Yokohama Finance Cayman Limited
19 December 2000


FORMAL NOTICE FOR SPECIALIST SECURITIES

PUBLICATION DATE:      18th December 2000

Application has been made to the UK Listing Authority for the following
securities to be admitted to the Official List.

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DETAILS OF ISSUE:         Yokohama Finance Cayman Limited, JPY 300,000,000,000
                          Subordinated Guaranteed Euro MTN Programme for the  
                          issue of Notes due on a stated date more than five 
                          years from the date of original issue or in  
                          perpetuity , guaranteed on a subordinated basis by 
                          the the Bank of Yokohama Ltd.
 
ISSUERS:                  Yokohama Finance Cayman Limited

INCORPORATED IN:          The Cayman Islands  

GUARANTORS:               The Bank of Yokohama Ltd

INCORPORATED IN:          Japan


Particulars relating to the issue may be obtained during usual business hours
for fourteen days from the date of this formal notice from:

The Chase Manhattan Bank
Trinity Tower
9 Thomas More Street
London E1 9YT

Linklaters 
One Silk Street
London EC2Y 8HQ

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.