Last updated : May 11, 2012

Total number of shares authorized	6,192,920,900
Total number of shares issued	1,323,197,235
Class of stock	Common stock
Number of shareholders	1,141,758
Stock exchange listings	Japan: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Fukuoka, Sapporo Overseas: New York, London

The figures above are valid as of March 31, 2012, but "Total number of shares issued" reflects the result of the Treasury stock cancellation (125,461,832 shares) on Nov. 15, 2011.

Classification of Shareholders

(as of March 31, 2012)

Details	NTT's Shares and Shareholders (1 unit =100 shares)								Shares Representing Less Than One Unit
	Government and Public Bodies	Financial Institutions	Securities Firms	Other Domestic Corporations	Foreign Corporations, etc.		Domestic Individuals, etc.	Total
					Non- Individuals	Individuals
Total Holders	3	302	81	7,555	1,083	962	908,334	918,320	-
Total Shares (Units)	4,312,329	2,197,371	131,262	175,073	3,188,860	7,915	3,201,861	13,214,671	1,730,135
%	32.63	16.63	0.99	1.32	24.13	0.06	24.23	100.00	-

Notes:

1. "Domestic Individuals, etc." includes 994,321 units of treasury stock, and "Shares Representing Less Than One Unit" includes 12 shares of treasury stock. 99,432,112 shares of treasury stock represents the number of shares of treasury stock recorded in the shareholders' register; the actual number of treasury stock shares at the end of March 31, 2012 was 99,431,812.
2. "Other Domestic Corporations" includes 161 units under the name of the Japan Securities Depository Center, and "Shares Representing Less Than One Unit" includes 72 shares under the name of the Japan Securities Depository Center.
3. The number of shareholders who only own shares representing less than one unit is 223,438.

Classification by Number of Shares

(as of March 31, 2012)

Details		NTT's Shares and Shareholders (1 unit =100 shares)								Shares Representing Less Than One Unit
		At Least 1,000Units	At Least 500 Units	At Least 100 Units	At Least 50 Units	At Least 10 Units	At Least 5 Units	At Least 1 Unit	Total
Number of Holders		414	173	907	1,080	25,622	59,186	830,938	918,320	-
	%	0.05	0.02	0.10	0.12	2.79	6.45	90.48	100.00	-
Total Shares (Units)		10,802,920	121,066	186,328	69,586	393,529	359,039	1,282,203	13,214,671	1,730,135
	%	81.75	0.92	1.41	0.53	2.98	2.72	9.70	100.00	-

Notes:

1. "At Least 1,000 Units" includes 994,321 units of treasury stock, and "Shares Representing Less Than One Unit" includes 12 shares of treasury stock.
2. "At Least 100 Units" includes 161 units under the name of the Japan Securities Depository Center, and "Shares Representing Less Than One Unit" includes 72 shares under the name of the Japan Securities Depository Center.

Principal Shareholders

(as of March 31, 2012)

Name	Share Holdings (in thousands of shares)	Percent of Total Shares Issued
The Minister of Finance	431,232	32.59
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account)	55,524	4.20
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)	38,195	2.89
Moxley and Co LLC	23,561	1.78
The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. London Secs Lending Omnibus Account	18,539	1.40
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account 9)	17,902	1.35
SSBT OD05 Omnibus Account - Treaty Clients	16,979	1.28
State Street Bank and Trust Company 505224	12,234	0.92
NTT Employee Share-Holding Association	12,048	0.91
State Street Bank and Trust Company 505225	9,952	0.75
Total	636,170	48.08

Note:
The Company's holdings of treasury stock (99,431,812 shares) are not included in the above table.

Changes in total number of issued shares, capitalization, etc.

(as of March 31, 2012)

Date	Total number of issued shares		Capitalization		Capital reserve		Remarks
	Change (shares)	Outstanding (shares)(*1)	Change (million yen)	Balance (million yen)	Change (million yen)	Balance (million yen)
Nov 24, 1995	312,000	15,912,000	15,600	795,600	(15,600)	2,530,476	(*2)
Jul 21, 1999	(48,898)	15,863,102	-	795,600	-	2,530,476	Cancellation of treasury stocks
Feb 22, 2000	(28,512)	15,834,590	-	795,600	-	2,530,476	Cancellation of treasury stocks
Nov 10, 2000	300,000	16,134,590	142,350	937,950	142,350	2,672,826	Issuance of common stock
Mar 31, 2003	(202,145)	15,932,445	-	937,950	-	2,672,826	Cancellation of treasury stocks
Mar 31, 2004	(191,236)	15,741,209	-	937,950	-	2,672,826	Cancellation of treasury stocks
Jan 4, 2009	1,558,379,691	1,574,120,900	-	937,950	-	2,672,826	(*3)
Nov 15, 2010	(125,461,833)	1,448,659,067	-	937,950	-	2,672,826	Cancellation of treasury stocks
Nov 15, 2011	(125,461,832)	1,323,197,235	-	937,950	-	2,672,826	Cancellation of treasury stocks

Notes:

• *1Due to minor accounting differences, the number of shares outstanding at the end of each term may differ very slightly from the figures appearing in form 20-F.
• *2Capital increase through transfer from capital reserve (Stocks held by shareholders (based on shareholders' register as of the end of September 1995) split at a ratio of 1 to 1.02.)
• *3Stocks held by shareholders (based on shareholders' register as of the end of January 3, 2009) split at a ratio of 1 to 100.

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