Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (the "Company") announced that the Company, at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, resolved to change the number of shares constituting one unit (the "Share Unit Number"), which entitles a shareholder to cast one vote at a shareholders meeting.

(For the reference purpose only)
As of April 1, 2009, the trading unit of the shares of the Company posted at the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the Osaka Stock Exchange, the Nagoya Stock Exchange, the Sapporo Stock Exchange and the Fukuoka Stock Exchange shall also be reduced to 100 shares from 1,000 shares.

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