NTT DoCoMo to Liquidate its Subsidiary

Financials

TOKYO, JAPAN, October 24, 2005 --- NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (DoCoMo) announced today that it made a decision to liquidate DCM Capital NL (UK) Limited, DoCoMo's wholly owned subsidiary in the United Kingdom. Details of the decision are as follows:

  1. Outline of the Subsidiary
    Company name: DCM Capital NL (UK) Limited
    Address: 5th Floor East, Lansdowne House 57 Berkeley Square, London, W1J 6ER United Kingdom
    Representative: Yoshiaki Ugaki
    Business: Intermediate holding company to hold shares of KPN Mobile N.V. (KPNM)
    Date established: July 2000
    Capital: €4,002,352,959
    Number of shares issued: 4,002,352,959 shares
    Fiscal year-end: December 31
    Number of employees: None
    Major business partner: None
    Shareholders: 100% owned by DoCoMo
  2. Reasons for Liquidation
    DCM Capital NL (UK) Limited was established as an intermediate holding company in the United Kingdom to hold DoCoMo's shares of KPNM. DoCoMo decided to liquidate the intermediate holding company in order to transfer its shares in KPNM to KPNM's parent company, Koninklijke KPN N.V.
  3. Schedule
    The liquidation is expected to be completed during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2007.
  4. Impact on DoCoMo's Results of Operations
    The liquidation is not expected to have significant impact on DoCoMo's consolidated or non-consolidated results of operations. The liquidation does not affect the forecast of DoCoMo's results of operations for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2006.

About NTT DoCoMo
NTT DoCoMo is the world's leading mobile communications company, serving more than 50 million customers. The company offers a wide variety of leading-edge mobile multimedia services, including i-mode® which provides e-mail and Internet access to over 45 million subscribers as the world's most popular mobile Internet service, and FOMA®, launched in 2001 as the world's first 3G mobile service based on W-CDMA. In addition to wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, North America and Asia, the company is expanding its global reach through strategic alliances with mobile and multimedia service providers in Asia-Pacific and Europe. NTT DoCoMo is listed on the Tokyo (9437), London (NDCM) and New York (DCM) stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.docomo.ne.jp/english.

i-mode and FOMA are trademarks or registered trademarks of NTT DoCoMo, Inc. in Japan and other countries.
NTT DoCoMo's FOMA service is only available to subscribers in Japan.

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