Issue of Debt

RNS Number:6401P
Autobacs Seven Co.Ld
11 September 2003

(Translation)



September 11, 2003

To Whom It May Concern:



Koichi Sumino
Chief Executive Officer and Representative Director
Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd.
13-16, Mita 3-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
(Code No. 9832 of the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and the Osaka
Securities Exchange. The London Stock Exchange)
Person to Contact:
Takashi Matsuo
Director
Telephone No: 03-3454-0062





              Announcement on determination of the total amount of

            issue of Euro Yen Zero Coupon Convertible Bonds due 2023


AUTOBACS SEVEN CO., LTD. (the "Company ") hereby notifies the determination of
the following total amount of issue of the Euro Yen Zero Coupon Convertible
Bonds due 2023 (bonds with stock acquisition rights, tenkanshasaigata shinkabu
yoyakuken-tsuki shasai) (hereinafter referred to as the "Bonds with Stock
Acquisition Rights ", of which the Bonds and the Stock Acquisition Rights are to
be hereinafter referred to as the " Bonds " and the " Stock Acquisition 
Rights", respectively), issuance of which was resolved by the Board of Directors
on September 3, 2003.



                                  Description



         1.Total number of Stock Acquisition       The aggregate number of 2,000 and the number obtained by
         Rights to be issued                       dividing the aggregate principal amount of replacement
                                                   Bond Certificates that may be additionally issued against
                                                   appropriate evidence and indemnity in case of loss, theft
                                                   or destruction of any Bond Certificate by JPY5,000,000.

         2.Total amount of issue of the Bonds      The aggregate amount of JPY10,000,000,000 and an aggregate
                                                   principal amount of replacement Bond Certificates that may
                                                   be issued against appropriate evidence and indemnity in
                                                   case of loss, theft or destruction of any Bond
                                                   Certificate.


(Reference)

1.Date of resolution of issuance                     September 3, 2003
2.Closing Date                                       September 22, 2003
3.The Company had granted Merrill Lynch International (" the Manager " ) an option to
additionally subscribe for the Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights up to a further
JPY1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Bonds.
On September 10, 2003 (London Time), the Company received a notice to exercise such option in
respect of JPY1,500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Bonds from the Manager.
Accordingly, total amount of issue of the Bonds has been determined as above.




Note: This press release is intended as general information regarding AUTOBACS '
issuance of convertible bonds and shall not be considered an offering of
securities. This press release shall not be construed as an offering of
securities in any region including the United States. The securities may not be
offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable
exemption under the Securities Act of 1933. In the event of an offering of
securities in the United States, a prospectus in English prepared in accordance
with the Securities Act of 1933 will be used.  This transaction does not involve
any public offering of securities in the United States.


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