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If a foreign investor acquires shares of a Japanese company that is listed on a Japanese stock exchange (such
as the shares of capital stock of Toyota) and, as a result of the acquisition, the foreign investor, in combination
with any existing holdings, directly or indirectly holds 10% or more of the issued shares of the relevant company,
the foreign investor, with certain exceptions, must file a report of the acquisition with the Minister of Finance and
any other competent Ministers having jurisdiction over that Japanese company by the 15th day of the month
following the month in which the date of the acquisition falls. In limited circumstances, such as where the foreign
investor is in a country that is not listed on an exemption schedule in the Foreign Exchange Regulations, a prior
notification of the acquisition must be filed with the Minister of Finance and any other competent Ministers, who
may then modify or prohibit the proposed acquisition.
Under the Foreign Exchange Regulations, dividends paid on, and the proceeds of sales in Japan of, shares
held by non-residents of Japan may in general be converted into any foreign currency and repatriated abroad.
Under the terms of the deposit agreement pursuant to which Toyota’s ADSs are issued, the Depositary is
required, to the extent that in its judgment it can convert yen on a reasonable basis into dollars and transfer the
resulting dollars to the United States, to convert all cash dividends that it receives in respect of deposited shares
into dollars and to distribute the amount received (after deduction of applicable withholding taxes) to the holders
of ADSs.
10.E TAXATION
The following discussion is a general summary of the principal U.S. federal income and Japanese national
tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of shares of common stock or ADSs. This
summary does not purport to address all material tax consequences that may be relevant to holders of shares of
common stock or ADSs, and does not take into account the specific circumstances of any particular investors,
some of which (such as tax-exempt entities, banks, insurance companies, broker-dealers, traders in securities that
elect to use a mark-to-market method of accounting for their securities holdings, regulated investment
companies, real estate investment trusts, partnerships and other pass-through entities, investors liable for the U.S.
alternative minimum tax, investors that own or are treated as owning 10% or more of Toyota’s voting stock,
investors that hold shares of common stock or ADSs as part of a straddle, hedge, conversion transaction or other
integrated transaction and U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar) may
be subject to special tax rules. This summary is based on the tax laws and regulations of the United States and
Japan, judicial decisions, published rulings and administrative pronouncements all as in effect on the date hereof,
as well as on the current income tax convention between the United States and Japan (the “Treaty”), as described
below, all of which are subject to change (possibly with retroactive effect), and to differing interpretations.
For purposes of this discussion, a “U.S. Holder” is any beneficial owner of shares of common stock or
ADSs that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is:
1. an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;
2. a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes)
organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia;
3. an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax without regard to its source; or
4. a trust that is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and the control of one or more
U.S. persons, or that has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be
treated as a U.S. person.
An “Eligible U.S. Holder” is a U.S. Holder that:
1. is a resident of the United States for purposes of the Treaty;
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