Contact information of the respondent Country Company Name Division Title Telephone number (extension) Facsimile number E-mail address * When filling out the questionnaire, please select the alphabet from among the options that corresponds to your answer and write it in the “Answer ( )” section. If you have selected “Other”, please write your answer in detail in the space between the square brackets “[ ]”. (Excluding Q.5) * For Q.9, please write your answer in detail in the space between the square brackets “[ ]”. 1 Q.1: Have you ever invested in foreign securities? Answer ( ) a. Yes b. No Q.2: If you have answered “Yes” in Q.1 above, please state the type of foreign securities investment. (More than one may be selected.) Answer ( a. Shares b. Investment trust c. Bonds d. Other ) [Please specify. Q.3: ] Are you interested in investing in foreign securities? Answer ( ) a. Yes b. No Q.4: How do you acquire information on foreign securities investment? than one may be selected.) Answer ( ) a. From securities companies b. From Prospectus and/or Securities Report c. Newspapers and/or magazines d. TV and/or news e. Internet f. Other [Please specify. ] 2 (More Q.5: Please state the language in which you obtain information on foreign securities investment. (More than one may be selected.) Answer a. Japanese b. English c. Other Q.6: Would you like to trade securities of foreign companies for investment purposes in Japanese market rather than overseas market? Answer ( a. Yes b. No ) Q.7: What is the reason for answering “Yes” in Q.6 above? be selected.) Answer ( (More than one may ) a. Reliable market b. Quotes will be in Japanese yen c. Information will be available in Japanese d. Transactions will be executable in Japanese e. Other [Please specify. ] 3 Q.8: What do you think about disclosure documents (Prospectus, Securities Reports, etc.) of foreign securities traded in Japanese market being disclosed in English? Answer ( ) a. English version is acceptable if they can be traded in Japanese market rather than overseas market. b. English version is acceptable if it leads to more timely disclosure (assuming that the documents are disclosed within three months rather than the current six months) c. English version is acceptable provided that a summary in Japanese language is attached. d. English version is acceptable. e. Documents must be in Japanese. f. Other [Please specify. ] Q.9: Please state any other views or requests with respected to disclosures in English language. [ ] Thank you very much for your cooperation. 4