2. Number of Employees Notes : 1 Figures 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 (NTT EAST-TOKYOMINAMI and others), NTT-ME and NTT EAST SOLUTIONS, while figures for West Outsourcing Companies include the consolidated regional outsourcing companies (NTT WEST-KANSAI and others), 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, 2009 (East Outsourcing Companies: 1,100 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,150 employees) - As of Mar. 31, 2010 (East Outsourcing Companies: 850 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,050 employees) - As of Mar. 31, 2011 (Forecast) (East Outsourcing Companies: 1,300 employees; West Outsourcing Companies: 1,550 employees) Copyright (c) 2010 Nippon telegraph and telephone corporation