Notice Concerning Retirement of Treasury Stock

February 26, 2004

Company: Yamatake Corporation
President & CEO: Yoshiharu Sato
Inquiries: Tadayuki Sasaki

Executive Officer
General Manager, Finance Division

Phone: (03) 3486 - 2021

Yamatake Corporation announces the retirement of 10.99 million shares in accordance with Article 212 of the Japanese Commercial Code, as decided at a Board of Directors meeting held today.

Details of the share retirement are as follows:

(1) Type of shares: Common shares
(2) Number of shares: 10,990,000 shares (12.99% of total issued shares)
(3) Date of retirement: March 5, 2004

(Reference)

Total number of issued shares after retirement: 73,576,256 shares

* In information issued before March 2012, there may be cases where the former corporate name is used.