Notice on the Allotment of Stock Options (Stock Acquisition Rights)

Company Name: Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.
Representative: Masatoshi Matsuzaki, President and CEO
Stock Exchange Listings: Tokyo, Osaka (First Sections)
Local Securities Code Number: 4902
Contact: Yuji Suzuki, General Manager, Corporate Communications & Branding Division
Tel: (81) 3-6250-2100

Tokyo (August 8, 2011) - Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. (hereinafter, “the Company”) has decided to offer its directors and executive officers (excluding outside directors) stock acquisition rights in the form of compensation-type stock options, in accordance with the provisions of Articles 238 and 240 of the Corporate Law of Japan, under the terms and conditions set forth hereunder:

The Company issues stock acquisition rights as the shareholders' perspective linked stock price-related compensation, in order to provide further incentives to its directors and executive officers (excluding outside directors), increase their morale, and clarify their responsibilities for improving company performance.

The Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. 7^th (FY2011) Stock Acquisition Rights (Compensation-Type Stock Options)

A total of 479 stock acquisition rights will be allotted to a total of 24 persons, with 93 to three directors, excluding outside directors, and 386 to 21 executive officers. It should be noted that four of the 21 executive officers concurrently serve as directors.

The above total number represents the number of stock acquisition rights that are planned for allotment. In the event that some of the shares are not subscribed, and in consequence the total number of stock acquisition rights to be offered decreases, the total number to be allotted will be the total number that will be issued.

The type of shares underlining the stock acquisition rights shall be the Company's common stock, and the number of shares issued upon the exercise of each stock acquisition right (hereinafter referred to as the "number of shares granted") is 500. (The total number of shares for the 479 stock acquisition rights as stated in the (2 ) above amounts to 239,500 shares.)
However, if the Company splits or consolidates its common stock (including allotting shares of the Company's common stock free of charge), the number of shares granted shall be adjusted by the following formula, and any fraction less than one share resulting from adjustment will be rounded down to the nearest one whole share.

Post-adjustment number of shares granted = Pre-adjustment number of shares granted x the stock split or consolidation ratio

In addition to the above, if unavoidable circumstances necessitate an adjustment to the number of shares granted, it shall be adjusted to the extent reasonable.

Undecided (it shall be the amount determined by the Black-Scholes model, as of August 23, 2011)
The amount determined by the said model is the fair price of each stock acquisition right to be offered; therefore, it does not apply to favorable issuance.
Pecuniary compensation equivalent to the total amount payable for stock acquisition rights that will be allotted to the directors and executive officers set forth in (1) above shall be paid to the said directors and executive officers who shall be granted the said stock acquisition rights by offsetting the amount payable for the stock acquisition rights to be offered against their right to claim the said compensation.

The amount of property to be provided as contribution upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the number of shares granted by one yen, the amount to be paid per share granted upon the exercise of each stock acquisition right.

From August 24, 2011 to June 30, 2031

(a) The person receiving allotment of stock acquisition rights offered (hereinafter referred to as the "optionee") shall be permitted to exercise their stock acquisition rights only during a period of five years counting from the date one year after the date immediately following the date on which they lose their both positions as the Company's directors and executive officers (hereinafter referred to as the "exercise commencement date") within the time frame mentioned in (6) above.

(b) Notwithstanding (a) above, in case of the following (i) and (ii), the optionee may exercise their stock acquisition rights only during either of the periods specified in the following (i) and (ii), except, in the case (ii), where the stock acquisition rights of any of the restructured companies are granted to the optionee as specified in (11) below:
(i) In case the exercise commencement date does not arrive on or before June 30, 2030:
-- The period from July 1, 2030 to June 30, 2031; or
(ii) In case the Company's general meeting of shareholders approves a proposal for the approval of a merger agreement that will cause the Company to dissolve; or a proposal for the approval of a share exchange agreement that will make the Company a wholly owned subsidiary; or a proposal for the approval of a share transfer plan (if the resolution by the general meeting of shareholders is unnecessary, then in case such resolution is made at the Company's Board of Directors meeting):
-- The period of 15 days from the date immediately following the approved date

(c) No partial exercise of each stock acquisition right shall be permitted.

(d) Articles on circumstances that will make the optionee unable to exercise the stock acquisition rights they hold and articles related to succeeding the stock acquisition rights in the event of the optionee's death shall be separately prescribed by a stock acquisition right allotment agreement to be made and entered into by and between the Company and the optionee.

(a) The amount of capital to be increased when shares are issued upon the exercise of the stock acquisition rights shall be the amount equivalent to half of the allowable capital increase limit calculated pursuant to Article 17, Paragraph 1, of the Corporate Calculation Rules, and fractions less than one yen resulting from calculation shall be rounded up to the nearest whole yen.

(b) The amount of capital reserve to be increased when shares are issued upon the exercise of the stock acquisition rights shall be the above-mentioned allowable capital increase limit minus the above-mentioned amount of capital increase.

When the Company's general meeting of shareholders approves a proposal for the approval of a merger agreement that will cause the Company to dissolve; or a proposal for the approval of a company split agreement or plan that will make the Company a split company ; or a proposal for the approval of a share exchange agreement or a share transfer plan that will make the Company a wholly owned subsidiary, and if the Company deems it necessary, the Company may acquire the stock acquisition rights free of charge on a date separately designated by the Board of Directors or executive officers.

Transfer of the stock acquisition rights shall be subject to an approval of the Company's Board of Directors.

In the case where the Company conducts any merger (limited to cases where the Company is the dissolving company), demerger by transfer to an existing company (kyusyu-bunkatsu), demerger by transfer to a newly established company (shinsetsu-bunkatsu), statutory share exchange (kabushiki kokan) or statutory share transfer (kabushiki iten), (collectively, hereinafter referred to as the "organizational restructuring"), each optionee that holds the stock acquisition rights that are outstanding immediately prior to the time at which the relevant organizational restructuring becomes effective (hereinafter referred to as the "outstanding stock acquisition rights") shall be granted the stock acquisition rights to acquire shares in the respective "kabushiki kaisha" as set forth in Article 236, Paragraph 1, Item 8(a) to 8(e) of the Corporate Law (hereinafter referred to as the "successor company"), in which case, the outstanding stock acquisition rights shall be cancelled, and new stock acquisition rights shall be issued by the successor company; provided, however, that this shall be on condition that the issuance of the stock acquisition rights by the successor company in accordance with the following terms and conditions is set forth in the relevant merger agreement, demerger agreement or demerger plan, statutory share exchange agreement or statutory share transfer plan:

(a) Number of stock acquisition rights to be issued by the successor company:
This shall be the same number as the outstanding stock acquisition rights held by the optionee

(b) Type of the shares of the successor company to be issued upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights:
-- Common shares of the successor company

(c) Number of the shares of the successor company to be issued upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights:
This shall be determined in accordance with (3) above upon considering the terms and conditions of the relevant organizational restructuring activities.

(d) Amount of property to be provided as contribution upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights:
This shall be the amount obtained by multiplying the post-reorganization exercise price by the number of shares underlying each stock acquisition right as set forth in (c) above. The post-reorganization exercise price shall be one yen per share of the successor company to be granted upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights to be issued.

(e) Period of time during that stock acquisition rights may be exercised:
The period shall commence on the later of (i) the first day of the period during which the stock acquisition rights may be exercised as specified in (6) above or (ii) the day when any of the organizational restructuring activities become effective, and end on the last day of the period during which the stock acquisition rights may be exercised as specified in (6) above.

(f) Matters related to the amount of capital or capital reserve to be increased when shares are issued upon the exercise of stock acquisition rights:
These matters shall be determined as set forth in (8) above.

(g) The acquisition of stock acquisition rights:
This shall be determined as set forth in (9) above.

(h) Restrictions on the transfer of stock acquisition rights:
The acquisition of stock acquisition rights by transfer shall be subject to the approval of the Board of Directors meeting of the successor company.

(i) Other conditions for the exercise of stock acquisition rights:
Other conditions shall be determined as set forth in (7) above.

August 23, 2011