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June 3, 2008

Update on Acquisition of Own Shares

(Acquisition of own shares under the provisions of Yamaha’s Articles of Incorporation, pursuant to Article 165-2 of the Corporation Law of Japan)
Yamaha Corporation conducted the following acquisition of its own shares under Article 156 of the Corporation Law of Japan, as applied pursuant to Article 165-3 of the said Corporation Law. The details of the acquisition were as follows.
(1) Period for the share acquisition : May 1, 2008, to May 31, 2008
(2) Total number of shares acquired : 7,562,900 shares
(3) Total amount of shares acquired : ¥14,921,927,200
(4) Method of acquisition : Market purchases on the Tokyo Stock Exchange


Supplementary Information:
(1) Content of the Board of Directors’ decisions on April 30, 2008, regarding the acquisition of the Company’s own shares
Class of shares to be acquired : Yamaha’s common shares
Total number of shares to be acquired : 10 million (upper limit)
(This represents 4.8% of all Company shares issued and outstanding (excluding treasury stock))
Total amount of shares to be acquired : ¥18.0 billion (upper limit)
Period for the share acquisition : May 1, 2008, to September 30, 2008
 
(2) Total number and amount of own shares purchased to date under the April 30, 2008, decisions of the Board of Directors
Total number of shares acquired : 7,562,900 shares
Total amount of shares acquired : ¥14,921,927,200



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