NOTICE REGARDING STOCK REPURCHASES
(UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF NTT’S ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 2, ARTICLE 165 OF THE COMPANIES ACT OF JAPAN)

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (“NTT”) hereby announces that, at a meeting of its Board of Directors held today, NTT authorized repurchases of shares of its common stock pursuant to Article 156 of the Companies Act of Japan (the “Companies Act“), as applied pursuant to Paragraph 3, Article 165 of the Companies Act, as described below.

1. Reasons for Stock Repurchases:

To improve capital efficiency and enhance shareholder returns.

2. Details of Repurchases:

(1) Total number of shares to be repurchased:	Up to 100 million shares of common stock (Ratio to the number of outstanding shares*:2.76%)
(2) Aggregate repurchase amount:	Up to 250 billion yen
(3) Period of repurchases:	August 10, 2021 ~ March 31, 2022
(4) Method of repurchases	Market trading transactions on the Tokyo Stock Exchange (Planned)

(For reference) Number of shares of treasury stock (as of June 30, 2021)

*Number of outstanding shares：**	3,622,001,756 shares
Number of shares of treasury stock：	278,787,184 shares

^*Excluding shares of treasury stock.

For further inquiries, please contact:

NAKAYAMA or UMEDA

Investor Relations Office
Finance and Accounting Department
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
Contact us by email:
https://group.ntt/en/ir/contact/

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Please be advised that information may be outdated after that point.

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