TAKEFUJI CORPORATION   15-1 Nishi-Shinjuku 8-chome,Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-8654 Japan January 19, 2005 For release    Immediately Representative Megumu Motohisa, President Contact Investor Relations Tel: 81-3-3365-8011 Fax: 81-3-3365-8070 Stock Code No. 8564 TYOSE Takefuji announces sale of shares of OMC Card, Inc. Takefuji Corporation ("the Company") announced that it had resolved in the Board of Directors Meeting on January 19, 2005 to sell its shares of OMC Card Incorporated in the form of the off-exchange negotiated transaction. Maximum number of shares to be sold is 28,838,000 and the impact of the sale on the Company's financial results of the current fiscal year will be released after it has confirmed. Back by Takefuji co.