Stock Information

Fiscal year ended September 30, 2011

General Information

Number of shares authorised: 80,000,000
Issued: 32,001,169
Number of shareholders: 17,650

Largest shareholders

Nameshares owned% of shares outstanding
Sato Yo International Scholarship Foundation 3,786,200 11.83
Japan Trustee Service Bank, Ltd.(Trust account) 2,549,100 7.96
Sato Corporation 1,891,009 5.90
Shizue Sato 1,598,470 4.99
Sato Employees' Stockholding 1,509,697 4.71
Arena Corporation 1,354,460 4.23
Mieko Yokoi 905,145 2.82
Mari Iwabuchi 853,570 2.66
Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd.(Securities Investment Trust Account) 772,300 2.41
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London Secs Lending Omnibus Account 721,400 2.25

SATO Corporation has changed its name to SATO Holdings Corporation, effective on October 3, 2011.
Under the shareholders list, the company holds the treasury stocks of 1,891,009, however, its actual treasury stock number is 1,890,999 due to the existence of odd-lot stocks whose owner is unknown.

Shareholders by type of investors

Type of Investor Number of shareholders Percent of Total (%) Number of shares held Percent of Total (%)
Financial institutions 39 0.22 6,535,832 20.43
Financial instruments Firms 26 0.15 83,066 0.26
Business and other corporations 179 1.01 5,463,323 17.07
Foreign Companies Others 119 0.68 3,767,195 11.77
Individuals and others 17,287 97.94 16,151,753 50.47