been determined, or on which the shortfall referred to in paragraph 2 of the preceding Article has been paid; provided, however, that if the sale price reflects the rights to receive a distribution of surplus or receive new shares pursuant to a stock split, etc., the Company shall receive the Sale Proceeds no later than the record date.
2. The balance obtained by deducting the Sale Proceeds from the advanced payment shall be refunded to the shareholder who made the relevant Request for Sale by way of transfer to a bank account designated by him/her or by cash payment by postal transfer.
Article 34. | (Transfer of Title to Sold Shares) |
The title to the shares held by the Company as treasury stock, for which a Request for Sale has been made, shall be transferred to the shareholder who made such Request for Sale on the day when the Company duly receives the Sale Proceeds as referred to in the preceding Article.
Article 35. | (Delivery of Share Certificates) |
The Company shall, without delay, issue share certificates for the shares which has come to constitute a full unit of shares as a result of the Request for Sale, and deliver such share certificates to the shareholder who made such Request for Sale.
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CHAPTER X
HANDLING CHARGES
Article 36. | (Handling Charges) |
Handling charges in connection with shares of the Company shall be as follows:
1. In the case of issuing share certificates pursuant to Article 15. (Reissuance due to Defacement or Mutilation), and Article 22. (Request for Issuance or Delivery of Share Certificates Placed in Non-possession Status):
The charges shall be an amount equivalent to the amount of stamp duties incurred for the issuance of the new share certificates.
2. In the case of request for registration of loss of share certificates pursuant to Article 17. (Request for Registration of Loss of Share Certificates):
The charges shall be the aggregate amount provided below:
8,600 yen per one (1) request for registration of loss of share certificates
500 yen per one (1) lost share certificate.
3. In the case of purchase of a number of shares less than one unit pursuant to Article 23. (Request for Purchase of Shares) and the sale of a number of shares less than one unit pursuant to Article 27. (Request for Sale of Shares):
The charges shall be the amount equal to an amount set forth below as the brokerage commission for purchase and sale of shares divided proportionally by the relevant number of shares less than one unit so purchased or sold.
In respect of the total amount obtained by multiplying the purchase price per share provided for in Article 24 or the sale price per share provided for in Article 32 by the number of shares constituting one full unit of shares:
For the portion not more than one million (1,000,000) yen: 1.15%
For the portion exceeding one million (1,000,000) yen but not more
than five million yen (5,000,000) yen: 0.9%
(Any amount less than one (1) yen shall be disregarded.)
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CHAPTER XI
SPECIAL TREATMENT
WITH RESPECT TO BENEFICIAL SHAREHOLDERS
Article 37. | (Entry into Register of Beneficial Shareholders in Writing or in Digital Format) |
The entry into the register of beneficial shareholders in writing or in digital format shall be made based on the notice of beneficial shareholders from the Center and beneficial shareholder cards.
Article 38. | (Beneficial Shareholder Cards) |
The beneficial shareholders shall file with the Company their beneficial shareholder cards through any participant of the Center (the “Participant”).
Article 39. | (Integration) |
In case any shareholder whose name appears on the register of shareholders in writing or in digital format is recognized to be the same person as any beneficial shareholder whose name appears on the register of beneficial shareholders in writing or in digital format because of the identity of names and addresses, the respective numbers of shares of each such registration shall be aggregated in respect of the exercise of rights of such shareholder.
Article 40. | (Reports by Beneficial Shareholders) |
1. The provision of Chapter IV shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the beneficial shareholders; provided, however, that submission of share certificate(s) shall not be required for changing the entry in the register of beneficial shareholders.
2. Whenever the beneficial shareholders shall make any reports as provided in the preceding paragraph to the Company, such report shall be made through the Participant, except when the change of the registered seal impression is reported.
Article 41. | (Purchase of a Number of Shares Less than One Unit of Beneficial Shareholders) |
The provisions of Chapter VIII shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the beneficial shareholders; provided, however, that if any beneficial shareholder requests the purchase of a number of shares less than one unit, he/she shall do so through the Participant(s) and the Center.
Article 42. | (Sale of Shares Less than One Unit of Beneficial Shareholders) |
The provisions of Chapter IX shall be applicable, mutatis mutandis, to the beneficial shareholders; provided, however, that if any beneficial shareholder requests the sale of a number of shares less than one unit, he/she shall do so through the Participant(s) and the Center.
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Article 43. | (Miscellaneous) |
Treatment and handling relating to the beneficial shareholders shall be governed by the rules or regulations established by the Center in addition to this Chapter.
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISION
Article 1.
The amendments to these Regulations shall come into force as of June 28, 2006.
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