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This excerpt taken from the LPL 20-F filed Apr 11, 2005.
Article 9-2. (Number and Characteristics of Preferred Shares)
(1)
Preferred shares to be issued by the Company shall be non-voting and the number thereof shall be 40,000,000.
(2)
The dividend on a preferred share shall be not less than one percent (1%) per annum but not more than ten percent (10%) per annum of the par value of the share as determined by the
Board of Directors at the time of issuance.
(3)
In case the dividend ratio of the common shares exceeds that of the preferred shares, the additional dividend on preferred shares shall be declared by participating in distribution
of dividend at same ratio of dividend on common shares with respect to such excess, at the time of distribution of dividend on common shares.
(4)
If dividends on preferred shares for a fiscal year are not paid as prescribed above, such unpaid and accumulated amount shall be preferentially paid to the holders of preferred
shares at the time of distribution of dividends for the following fiscal year.
(5)
Preferred shares may be issued, by a resolution of the Board of Directors at the time of issuance, as convertible to common shares (convertible preferred shares). The
conversion price shall be determined by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance, and shall not be lower than the par value of the shares nor higher than the issue price of the convertible preferred shares. If a conversion period or a duration
of the convertible preferred shares (upon expiration of which convertible preferred shares are automatically converted) is to be set, such period or duration shall be determined by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance, and shall end within
one (1) to ten (10) years from the issuance of the convertible preferred shares. With respect to the dividends on the shares issued upon conversion of the convertible preferred shares, the provisions of Article 11 and Article 43-2, Paragraph (4)
shall apply mutatis mutandis.
(6)
Preferred shares may be issued, by a resolution of the Board of Directors at the time of issuance, as redeemable within certain period of time with earnings (redeemable
preferred shares). The redemption period shall be determined by the Board of Directors at the time of issuance and shall end within one (1) to ten (10) years from the issuance of the redeemable preferred shares. The Board of Directors shall
determine the redemption price and the method of redemption, the source of which shall be earnings.
(7)
Preferred shares may be issued, by a resolution of the Board of Directors at the time of issuance, with any or all of the features set forth above in Paragraphs (5) and (6).
(8)
If the resolution not to pay the prescribed dividends on preferred shares is adopted at a General Meeting of Shareholders, the preferred shares shall have voting rights, starting
with the first General Meeting of Shareholders following the General Meeting of Shareholders at which the resolution not to pay dividends on preferred shares was adopted, until the end of a General Meeting of Shareholders at which a resolution to
pay dividends for such preferred shares is adopted.
(9)
In case the Company issues new shares by rights issue or bonus issue, then the new shares issued with respect to the preferred shares shall be common shares in the case of rights
issues and shall be the shares of the same class in the case of bonus issues.
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