2. Number of Employees Notes : 1 Figures for NTT Consolidated do not include the number of employees who retired or will retire at the end of a fiscal year and who 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 (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, NTT NEOMEIT 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 who were rehired or will be rehired at the beginning of the next fiscal year, as described below:     - As of Mar. 31, 2010 (Revised Forecast) (East Outsourcing Companies: 850 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees) - As of Mar. 31, 2010 (Forecast when previous annual results were announced) (East Outsourcing Companies: 850 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees) Copyright (c) 2009 Nippon telegraph and telephone corporation