November 17, 2008
Corporate

For Immediate Release

Company name: DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED
Representative: Takashi Shoda, President and Representative Director
(Code no.: 4568, First Section, Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya Stock Exchanges)
Please address inquiries to Toshiaki Sai, General Manager,
Corporate Communications Department
Telephone: +81-3-6225-1126
http://www.daiichisankyo.com/

DAIICHI SANKYO Notice concerning Determination of Certain Terms of the Issue Stock Options (Stock Acquisition Rights) as Remuneration

Tokyo, November 17, 2008 - DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED has announced, with respect to the offered stock options (stock acquisition rights) to remunerate directors (excluding outside directors) and corporate officers approved at the meeting of its Board of Directors held on October 31, 2008, that the amount to be paid and other details were decided today.

1. Name of offered stock acquisition rights
    DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED No. 2 stock acquisition rights
2. Total number of offered stock acquisition rights
    1,722 stock acquisition rights (100 shares per one stock acquisition right)
  Breakdown
    Six (6) directors: 718 stock acquisition rights
    Twenty (20) corporate officers: 1,004 stock acquisition rights
3. Subscription amount for offered stock acquisition right
    134,200 yen per stock acquisition rights
    (1,342 yen per share)
   
Reference
Date of Board of Directors resolution: October 31, 2008
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