Capital Participation by Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter, Yamaha Motor) announced receipt of notification from Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (hereinafter Mitsui & Co.) that Mitsui & Co. has decided to acquire 3.0% (or 8,586,000 shares) of the total outstanding shares of Yamaha Motor. With the acquisition, Mitsui & Co. will become the seventh largest shareholder of Yamaha Motor (based on Yamaha Motor's list of shareholders as of the end of December 2006). The shares to be acquired by Mitsui & Co. are currently owned by Yamaha Corporation.

Yamaha Motor and Mitsui & Co. first joined forces in the 1960s upon Yamaha Motor's inauguration and advancement into overseas markets in the UK and Germany for the purpose of importing and wholesaling of Yamaha Motor's motorcycles. In the early 1970s, under Mitsui & Co.'s initiative, the two companies established in both countries import and wholesale companies, dealing in motorcycles manufactured by Yamaha Motor. Subsequently, Yamaha Motor and Mitsui & Co. continued to expand business through joint undertakings in other overseas markets, including Asia, and Central and South America.

At present, Yamaha Motor and Mitsui & Co. continue to cooperate in Asia where demand for motorcycles is increasing at a considerable rate. In Indonesia, Asia's primary motorcycle market, the two companies have established a joint venture company engaged in manufacturing, sales, and retail finance.

In the Asian motorcycle market, the provision of full-fledged retail finance is essential to enable a greater number of people to experience the convenience of motorcycles. Combining and integrating Yamaha Motor's capabilities in manufacturing and sales, and Mitsui & Co.'s capabilities in finance continues to produce excellent results.

With this acquisition of shares, Yamaha Motor and Mitsui & Co. will initiate a discussion to strategically utilize the global management resources of each company. As part of these efforts, the two companies will consider broadening of the spectrum of their partnership in broader fields, focusing on proven operations in the area of retail finance, and other areas where the strengths of a trading firm can be best developed, including distribution services and procurement of raw materials. Yamaha Motor and Mitsui & Co. will continue to strengthen their mutual partnership through such endeavors, and further promote joint global undertakings to develop various businesses including motorcycle operations.

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Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.