[English Translation]
May 15, 2009
Company name: 1-105 Kanda Jimbo-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Internet Initiative Japan Inc.
Company representative: Koichi Suzuki, President and Representative Director
(Stock Code Number: 3774 The First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact: Akihisa Watai, Director and CFO
TEL: 03-5259-6500
Information on the Affiliated Company
| 1. Information on the affiliated company | (as of March 31) |
| Parent and Other Company | Type | Its Ownership Percentage (%) | Securities Exchanges where its Shares are Listed |
| Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation | IIJ is NTT's affiliate company | 30.0 (5.0) | Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. (First Section) Osaka Securities Exchange, Co., Ltd. (First Section) Nagoya Stock Exchange, Inc. (First Section) Fukuoka Stock Exchange Sapporo Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange, Inc. London Stock Exchange plc. |
(Notes) The percentage in parentheses is the indirect ownership by NTT included in the figure above.
2. Position of the Listed Company (IIJ) in the Group of the Parent Company and other Companies
a. Position of the Listed Company (IIJ) in the Group of the Parent Company
The ownership percentage by NTT, which is IIJ's largest shareholder, was 30.0% as of March 31, 2009, including its indirect ownership. However, IIJ's sales activities are not affected by NTT's ownership in IIJ and IIJ is maintaining its management independence.
b. Personal Relationships with the Parent Company, other Related Company and their Group Companies
IIJ's board of directors consists of 14 members including 4 outside directors. Takashi Hiroi, an outside director (part-time director) of IIJ, is an employee of NTT (Senior Manager, Strategic Business Development Division of NTT). However, he is monitoring IIJ's business operations as an outside director and does not have any personal relationships, such as family relationships, with IIJ's other directors and auditors. He did not acquire any interest such as capital or business relationships upon becoming an outside director.
3. Business Relationship with NTT Group
IIJ uses services provided by Nippon Telegraph and Telephone East Corporation (“NTT East”) and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone West Corporation (“NTT West”) for a significant portion of its access circuits, and services provided by NTT Communications Corporation (“NTT Communications”) for a significant portion of its domestic and international backbones. The amount paid to NTT East and West, and to NTT Communications for their telecommunication circuits was JPY1,242 million and JPY3,635 million, respectively for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009.
IIJ leases a part of Internet data center facilities from NTT Group companies to provide our Internet data center services to our customers and the amount paid to NTT Group related to the lease of Internet data center facilities are JPY1,469 million.
Business transactions with the NTT Group are within the scope of normal business practices, and there is no special contract made in relation to the investment by NTT Group.