Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (the "Company") adopted measures against attempts of the acquisition of 20 percent or more of the Company's shares (such measures hereinafter the "Plan") according to the contents of the "Introduction of Takeover Defense Measures Against Attempts of Mass Acquisition of the Company's Shares" that was approved by the shareholders at the 72nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held on March 27, 2007 (the "2007 Shareholders' Meeting Approval ").
It is our pleasure to announce that, due to the fact that the effective term of the 2007 Shareholders' Meeting Approval is until the conclusion of the first Board of Directors Meeting to be held after the conclusion of the 75th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on March 25, 2010, the Board of Directors Meeting of the Company at its meeting held on February 12, 2010 resolved to continue the Plan in a form that has been partially revised from the perspective of protecting shareholders and investors on the condition that approval at the General Shareholders' Meeting is obtained.
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