— The report contents are not based on any of the company's announcements and based on pure speculation. Therefore the company cannot comment on the contents.
The company's financial results for the first half of fiscal 2005 will be announced on Thursday, November 10 at 13:00.
- Note:
- The above comment was announced to news media and was filed to the Tokyo Stock Exchange and to the Osaka Stock Exchange in order to express the company's basic stance on the reporting contents of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei) dated November 9.