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2. Number of Employees

Notes :

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.

Figures for East Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated prefectural outsourcing companies (incl. NTT EAST-TOKYOMINAMI), NTT-ME and NTT EAST SOLUTIONS, while figures for West Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated regional outsourcing companies (incl. NTT WEST-KANSAI), NTT MARKETING ACT (outsourcing company in the management and marketing field), NTT NEOMEIT (outsourcing company in the facilities and equipment field) and NTT WEST-HOMETECHNO. Figures for those companies include the number 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 (Revised Forecast) (East Outsourcing Companies: 1,100 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees)
-	As of Mar. 31, 2009 (Forecast when previous annual results were announced) (East Outsourcing Companies: 1,100 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees)

For the number of employees at outsourcing companies, we previously used the number of employees at the outsourcing companies that commenced operation in May 2002 pursuant to the NTT Group Structural Reform (publicly released on November 22, 2001) by NTT East and NTT West, and provided, for reference purposes, the total number of employees from the consolidated prefectural companies and the companies in the administrative field, for the number of employees at East Outsourcing Companies, and the total number of employees from the consolidated regional outsourcing companies and the companies in the management and marketing field, the facilities and equipment field and the administrative field, for the number of employees at West Outsourcing Companies. However, our disclosure policy has been revised to reflect the fact that companies other than the outsourcing companies have been providing outsourcing services.