This shows information about the number of shareholders, principal shareholders, and the distribution of ownership among shareholders.
(as of March 31, 2013)
Number of shares
| Authorized | 607,458,368 |
| Issued | 199,817,389 |
| Number of shareholders | 43,422 |
Principal shareholders
| Shareholders | Number of shares held (thousand shares) |
Shareholding ratio (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Sanko Kigyo Kabushiki Kaisha | 14,288 | 7.15 |
| Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 13,533 | 6.77 |
| The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account) | 9,314 | 4.66 |
| Seiko Holdings Corporation | 7,948 | 3.97 |
| Seiko Epson Corporation Employees' Shareholding Association | 6,976 | 3.49 |
| Yasuo Hattori | 5,966 | 2.98 |
| Noboru Hattori | 5,599 | 2.80 |
| The Dai-ichi Life Insurance Company, Limited | 4,368 | 2.18 |
| Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd. | 4,278 | 2.14 |
| Mizuho Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. retirement benefit trust (Mizuho Bank, Ltd. account) | 4,076 | 2.04 |
- Epson treasury stock (20,925 thousand shares) has been excluded from the list of principal shareholders.
- Holdings of less than 1,000 shares have been omitted from the number of shares owned.
- The percentage of shares owned has been calculated to two decimal places.
Distribution of ownership among shareholders

