2. Number of Employees Notes : 1 Figure does 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 (Forecast) (East Outsourcing Companies: 850 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees)   3 Forecasts for the year ending March 31, 2010 have not been changed from those announced in the financial results for the six months ended September 30, 2009. Copyright (c) 2010 Nippon telegraph and telephone corporation