RNS Number:3463U
Kobe Steel, Ld
16 January 2004


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES
PUBLICATION DATE:             16 January 2004
Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following securities to be admitted to the Official List.
DETAILS OF ISSUE:             Yen30,000,000,000 Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2006
ISSUER:                       Kobe Steel, Ltd
INCORPORATED IN:              Japan
GUARANTOR:                    N/A
INCORPORATED IN:             N/A
Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours for fourteen days from the date of this
formal notice from:
UBS Limited of 1 Finsbury Avenue,                             Mizuho Corporation Bank, Ltd.,

London                                                        London Branch of River Plate House
                                                              7-11 Finsbury Circus
EC2M 2PP                                                      London EC2M 7DH
In addition, a copy of the Particulars is available for inspection at the Document Viewing Facility at the Financial
Services Authority,
25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS.




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