Annual Report 1999 (For year ended March 31,1999)

Stock Information

Share Capital
    Authorized : 1,080,000,000 shares of common stock
Issued : 585,501,874 shares of common stock
Transfer Agent : The Chuo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd.
7-1, Kyobashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-8345

  

Principal Shareholders (as of March 31, 1999)
Shareholders Number of
Shares Held
(thousands)
Percentage
Ownership
Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. 32,829 5.6
The Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. 31,232 5.3
The Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank, Ltd. 28,827 4.9
The Sakura Bank, Ltd. 23,625 4.0
Nippon Life Insurance Company 23,100 3.9
Yasuda Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. 22,754 3.8
Morgan Stanley Japan Ltd. 17,815 3.0
The Mitsubishi Trust & Banking Corp. 16,092 2.7
The Long-Term Credit Bank of Japan, Ltd. 15,468 2.6
Morgan Stanley Trust Company Taxable Client Account 15,375 2.6
As of March 31, 1999, the registered shareholders of "K" Line numbered 45,500.

 

Listing of Shares
   "K" Line's shares are listed for trading on the following stock exchanges:
(Domestic) Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto, Fukuoka and Niigata
(Overseas) Frankfurt, Brussels
    
Depositaries for Frankfurt and Brussels are:
* Frankfurt (G.B.C.)
Deutscher Auslandskassenverein
Aktiengesellschaft
Börsenplatz 7-11,
60313 Frankfurt am Main,
Germany
* Brussels (B.D.R. & C.I.K.)
Soges-Fiducem
24 Avenue Marnix, 1050 Brussels, Belgium