2. Number of Employees Notes : 1 Figures for NTT Consolidated do not include the No. of employees who retired or will retire at the end of a fiscal year and were rehired or will be rehired at the beginning of the next fiscal year.   2 Figures for East Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated prefectural outsourcing companies and companies in the administrative field, while figures for West Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated regional outsourcing companies and companies in the facilities and equipment field, management and marketing field and administrative field. Figures for those companies include the No. of employees who retired or will retire at the end of a fiscal year and were rehired or will be rehired at the beginning of next fiscal year, as described below:     - As of Mar. 31, 2009 (Forecast) (East Outsourcing Companies : 950 employees, West Outsourcing Companies : 1,150 employees)   3 Upon establishment of NTT EAST SOLUTIONS, 550 employees from each of NTT East and East Outsourcing Companies moved to NTT EAST SOLUTIONS as of Oct.1, 2007.   4 Due to review of network equipment design and maintenance structure, 1,400 employees from NTT East Outsourcing Companies moved to NTT-ME as of Apr.1, 2008.   5 Upon establishment of NTT WEST-HOMETECHNO companies, 4,450 employees from NTT West Outsourcing Companies moved to NTT WEST-HOMETECHNO companies as of Jul.1, 2008, which has not been reflected on the forecast figures for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2009. Copyright (c) 2008 Nippon telegraph and telephone corporation