DIRECTORY

DOMESTIC OFFICES AND OVERSEAS OFFICES Singapore Office Sumirubber Industries FACILITIES 1 Maritime Square (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. Los Angeles Office #09-58 World Trade Center Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia Head Office 438 Amapola Avenue Singapore 099253, Singapore 3-6-9, Wakinohama-cho Suite 100 Sumirubber Industries (Kedah) Chuo-ku, Torrance, CA 90501, U.S.A. Office Sdn. Bhd. Hyogo 651-0072, Japan No. 905 Beijing Fortune Building Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia Tel: (078) 265-3004 Toronto Office No. 5 Dong San Huan Bei Lu, Fax: (078) 265-3113 c/o Goodyear Canada Inc. Chao Yang District Zhongshan Sumirubber 450 Kipling Ave., Toronto Beijing 100004, China Precision Rubber Ltd. Tokyo Head Office Ontario M8Z 5E1, Canada Zhongshan, Guangdong, China Toyosu Center Bldg. 3-3-3, Toyosu, Koto-ku Atlanta Office MAJOR SUBSIDIARIES Srixon Sports USA, Inc. Tokyo 135-6005, Japan 1850 Beaver Ridge Circle, Georgia, U.S.A. Tel: (03) 5546-0111 Suite D The Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co., Fax: (03) 5546-0140 Norcross, GA 30071, U.S.A. Ltd. Srixon Sports ASIA Sdn. Bhd. Izumiohtsu, Japan Salangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Facilities Brussels Office Kakogawa Factory Park Lane Dunlop Goodyear Tires Ltd. Srixon Sports Europe Ltd. Factory Cullinganlaan 2A Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan Alton, Hampshire, U.K. Shirakawa Factory B-1831 Diegem Ichijima Factory Belgium Goodyear Japan Ltd. Okayama Tire Proving Ground Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan MAJOR AFFILIATES Nayoro Tire Proving Ground Melbourne Office Golf Science Center c/o SPT Distribution Centre P. T. Sumi Rubber Indonesia Goodyear Dunlop Tires Europe O’Herns Road, Somerton, , Indonesia B.V. Victoria 3062, Australia Amsterdam, Holland Oniris S.A. Dubai Office Limay, France Goodyear Dunlop Tires North c/o EASA SALEH AL GURG America, Ltd. P.O. Box 325, Dubai, UAE Dunlop TECH GmbH Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. Hanau, Germany Jeddah Office Goodyear-SRI Global c/o BINZAGR COMPANY Purchasing Co. P.O. Box 54, Jeddah 21411 Akron, Ohio, U.S.A. Saudi Arabia

Ichijima Factory

Nagoya Factory Shirakawa Factory Kakogawa Factory

Izumiohtsu Factory (Ohtsu Tire) Miyazaki Factory (Ohtsu Tire) Sumi Rubber Indonesia Sumirubber Industries (Malaysia)

40 Sumitomo Rubber Industries CORPORATE DATA

BOARD OF DIRECTORS INVESTOR INFORMATION Stock Exchange Listings Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya Chairman Paid-in Capital Naoto Saito ¥33,904,513 thousand Ticker Symbol 5110 umitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. is one of Japan’s leading manufacturers of tires, golf President Number of Common Stock Mitsuaki Asai* Authorized: 800,000,000 Transfer Agent S balls, golf clubs, tennis balls and tennis rackets. In its Tire business, the Company aims to Issued: 242,543,057 The Sumitomo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. Executive Directors sustain its growth in world markets by pursuing maximum benefits with its three-brand strategy 5-33, 4-chome, Kitahama, Chuo-ku, Toshiyuki Noguchi* Number of Shareholders Osaka 541-0041, Japan encompassing the Dunlop, Goodyear and Falken brands. In Sports and Industrial and Other Ryochi Sawada* 10,206 Akihiko Nakamura Independent Accountants Products businesses, Sumitomo Rubber is striving to contribute to an increase in its corporate Hisao Takahashi Major Shareholders PricewaterhouseCoopers Koji Soeda Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. .. 27.9% Nihon Seimei Imabashi Bldg., value by concentrating its management resources on even higher-profit products. Yasuyuki Sasaki The Goodyear Tire & Rubber 7th Floor 3-1-7, Imabashi, Chuo-ku, Company...... 10.0% Osaka 541-8582, Japan Directors Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. . 5.4% Norio Okayama Shinsei Bank, Ltd...... 4.0% Investor Relations Samir G. Gibara Sumitomo Corporation ...... 4.0% Public Relations Department Tsunetoshi Yamaura The Mitsubishi Trust and Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. Hiroshi Okuno Banking Corp...... 4.0% 3-6-9, Wakinohama-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe Mikio Takatsu Sumitomo Mitsui Bank, Ltd...... 2.2% Hyogo 651-0072, Japan Yoshinori Yamada Goldman Sachs International...... 1.9% Tel: (078) 265-3004 Hiroyuki Bamba The Toyo Trust & Banking Co., Ltd. .. 1.7% Fax: (078) 265-3113 Takaki Nakano Trust & Custody Services Bank, Ltd. .. 1.5% Masatoshi Tsuchi Takayuki Saimen (As of December 31, 2001) Susumu Shiotani

Auditors Shigeki Okada Hiroo Jikihara Sumao Tokumasu Kimio Toma Stock Price (Yen)

*Representative Directors 1,200

1,000 (As of March 28, 2002) 800 680 FOR A V-SH 600 438 400

TOPIX 2,000

1,600 1,441

1,200 985 800

To Our Shareholders ...... 1 Positioning for Future Growth ...... 6 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Review of Operations ...... 14 Environmental Preservation ...... 18 Financial Review ...... 19 Consolidated Balance Sheets ...... 22 Consolidated Statements of Income ... 24 Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ Equity ...... 25 Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows ...... 26 Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements ...... 27 Report of Independent Accountants .... 39 Directory ...... 40 Corporate Data ...... 41 Zhongshan Sumirubber Precision Rubber Ltd. (China)

Sumitomo Rubber Industries 41 3-6-9, Wakinohama-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Hyogo 651-0072, Japan Tel: (078) 265-3004 Fax: (078) 265-3113

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