Tokai Carbon Co., Ltd. announces that it has repurchased its own shares at the market, pursuant to Article 165, Paragraph 2 of the Corporate Law.
With this transaction, the Company has reached the repurchase limit resolved at the Board of Directors meeting held on June 16, 2006.

1. Period in which repurchases were made From June 19 to July 5, 2006 2. Total number of shares repurchased 1,565,000 shares 3. Total value of shares repurchased 999,875,000 yen 4. Method of repurchase Purchased at Tokyo Stock Exchange (Reference) Details of the resolution at the Board of Directors meeting held on June 16, 2006 (1) Type of shares Common stock (2) Aggregate number of   repurchaseable shares Up to 1.6 million share (3) Aggregate repurchase amount Up to 1 billion yen (4) Schedule to repurchase From June 19 to July 31, 2006