Today, we received 29.2 billion yen from the Nuclear Damage Liability Facilitation Fund (hereafter the Fund) based on the revised Special Business Plan approved on May 9, 2012.

This financial support was given in response to our eleventh request made in order to cover the compensation payouts to be completed by the end of December as the payouts based on the comprehensive claim method which started in October are being processed earlier than expected and the sum of the compensation received in accordance with the "Act on Contract for Indemnification of Nuclear Damage Compensation" (120 billion yen) and the financial support provided by the Fund (1.4695 trillion yen) will not be sufficient for the total amount of payout.

With the financial support received from the Fund, we will continue our utmost efforts in implementing the "compensation payouts with courtesy and compassion" in consideration of those afflicted by the nuclear damage.