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TOKYO, JAPAN, April 26, 2013 --- NTT DOCOMO, INC. (the "Company") hereby announces that on April 26, 2013, the Board of Directors decided to conduct a stock split, adopt a unit share system, partially amend the Articles of Incorporation and change the ratio of American Depositary Shares (ADS) in relation to underlying shares.

We would also like to announce that the Company's Board of Directors decided to submit a proposal on "Partial Amendments to the Articles of Incorporation" to the 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013 with regard to the establishment of new articles concerning the rights pertaining to shares less than one unit and the additional purchase of shares less than one unit included in the Articles of Incorporation partial amendments.

In response to the "Action Plan for Consolidating Trading Units" announced by stock exchanges of Japan in November 2007, the Company will conduct a 1:100 stock split and adopt a unit share system which sets a share-trading unit as 100 shares. Please note that there will be no effective change in the investment units due to the stock split and adoption of the unit share system.

• Method of the stock split
  Monday, September 30, 2013 shall be the record date of the stock split. Each of the Company's common shares held by shareholders whose names are stated or recorded in the latest Registry of Shareholders on the record date will be split at a ratio of 1:100.

• Number of increase in shares due to the stock split

  	Total number of issued shares before the stock split:	43,650,000 shares
  	Number of increase in shares due to the stock split:	4,321,350,000 shares
  	Total number of issued shares after the stock split:	4,365,000,000 shares
  	Total number of authorized shares after the stock split:	17,460,000,000 shares

• Schedule of the stock split

  	Public notice date of the record date:	Friday, September 13, 2013
  	Record date:	Monday, September 30, 2013
  	Effective date:	Tuesday, October 1, 2013

• Number of shares constituting one unit
  The adoption of the unit share system shall take effect on the effective date in "1. Stock split" above, and the number of shares to constitute a share-trading unit shall be 100 shares.

• Schedule for the establishment of the new unit share system
  Effective date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013
  (Reference) Effective on Thursday, September 26, 2013, the share-trading unit for the common stock of the Company shall be changed to 100 shares on the stock exchanges.

• Reasons for amendment
  
  • Accompanying "1. Stock split" and "2. Adoption of the unit share system" above, the Company shall make amendment to Article 6 (Total Number of Shares to be Issued)1, and newly establish Article 7 (Share-Trading Unit)1, Article 8 (Rights pertaining to Shares Less than One Unit)2 and Article 9 (Additional Purchases of Shares Less than One Unit)2.
  • The Company shall renumber existing articles2 due to the new establishment of Article 7, Article 8 and Article 9 as mentioned in 1).
  • 1 Resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, Friday, April 26, 2013.
  • 2 Resolution at the meeting of the Board of Directors held today, Friday, April 26, 2013 for submission to the 22nd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

• Description of amendments
  See Appendix.
  (Open a PDF file)Appendix (PDF format: 68KB)

• Schedule of amendments
  Effective date: Tuesday, October 1, 2013

• Purpose of change of ratio of ADS
  The purpose is to change the ratio of ADS in relation to underlying shares to match the stock split and maintain the current level of investment unit price used for ADS.

• Overview of change of ratio of ADS in relation to underlying shares
  
  • Current ratio: 1 ADS = 0.01 underlying shares
  • New ratio: 1 ADS = 1 underlying shares
  • Effective date of new ratio: October 1, 2013 (U.S. EST)
  • Temporarily closure of the ADS depositary facility:
    Thursday, September 26, 2013 - Monday, September 30, 2013 (U.S. EST)
  • Date of commencement of trading under new ratio: October 1, 2013 (U.S. EST)