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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt"><B>Benihana Inc.</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.<BR>
Benihana Protective Trust dated June&nbsp;8, 1998



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 14pt"><B>Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">232 East 63rd Street<BR>
New York, New York 10021



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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt">September &#091;__&#093;, 2004
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Dear Fellow Benihana Inc. Stockholder:



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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. (&#147;BOT&#148;) is the largest holder of shares of
common stock of Benihana Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;), beneficially owning
approximately 51.3% of the outstanding shares and 43.6% of the votes
represented by the Company&#146;s common stock. BOT believes that the current Board
of Directors of the Company is not acting in your best interests. Therefore,
BOT is seeking your support for the election of two nominees to the Board of
Directors of the Company at the annual meeting of stockholders scheduled to be
held at Doral Golf Resort &#038; Spa, 4400 N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33178,
on Wednesday, September&nbsp;&#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;, 2004, at 10:00&nbsp;A.M. (local time). If elected, the
nominees would constitute two of nine members of the Board of Directors of the
Company.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT urges you to consider carefully the information contained in the
attached Proxy Statement and to support its efforts to elect a new independent
director to the Board by signing, dating and returning the enclosed BLUE
proxy today. The attached Proxy Statement and the enclosed BLUE proxy
card are first being furnished to the stockholders of the Company on or about
September &#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;, 2004.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have already voted for the incumbent management slate, you have
every right to change your vote by signing and returning a later dated
BLUE proxy.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any questions or require any assistance with your vote, please
contact Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated which is assisting us, at their address and
telephone number below.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;WE URGE YOU TO SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED BLUE PROXY CARD
TODAY TO VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF OUR NOMINEES.




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    <TD colspan="3">Thank you for your support,<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.<BR>
Corporate Secretary<BR>
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PRELIMINARY COPIES</B>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>OF</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BENIHANA INC.</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PROXY STATEMENT<BR>
OF<BR>
BENIHANA OF TOKYO, INC.</B>



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THE ENCLOSED</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BLUE PROXY CARD TODAY</B>




<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. (&#147;BOT&#148;) is the largest holder of shares of common
stock of Benihana Inc., a Delaware corporation (&#147;Benihana&#148; or the &#147;Company&#148;).
BOT is writing to you in connection with the election of two nominees to
Benihana&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Benihana Board&#148;) at the annual meeting of
stockholders scheduled to be held at 10:00&nbsp;A.M. (local time), on Wednesday,
September&nbsp;&#95;&#95;&#95;, 2004, at Doral Golf Resort &#038; Spa, 4400 N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami,
Florida 33178, including any adjournments or postponements thereof and any
meeting which may be called in lieu thereof (the &#147;Annual Meeting&#148;). As further
described herein, BOT believes that Board independence, improvement in the
Company&#146;s financial results, and improvement in the Company&#146;s corporate
governance policies will be best achieved through the election of its
nominees. As of the date of this Proxy Statement such nominees have
not formulated specific strategies that they intend to pursue in order to improve the
Company&#146;s financial results.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Benihana Board currently consists of three classes, Class&nbsp;I, Class&nbsp;II
and Class&nbsp;III directors. The Company has two classes of common stock
outstanding, common stock, $.10 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), and
Class&nbsp;A common stock, $.10 par value per share (&#147;Class&nbsp;A Stock&#148; together with
the Common Stock, the &#147;Shares&#148;). The Company&#146;s certificate of incorporation
grants the holders of Class&nbsp;A Stock the right to elect 25% or three of the nine
members of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors. According to the Company&#146;s Proxy
Statement for the Annual Meeting, three Class&nbsp;III directors, including one
Class&nbsp;A Stock director, will be elected at the Annual Meeting. The Class&nbsp;III
directors will serve a three-year term expiring at the Company&#146;s 2007 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and
qualified.


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</FONT></DIV>
<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This proxy statement (the &#147;Proxy Statement&#148;) and the enclosed BLUE
proxy card are being furnished to stockholders of Benihana by BOT in connection
with the solicitation of proxies from Benihana&#146;s stockholders to be used at the
Annual Meeting to elect BOT&#146;s nominees, Kevin Y. Aoki and Lewis Jaffe (the
&#147;Nominees&#148;), to serve as Common Stock directors on the Benihana Board. In the
Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed on August&nbsp;3, 2004, Benihana nominated Kevin Y.
Aoki to serve as a Common Stock director. BOT supports this nomination. As
nominees for director, Messrs.&nbsp;Aoki and Jaffe are deemed to be participants in
this proxy solicitation. In addition to the Nominees, BOT is deemed to be a
participant in this proxy solicitation. See &#147;Participant Information.&#148; This
Proxy Statement and the BLUE proxy card are first being furnished to
Benihana&#146;s stockholders on or about September &#091;&#95;&#95;&#95;&#093;, 2004.
<DIV align="left"><FONT size="1">

</FONT></DIV>


<DIV align="left"><FONT size="1">

</FONT></DIV>
<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Benihana has set the record date for determining stockholders entitled to
notice of and to vote at the Annual Meeting as August&nbsp;11, 2004 (the &#147;Record
Date&#148;). Stockholders of record at the close of business on the Record Date
will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. According to Benihana, as of
the Record Date, there were 2,992,979 shares of Common Stock
outstanding and 3,519,294 shares of Common Stock entitled to vote at the Annual
Meeting and 6,161,475 shares of Class&nbsp;A Stock outstanding and
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. BOT is the beneficial owner of an
aggregate of 1,535,668 shares, or 51.3%, of the Common Stock and 116,754
shares, or 1.8%, of the Class&nbsp;A Stock. The participants in this
solicitation intend to vote such Shares for the election of the Nominees as Common Stock directors. The
principal executive office of Benihana is located at 8685 Northwest 53rd
Terrace, Miami, Florida 33166.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THIS SOLICITATION IS BEING MADE BY BOT AND NOT ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF
DIRECTORS OR MANAGEMENT OF BENIHANA. BOT IS NOT AWARE OF ANY OTHER MATTERS TO
BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING OTHER THAN THE ELECTION OF TWO
COMMON STOCK DIRECTORS, ONE CLASS A
STOCK DIRECTOR AND RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF THE COMPANY&#146;S AUDITORS.
SHOULD OTHER MATTERS, WHICH BOT IS NOT AWARE OF A REASONABLE TIME BEFORE THIS
SOLICITATION, BE BROUGHT BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING, THE PERSONS NAMED AS
PROXIES IN THE ENCLOSED BLUE PROXY CARD WILL VOTE ON SUCH MATTERS IN
THEIR DISCRETION.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT URGES YOU TO SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE BLUE PROXY CARD IN FAVOR
OF THE ELECTION OF ITS NOMINEES DESCRIBED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SENT A PROXY CARD FURNISHED BY BENIHANA MANAGEMENT TO
THE BENIHANA BOARD, YOU MAY REVOKE THAT PROXY AND VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF
BOT&#146;S NOMINEES BY SIGNING, DATING AND RETURNING THE ENCLOSED BLUE PROXY
CARD. THE LATEST DATED PROXY IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COUNTS. ANY PROXY MAY BE
REVOKED AT ANY TIME PRIOR TO THE ANNUAL MEETING BY DELIVERING A WRITTEN NOTICE
OF REVOCATION OR A LATER DATED PROXY FOR THE ANNUAL MEETING TO BOT, C/O
INNISFREE M&#038;A INCORPORATED WHICH IS ASSISTING IN THIS SOLICITATION,
OR TO THE SECRETARY OF BENIHANA, OR BY VOTING IN PERSON AT THE ANNUAL MEETING.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>IMPORTANT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT, NO MATTER HOW MANY OR HOW FEW SHARES YOU OWN. BOT
URGES YOU TO SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED BLUE PROXY CARD TODAY TO
VOTE FOR THE ELECTION OF BOT&#146;S NOMINEES.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Nominees are committed, subject to their fiduciary duties to
Benihana&#146;s stockholders, to improving the Company&#146;s financial results,
advancing corporate governance and Board independence, and giving all Benihana
stockholders the opportunity to achieve the maximum value for their Shares. A
vote FOR the Nominees will enable you &#151; as the owners of Benihana &#151; to send a
message to the Benihana Board that you are committed to achieving such goals.
As further described below, if the Nominees are elected, they will use their
best efforts to cause the Benihana Board to act in the best interests of the
stockholders.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If your Shares are registered in your own name, please sign and date the
enclosed BLUE proxy card and return it to BOT, c/o Innisfree
M&#038;A Incorporated, in the enclosed envelope today.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of your Shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, bank
nominee or other institution on the Record Date, only it can vote such Shares
and only upon receipt of your specific instructions. Accordingly, please
contact the person responsible for your account and instruct that person to
execute on your behalf the BLUE proxy card. BOT urges you to confirm
your instructions in writing to the person responsible for your account and to
provide a copy of such instructions to BOT, c/o Innisfree M&#038;A
Incorporated which is assisting in this solicitation, at the address and
telephone number set forth below, and on the back cover of this Proxy
Statement, so that we may be aware of all instructions and can attempt to
ensure that such instructions are followed.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any questions regarding your proxy, or need assistance in
voting your Shares, please contact:


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated<BR>
501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor<BR>
New York, NY 10022<BR>
Toll-Free Number: 1-888-750-5834



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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PROPOSAL 1</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Reasons for the Solicitation</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT is asking that you elect its Nominees in order to:


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    <TD>Elect one new independent director that brings valuable
experience in corporate governance, private and public investment,
and business management; and</TD>
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    <TD>Retain an incumbent director that knows the Company and has a
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If elected to the Board of Directors, BOT believes the Nominees will use
their experience in an effort to improve the financial results and corporate
governance of the Company. There can be no assurance that the election of our
Nominees will in fact improve the operating results and corporate governance of
the Company, and as of the date of this Proxy Statement, the Nominees
have not formulated specific strategies that they intend to pursue in
order to improve the Company&#146;s operating results.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>The Company&#146;s Disappointing Financial Results</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s financial results over the past five years have been a
disappointment to BOT.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;According to the Company&#146;s Form 10-Ks filed for the fiscal years ended
March&nbsp;2000 through March&nbsp;2004, the Company&#146;s total revenues increased between
its fiscal year ended March&nbsp;28, 2000 and its fiscal year ended March&nbsp;28, 2004;
however, the Company&#146;s net income over the same period has been relatively
stagnant, changing from $8.733&nbsp;million as of its fiscal year ended March&nbsp;28,
2000 to $9.239&nbsp;million as of its fiscal year ended March&nbsp;28, 2004, an increase
of $506,000. Thus, net income has increased only 5.79% during the past five
fiscal years and most remarkably, profit margins (net income divided by total
revenues) have declined each and every year for the past five fiscal years,
from 6.35% as of the Company&#146;s fiscal year ended March&nbsp;28, 2000 to 4.55% as
of its fiscal year ended March&nbsp;28, 2004.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Of particular concern are the trends for the last five fiscal years with
respect to income from operations, income before income taxes and minority
interest and net income. Over the subject time-frame, income from operations
as a percentage of total revenues has declined each and every year and is now
30.12% lower than it was in fiscal 2000. Over the subject time-frame,
income before income taxes and minority interest as a percentage of total
revenues has declined and is now 25.69% lower than it was in fiscal 2000.
And again, over the subject time-frame net income as a percentage of total
revenues has declined each and every year and is now 28.35% lower than it
was in fiscal 2000.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While total revenues have increased progressively during the last five
fiscal years, income from operations, income before income taxes and minority
interest and net income as a percentage of total revenues have each
progressively and significantly declined over the same five fiscal year
periods.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>BOT Objects To The Approval Of The BFC Transaction</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT believes that the recently announced $20&nbsp;million convertible preferred
financing (the &#147;Financing Transaction&#148;) is not in the best interests of the
Company&#146;s stockholders.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;18, 2004, Benihana announced that it had reached an agreement in
principle to sell $20&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of Convertible
Preferred Stock (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;) to BFC Financial Corporation (&#147;BFC&#148;) in
a private placement with an initial tranche of $10&nbsp;million. BFC is a
diversified holding company with operations in banking, real estate and other
industries. John E. Abdo, a director of Benihana, is also Vice Chairman, as
well as a director and a significant shareholder of BFC. The Preferred Stock
will be convertible into shares of Common Stock of Benihana at a conversion
price of $19.00 per share, will carry an annual cash dividend of $1.25
per share of Preferred Stock, and will be able to vote immediately on an
&#147;as if converted&#148; basis on all matters put to a vote of the holders of Common
Stock. In addition, the approval of the holders of a majority of the Preferred
Stock (i.e., BFC) will be required for certain events outside the ordinary
course of business thus providing BFC, a third party, with &#147;negative&#148; control
of the Company for an initial investment of only $10&nbsp;million.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The closing of the first tranche of the transaction was announced on July
1, 2004. Benihana issued $10&nbsp;million of the Preferred Stock at the closing and
may, at its option, issue the balance of the Preferred Stock from time to time
during the two year period commencing on the first anniversary of the closing.
The holders of the Preferred Stock will be entitled to nominate one director at
all times if John E. Abdo is no longer a director and one additional director
in the event that dividends are not paid for two consecutive quarters.
Benihana determines whether or not dividends are to be paid.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Preferred Stock will be subject to redemption at its original issue
price 10&nbsp;years from the date of closing and, at Benihana&#146;s option, may be
redeemed for cash or Common Stock valued at then-current market prices. In
addition, the Preferred Stock may be redeemed at any time beginning three years
from the date of issue if the price of the Common Stock is at least $38.00 for
60 consecutive trading days. On August&nbsp;20, 2004, the Common Stock of
Benihana was trading at $12.91 per share and its Class&nbsp;A Stock was
trading at $12.78 per share.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT does not believe that the Company was undercapitalized so as to
require an equity investment of the size and on the terms that comprise the
Financing Transaction with BFC. BOT believes that the primary reason the Board
of Directors approved the Company entering into the Financing Transaction was
to further entrench the current officers and directors of the Company in their
positions with the Company and to dilute the controlling interest previously
held by BOT. BOT believes that the following factors, among others, provide evidence of this
purpose:
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    <TD>The Financing Transaction was consummated with an
entity, BFC, through which several of Company&#146;s directors have
either a financial interest or a direct or indirect fiduciary
relationship.</TD>
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    <TD>The Financing Transaction was consummated with BFC
despite the fact that independent third parties expressed a
willingness to provide the same amount of capital on terms more
favorable to the Company and its stockholders.</TD>
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    <TD>The Financing Transaction was consummated without the
Company establishing an independent board committee to assess the
terms of such transaction or the Company&#146;s need to raise capital
from an entity related to current Board members.</TD>
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    <TD>The Financing Transaction was consummated without the
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prior to the closing of the Financing Transaction, Benihana received
multiple offers for financing in the same $20&nbsp;million amount. All of these
offers were on terms more favorable to Benihana than the terms of the Financing
Transaction and as proposed would not have affected BOT&#146;s or any other
stockholder&#146;s voting power at this time.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On May&nbsp;28, 2004, Benihana received a letter from Yamano Holding
Corporation, a large Japanese public company, expressing a willingness to
invest $20&nbsp;million in Benihana in exchange for convertible preferred stock (the
&#147;Yamano Letter&#148;). The convertible preferred stock referenced in the Yamano
Letter would have been on financial terms comparable to the Financing
Transaction, but, among other things, would not have had any voting rights
until converted, would not have converted into Common Stock with increased
voting power, but would have converted only into Class&nbsp;A stock, and did not
require a standby payment to be made on preferred stock that had yet to be
issued.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June&nbsp;3, 2004, Benihana received a letter from Cornell Capital Partners,
LP (&#147;Cornell Partners&#148;) expressing a willingness to enter into one of two
alternative financing transactions, either of which would provide Benihana with
$20&nbsp;million of additional capital (the &#147;Cornell Letter&#148;). One of the
alternative transactions contemplated that Benihana would have received two
installments of $10&nbsp;million over two years in exchange for a promissory note
secured by Benihana stock of equal value. Among other things, this offer did
not contemplate that Cornell Partners would own the escrowed stock or have any
rights associated with the ownership of the stock except in the event of
default. The second alternative contemplated that Cornell Partners would
commit to purchase up to $20&nbsp;million of Benihana Class&nbsp;A stock over a 24&nbsp;month
period. Among other things, the second offer did not provide Cornell Partners
with any voting rights before the shares were purchased, provided the less
potent voting rights associated with the Class&nbsp;A stock, did not include a right
to name a director, did not provide Cornell Partners with veto power over any
transaction, did not require the payment of a minimum dividend and did not
require any standby payment for shares yet to be purchased.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On June&nbsp;4, 2004, Trinity Capital, LLC, an investment banking firm that
provides financial advisory services to multi-unit and franchised businesses,
primarily in the retail and food industries, sent a letter to Benihana
indicating that it could have obtained the proposed $20&nbsp;million of financing
for Benihana in four to six weeks on terms more favorable to Benihana than
those of the Financing Transaction (the &#147;Trinity Letter&#148;).
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Yamano Letter, the Cornell Letter and the Trinity Letter each provided
a different mechanism through which Benihana could have attempted to raise the
$20&nbsp;million it purportedly required on terms more favorable to Benihana than
the terms of the Financing Transaction.
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result of the Financing Transaction, assuming that it is not
rescinded as a result of the legal proceedings commenced by BOT and further
described below, BOT&#146;s ability to control the Company has been substantially
reduced. Prior to the Financing Transaction, BOT was able to cast
approximately 51% of all of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock. Following the first tranche of the Financing
Transaction which was consummated on July&nbsp;1, 2004, BOT is now only able to cast
approximately 43% of the votes entitled to be cast by the holders of the Common
Stock (including the votes entitled to be cast by BFC on an as-converted
basis), and after the remainder of the Financing Transaction is consummated,
BOT&#146;s voting control of the Common Stock will be further reduced to
approximately 37.9% while BFC&#146;s voting control of the Common
Stock will be increased to approximately 26%. The dilution to BOT&#146;s voting power with respect to the
Company&#146;s Common Stock will have an adverse impact on BOT&#146;s ability to
influence or control votes of the common stockholders, including the election
of the Company&#146;s Directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>The Company Needs To Improve Its Corporate Governance</I>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Currently, five of the nine Board members of the Company have certain
financial and other relationships with current director Darwin C. Dornbush, his
law firm, his consulting firm, or BFC or one of its subsidiaries.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Darwin Dornbush is a Director of Benihana.



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    <TD>The law firm, of which Dornbush is senior partner, has
received and continues to receive substantial outside counsel
fees paid by Benihana. According to the Company&#146;s Proxy
Statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,
fees paid to Dornbush&#146;s law firm were $675,000 in fiscal 2004,
$1,043,250 in fiscal 2003, $1,118,726 in fiscal 2002.</TD>
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    <TD>According to Levitt Corporation&#146;s 2004 Proxy Statement
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Dornbush is a
Director of the Levitt Corporation, which is a subsidiary of and
is controlled by BFC, the purchaser of the securities in the
Financing Transaction.</TD>
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    <TD>Dornbush is engaged in other business ventures with the
Company&#146;s Chief Executive Officer and another Director who is
supposed to be independent. According to media articles and the
website for the Dorsan Group, a private financial consulting
firm, Dornbush, Joel Schwartz, the Company&#146;s Chief Executive
Officer and a Director, and Yoshihiro Sano, a current director
and one of the nominees for election by the holders of the Common
Stock proposed by the Company, each participate together in this
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;John Abdo is a Director of Benihana.


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    <TD>Abdo is also a large stockholder and the Vice
Chairman of the Board of BFC, according to BFC&#146;s public filings.
Abdo signed the documents relating to the Financing
Transaction on behalf of BFC even though Abdo is a director
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    <TD>Abdo is the President and Vice Chairman of Levitt
Corporation, a subsidiary of BFC, according to the Company&#146;s
2004 Proxy Statement. Levitt Corporation is the same company
for which Dornbush serves as a board member.</TD>
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    <TD>Abdo is the Vice Chairman of the Board of
Bluegreen Corporation, a subsidiary of Levitt Corporation and an
indirect subsidiary of BFC, according to Bluegreen Corporation&#146;s
public filings. Bluegreen is the same company for which
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Norman Becker is a Director of Benihana.


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    <TD>Becker is also a Director of the Bluegreen Corporation,
an subsidiary of Levitt Corporation and an indirect subsidiary of
BFC. Bluegreen is the same company for which John Abdo serves as
Vice Chairman of the Board and Levitt Corporation is the same
company for which Dornbush serves as a board member.</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yoshihiro Sano is a Director of Benihana.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT believes that an additional independent director not related to BFC or
its subsidiaries or Dornbush and his business enterprises will improve
the corporate governance of the Company.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>The Nominees</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By notice to the Company dated July&nbsp;30, 2004, BOT nominated two persons to
be elected by holders of the Common Stock as members of the Company&#146;s Board of
Directors at the Company&#146;s 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. BOT&#146;s slate
consists of one individual, Kevin Y. Aoki, who is a trustee of the trust that
holds all of the capital stock of BOT, and who is affiliated with the Company
as an officer and director, and one individual, Lewis Jaffe, that is not
affiliated with either BOT or the Company. Kevin Y. Aoki currently serves as a
director of the Company whose term expires at the Company&#146;s Annual Meeting. In
the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement filed on August&nbsp;3, 2004, the Company nominated
Kevin Y. Aoki for election by the holders of the Common Stock. BOT supports
this nomination. Please see the Management Proxy Statement for information on
Kevin Y. Aoki.


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following information sets forth the name, business address, present
principal occupation, and employment and material occupations, positions,
offices, or employments for the past five years of our other nominee, Lewis
Jaffe. This information has been furnished to us by Mr.&nbsp;Jaffe.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">LEWIS
JAFFE<br>
Age 47


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.&nbsp;Jaffe served as the interim President of Glowpoint, Inc., a
Nasdaq-listed video products and services company, from April&nbsp;2002 until August
2002. Since August&nbsp;2002, Mr.&nbsp;Jaffe has been self employed as a public speaker
and consultant. From July&nbsp;2002 to July&nbsp;2003, Mr.&nbsp;Jaffe was an independent
consultant to Glowpoint. From June&nbsp;2000 to March&nbsp;2002, Mr.&nbsp;Jaffe served as
President and Chief Operating Officer of PictureTel Corporation, a
Nasdaq-listed videoconferencing company. From September&nbsp;1998 to June&nbsp;2000, Mr.
Jaffe was a managing director in the Boston office of Arthur Andersen LLP in
the global finance practice. From January&nbsp;1997 to March&nbsp;1998, Mr.&nbsp;Jaffe was the
President of C Systems, LLC, a designer and manufacturer of mobile military
shelters, housing, communication, radar and missile launch systems. He served
as a member of the Board of Directors for Glowpoint from September&nbsp;2001 to July
2003, and he currently serves on the Board of Directors of Media 100 Inc.,
Travizon Inc., Pixion, Inc., and Turnaround Management Association of New
England.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;While there can be no assurance that the Company&#146;s financial performance
will improve, or that the Shares will appreciate by comparable amounts, or at
all, if the Nominees are elected, they stand committed to pursuing strategies
to enhance stockholder value. As of the date of this Proxy Statement,
the Nominees have not formulated specific strategies that they intend
to pursue in order to enhance stockholder value. The Nominees are citizens of the
United States of America.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Nominees will not receive any compensation from BOT for their services
as directors of Benihana. If elected, the Nominees will be entitled to the
compensation determined by the Company for services of employee and
non-employee directors, which is described in the Management Proxy Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other than as stated herein, there are no arrangements or understandings
between BOT and any of the Nominees or any other person or persons pursuant to
which the nomination described herein is to be made, other than the consent by
each of the Nominees to be named in this Proxy Statement and to serve as a
directors of Benihana if elected as such at the Annual Meeting.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We note that, even if elected to the Benihana Board, the Nominees will be
two of nine members. As a result, if elected, the Nominees will be unable to
act to take any action to pursue our stated objectives for the Company
described in this Proxy Statement in the absence of support from at least three
other directors. As of the date of this Proxy Statement,
the Nominees have not formulated specific strategies that they intend
to pursue in order to enhance stockholder value.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If BOT is unsuccessful in its effort to elect its Nominees, BOT intends to
continue pursuing the litigation relating to the Financing Transaction
described under the heading &#147;Participant Information.&#148; BOT has not made a
determination of any other action that it will take if it is not successful in
its effort to elect its Nominees.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT does not expect that either of the Nominees will be unable to stand
for election; however, in the event that either such person is unable to
serve, the Shares represented by the enclosed BLUE proxy card will be
voted for substitute nominees. In addition, BOT reserves the right to nominate
substitute persons if Benihana makes or announces any changes to its bylaws or
takes or announces any other action that has, or if consummated would have, the
effect of disqualifying the Nominees. In any such case, Shares represented by
the enclosed BLUE proxy card will be voted for such substitute nominees.
BOT has not identified any substitute nominees in the event the Nominees are
unable to stand for election.


<DIV align="left"><FONT size="1">

</FONT></DIV>
<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Please see the Management Proxy Statement for information on the nominee
up for election as the Class&nbsp;A Stock director.
<DIV align="left"><FONT size="1">

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PROPOSAL 2<BR>
RATIFICATION OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We have no objection to the ratification of the appointment of Deloitte &#038;
Touche LLP as independent auditors for Benihana for fiscal year ending March
27, 2005. Please see the Management Proxy Statement for a description of this
proposal.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>VOTING AND PROXY PROCEDURES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Voting Procedures</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;According to the Management Proxy Statement, the voting procedures for the
Annual Meeting are as set forth below. The presence, in person or by proxy, of
the holders of a majority of the Shares entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting
is necessary to constitute a quorum. All proxies representing Shares that are
entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be counted toward establishing a
quorum, regardless of whether such proxies contain abstentions or broker
non-votes (i.e. shares held by a broker or nominee which are represented at the
Annual Meeting, but with respect to which such broker is not empowered to
vote).


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Annual
Meeting is required for the election of directors, so that the three
individuals with the highest numbers of votes cast will be elected. A properly
executed proxy marked &#147;Withhold Authority&#148; and broker non-votes with respect to
the election of one or more directors will not be voted with respect to the
director or directors indicated and will not affect the outcome of the election
of directors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting
will be required to ratify the appointment of the independent auditors.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Whether or not you are able to attend the Annual Meeting, you are urged to
complete the enclosed BLUE proxy and return it in the enclosed
self-addressed, prepaid envelope. All valid proxies received prior to the
Annual Meeting will be voted. If you specify a choice with respect to any item
by marking the appropriate box on the proxy, the shares will be voted in
accordance with that specification. IF NO SPECIFICATION IS MADE, THE SHARES
WILL BE VOTED &#147;FOR&#148; THE COMMON STOCK NOMINEES AND &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSAL 2, AND, IN THE
PROXY HOLDERS&#146; DISCRETION, AS TO OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE
THE ANNUAL MEETING.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Proxy Procedures</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN ORDER FOR YOUR VIEWS TO BE REPRESENTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, PLEASE
MARK, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED BLUE PROXY CARD IN THE ENCLOSED
POSTAGE-PREPAID ENVELOPE.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The accompanying BLUE proxy card will be voted at the Annual
Meeting in accordance with your instructions on such card. IF NO SPECIFICATION
IS MADE, THE SHARES WILL BE VOTED &#147;FOR&#148; THE NOMINEES AND &#147;FOR&#148; PROPOSAL 2, AND,
IN THE PROXY HOLDERS&#146; DISCRETION, AS TO OTHER MATTERS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME
BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETING.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>Revocation of Proxies</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any stockholder who has mailed a white proxy card to Benihana may revoke
it before it is voted by mailing a duly executed BLUE proxy card to BOT
c/o Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated at the address set forth on the back
cover of this Proxy Statement bearing a date LATER than the white proxy card
delivered to Benihana. Proxies may also be revoked at any time prior to voting
by: (i)&nbsp;delivering to the corporate secretary of Benihana, a written notice,
bearing a date later than the date of the proxy, stating that the proxy is
revoked, (ii)&nbsp;delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date than the
proxy delivered previously, or (iii)&nbsp;attending the Annual Meeting and voting in
person.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only holders of record as of the close of business on the Record Date will
be entitled to vote. If you were a stockholder of record on the Record Date,
you will retain your voting rights at the Annual Meeting even if you have sold
or sell such Shares after the Record Date. Accordingly, it is important that
you vote the Shares held by you on the Record Date, or grant a proxy to vote
such Shares on the BLUE proxy card, even if you have sold or sell such
Shares after the Record Date.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SOLICITATION OF PROXIES</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The solicitation of proxies pursuant to this Proxy Statement is being made
by BOT. Proxies may be solicited by mail, facsimile, telephone, telegraph,
e-mail, in person and by advertisements. In this regard, BOT has
entered into an agreement with Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated to retain
Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated&#146;s services to solicit proxies for the
Annual Meeting. Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated will receive for its
services a fee of up to $25,000, plus reimbursement of expenses. It
is expected that Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated will use up to
approximately 25 employees for this solicitation.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The entire expense of soliciting proxies is being borne by BOT. If the
Nominees are elected to the Benihana Board, BOT intends to seek reimbursement
of the costs of this solicitation from Benihana. Unless otherwise required by
law, BOT does not currently intend to submit the question of reimbursement of
the costs of this solicitation to a stockholder vote. Although no precise
estimate can be made at the present time, costs of this solicitation of proxies
are currently estimated to be approximately $150,000. BOT estimates
that through the date hereof, its expenses in connection with this solicitation
are approximately $50,000.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Providence Capital, Inc. (&#147;Providence&#148;) is serving as BOT&#146;s financial
adviser in connection with this solicitation. BOT has retained Providence to
assist it in, among other activities, the development of a strategy for pursuing this proxy
solicitation, in the preparation of proxy solicitation materials and in
establishing contacts with, and presentations to, the institutional investor
community, professional stockholder advisory organizations and the media. As
compensation for such services BOT has agreed to pay Providence a fee that is
customary and usual, together with reimbursement for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses, and BOT has also agreed to indemnify Providence (and
certain affiliated persons) against certain liabilities and expenses.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PARTICIPANT INFORMATION</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition to the Nominees, the participants (the &#147;Participants&#148;) in the
solicitation of proxies are BOT, the Benihana Protective Trust U/A June&nbsp;8,
1998, between Rocky H. Aoki, as Grantor, and Kevin Y. Aoki, Kana Aoki
Nootenboom f/k/a Kana Grace Aoki, Kyle Aoki and Darwin C. Dornbush, as trustees
(the &#147;Trust&#148;), Kani Aoki Nootenboom, Kyle Aoki, and Providence.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The principal business of BOT is the operation of a Benihana restaurant in
Hawaii. In addition, BOT owns the rights to the Benihana name, trade name,
service marks, and proprietary systems outside the territory covered by
Benihana. The principal business of the Trust is to own all of the
shares of Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. The principal business address of BOT, the Trust, and Kana Aoki Nootenboom is c/o
Benihana of Tokyo, Inc., 232 East 63rd Street, New York, New York 10021. The
present occupation of Kana Aoki Nootenboom is Vice-President and Director of
BOT. The present occupation of Kyle Aoki is Marketing Coordinator for
Benihana. Kyle Aoki&#146;s principal business address is c/o Benihana Inc., 8685
Northwest 53rd Terrace, Miami, Florida 33166. Providence is a Delaware
corporation engaged in the investment banking and stock brokerage businesses.
The principal business address of Providence is 730 Fifth Avenue, Suite&nbsp;1002,
New York, New York 10019.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT is the record owner and has the shared power of voting and disposition
with respect to 1,535,668 shares of Common Stock. All of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of BOT is owned by the Trust. Kevin Y. Aoki, Darwin
C. Dornbush, the Secretary and a Director of the Company, Kana Aoki Nootenboom,
Kevin Aoki&#146;s sister, and Kyle Aoki, Kevin Aoki&#146;s brother, are the trustees of
the Trust. Darwin C. Dornbush has indicated his
intent to resign as trustee subject to the performance of an accounting.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT owns shares representing approximately 43.6% of the votes
represented by the Company&#146;s common stock (including the shares entitled to be
voted by BFC on an as-converted basis), which class elects 75% of the directors
of the Company.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT owns a Benihana restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii and all rights to the
Benihana name and trade names, service marks and proprietary systems outside
the territory served by the Company which consists of the United States (except
for rights related to the State of Hawaii), Central and South America and the
islands of the Caribbean Sea. Benihana also granted to BOT a perpetual license
to operate the Honolulu restaurant and an exclusive license


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">to own and operate Benihana restaurants in Hawaii. This license is royalty
free with respect to any Hawaiian restaurant beneficially owned by Rocky H.
Aoki. Benihana has a right of first refusal to purchase any Hawaiian
restaurant or any joint venture or sublicensing thereof proposed to be made by
BOT with an unaffiliated third party; and, in the event any Hawaiian restaurant
is sold, sublicensed or transferred to a third party not affiliated with Rocky
H. Aoki, Benihana will be entitled to receive royalties from such restaurant
equal to 6% of gross revenues.



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Rocky H. Aoki, the founder of Benihana and the father of Kevin Y. Aoki,
resigned as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1998. Under the terms of a
Consulting Agreement, Mr.&nbsp;Aoki continues to provide consulting services to the
Company. He is paid $600,000 a year for these services. This agreement will
expire in 2006.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Kevin Y. Aoki, as an officer and director of the Company, has received
options to purchase the Company&#146;s equity securities pursuant to the Company&#146;s
equity compensation plans and may be party to various agreements with respect
thereto.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On August&nbsp;5, 2004, BOT and the Trust entered into two Joint Filing
Agreements, in which they agreed to the joint filing on behalf of each of them
of statements on Schedule&nbsp;13D with respect to the Common Stock and the Class&nbsp;A
Stock. The Joint Filing Agreements were filed as exhibits to Amendment No.&nbsp;2
to Schedule&nbsp;13D filed by BOT and the Trust on August&nbsp;5, 2004, in respect of the
Common Stock and the Class&nbsp;A Stock.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Providence is acting as BOT&#146;s financial adviser and as a &#147;participant&#148; in
the solicitation of proxies contemplated by this Proxy Statement, as the term
&#147;participant&#148; is defined in the proxy rules promulgated by the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission. As of the date of this Proxy Statement,
Providence does not own, directly or indirectly, any securities of the Company.
Larry Schafran, a managing director of Providence, owns 100 shares of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock and 100 shares of the Company&#146;s Class&nbsp;A Stock. Mr.
Schafran&#146;s address is c/o Providence Capital, Inc., 730 Fifth Avenue, Suite
1002, New York, New York 10019.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as otherwise set forth in this Proxy Statement or Management&#146;s
Proxy Statement, neither BOT nor any of the other Participants or their
associates (i)&nbsp;is the beneficial or record owner of any Shares or any
securities of any parent or subsidiary of the Company, (ii)&nbsp;has purchased or
sold any Shares within the past two years, borrowed any funds for the purpose
of acquiring or holding any Shares, or is or was within the past year a party
to any contract, arrangement or understanding with any person with respect to
any Shares or (iii)&nbsp;was in the past ten years convicted in a criminal
proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors). For
information regarding purchases and sales of Shares during the past two years
by Participants in this proxy solicitation, see Schedule&nbsp;I attached hereto.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as otherwise set forth in this Proxy Statement or Management&#146;s
Proxy Statement, neither BOT nor any of the other Participants or their
associates, has any arrangement or understanding with any person (i)&nbsp;with
respect to any future employment by the Company or its affiliates or (ii)&nbsp;with
respect to future transactions to which the Company or any of its affiliates
will or may be a party, or any material interest, direct or indirect, in any
transaction that has occurred since March&nbsp;31, 2003, or any currently proposed
transaction or series of similar transactions, which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries was or is to be a party and in which the amount involved exceeds
$60,000.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On
July&nbsp;2, 2004, BOT commenced an action, on behalf of itself and
derivatively on behalf of the Company, styled <I><U>Benihana of Tokyo, Inc. v.
Benihana Inc., et al.</u></I> in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware against
the Company, members of the Company&#146;s Board of Directors and BFC. The action
seeks temporary and permanent injunctive relief, and unspecified monetary
damages and recovery of costs and expenses, in connection with the Company&#146;s
recent closing of a $20,000,000 sale of a new class of convertible preferred
stock of the Company to BFC. John E. Abdo, a director of the Company, serves
as a Vice Chairman, director, and is a significant shareholder of BFC. The
action seeks to, among other relief sought, declare the sale void <I>ab initio </I>as
<I>ultra vires</I>, enjoin BFC from voting any shares obtained through the sale, and
rescind the sale of preferred stock to BFC.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set forth above, there are no material proceedings in which any
of the Nominees or any of their associates is a party adverse to the Company or
any of its subsidiaries, or proceedings in which any of the Nominees or their
associates have a material interest adverse to the Company or any of its
subsidiaries.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as otherwise set forth in this Proxy Statement or Management&#146;s
Proxy Statement, none of the Nominees nor any of their associates has received
any cash compensation, cash bonuses, deferred compensation, compensation
pursuant to plans, or other compensation, from, or related to, services
rendered on behalf of the
Company, or is subject to any arrangement described in Item&nbsp;402 of Regulation
S-K under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (&#147;Regulation&nbsp;S-K&#148;).


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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as otherwise set forth in this Proxy Statement or Management&#146;s
Proxy Statement, (i)&nbsp;none of the relationships regarding the Nominees described
under Item 404(b) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K exists or has existed since March&nbsp;31, 2003,
(ii)&nbsp;there are no relationships involving any of the Nominees or any of their
associates that would have required disclosure under Item 402(j) of Regulation
S-K, and (iii)&nbsp;there are no family relationships (as defined under Section
401(d) of Regulation&nbsp;S-K) between any Nominee and any director or officer of
the Company or person nominated by the Company to become a director or
executive officer.






<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>OTHER MATTERS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT is unaware of any other matters to be considered at the Annual Meeting
other than the ratification of the appointment of the Company&#146;s auditors.
However, should other matters, which BOT is not aware of a reasonable time
before this solicitation, be brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons
named as proxies on the enclosed BLUE proxy card will vote on such
matters in their discretion.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BOT has omitted from this Proxy Statement certain disclosure required by
applicable law that is already included in the Management Proxy Statement. This
disclosure includes, among other things, biographical information on Benihana&#146;s
directors and executive officers, information concerning executive
compensation, an analysis of cumulative total returns on an investment in
Benihana Shares during the past five years, information on audit services and
fees of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP and procedures for nominating directors for
election to the Benihana Board and submitting proposals for inclusion in
Benihana&#146;s proxy statement at the next annual meeting. Stockholders should
refer to the Management Proxy Statement in order to review this disclosure.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Schedule&nbsp;II lists the security ownership of certain beneficial owners and
management of the Company as disclosed in the Management Proxy Statement.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The information concerning Benihana contained in this Proxy Statement and
the Schedules attached hereto has been taken from, or is based upon, publicly
available information.


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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE I</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PURCHASES AND SALES OF SHARES DURING THE PAST TWO YEARS BY PARTICIPANTS</B>


<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 8pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Purchaser/Seller</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Transaction</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Stock</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Shares</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Notes</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8/12/02
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Acquire stock
dividend
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">229,825</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8/12/02
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin Aoki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Acquire stock
dividend
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">127</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8/14/02
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin Aoki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Purchase
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/03/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/03/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/03/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">403</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,292</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">14,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,800</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">800</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,600</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">600</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/10/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/10/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15,608</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">95</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,618</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">301</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4,875</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">26,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">253</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">65</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">264</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">88</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">800</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana of Tokyo, Inc.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">8/12/02
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Acquire stock
dividend
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">229,825</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/03/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/03/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/03/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">403</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,292</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/06/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>


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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">11
</DIV>

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<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 8pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="8%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Date</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Purchaser/Seller</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Transaction</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Stock</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Shares</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Notes</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">14,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,800</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/07/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">800</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,600</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">600</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/08/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/10/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">10/10/03
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15,608</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">95</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,618</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/12/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">301</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">4,875</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/13/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">26,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">100</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/14/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">253</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">65</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">264</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">700</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">88</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">800</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1/15/04
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana Protective
Trust U/A June&nbsp;8, 1998
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Sale
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Class&nbsp;A
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3,200</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Indirect through
Benihana of Tokyo,
Inc.</TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>




<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">12
</DIV>


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<P><HR noshade><P>
<H5 align="left" style="page-break-before:always">&nbsp;</H5><P>

<DIV style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif">


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SCHEDULE II</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>Except for information relating to BOT, the Trust, the Nominees or the
trustees of the Trust, the following is based solely on information provided in
the Management Proxy Statement.</B>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following is information relating to the beneficial ownership of the
Benihana Common Stock and Class&nbsp;A Stock by all persons Benihana knows who own
beneficially more than 5% of the Benihana Common Stock or Class&nbsp;A Common Stock
outstanding on August&nbsp;11, 2004 and by all of the Benihana executive
officers and directors. Except as otherwise noted, the named person owns
directly and exercises sole voting power and investment discretion over the
shares listed as beneficially owned.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>COMMON STOCK</B>


<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="44%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="28%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Name (and address if applicable) of</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Position with</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><B>Amount and Nature of</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Percent</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Beneficial Owners, Officers and Directors</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Benihana</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><B>Beneficial Ownership(1)(6)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>of Class</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Benihana
of Tokyo, Inc.(2)(9)<br>
232 East 63rd Street<br>
New York, New York 10021
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,535,668</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">43.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BFC
Financial Corporation(3)<br>
1750 East Sunrise Boulevard<br>
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33304
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">526,315</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">15.0</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Springhouse Capital, LP(4)<BR>
520 Madison Avenue, 35th Floor<BR>
New York, New York
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">270,900</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">7.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">FMR
Corp. (4)<br>
82 Devonshire Street<br>
Boston, MA 02109
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">373,300</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joel A. Schwartz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and
Chief Executive
Officer/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">38,333</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Taka Yoshimoto
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice
President &#151; Restaurant
Operations/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">8,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John E. Abdo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">20,000</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Norman Becker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">2,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael R. Burris
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President -
Finance and Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">24,087</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin Y. Aoki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President -<BR>
Marketing/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">50</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Darwin C. Dornbush
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Secretary/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">10,500</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">All (11)&nbsp;directors and
officers as a group
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,639,138</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">46.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

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<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="43%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Name (and address if applicable) of</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Position with</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><B>Amount and Nature of</B></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Percent</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Beneficial Owners, Officers and Directors</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><B>Benihana</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="5"><B>Beneficial Ownership(1)(6)</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>of Class</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
</TR>

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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Springhouse Capital, LP (4)<BR>
520 Madison Avenue, 35th Floor<BR>
New York, New York 10022
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">815,114</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">13.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Royce
&#038; Associates, LLC(4)<br>
1414 Avenue of the Americas<br>
New York, New York 10019
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">730,455</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">11.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">FMR
Corp. (4)<br>
82 Devonshire Street<br>
Boston, MA 02109
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">562,225</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">9.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Dalton
Grierner Hartman<br>
Maher &#038; Co., Inc. (3)<br>
565 5th Avenue<br>
New York, NY 10017
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">516,944</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">8.4</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">David
M. Knott(4)<br>
485 Underhill Boulevard, Ste. 205<br>
Syosset, New York 11791
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Stockholder
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">385,872</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">6.3</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Joel A. Schwartz
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President and Chief
Executive Officer/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">408,249</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">6.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Taka Yoshimoto
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice<BR>
President- Restaurant<BR>
Operations/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">225,450</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Kevin Y. Aoki
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President -<BR>
Marketing/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">98,678</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1.6</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Michael R. Burris(8)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President -
Finance and Treasurer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">239,150</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">3.7</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Juan C. Garcia
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Vice President &#151; Controller
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">120,750</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1.9</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">John E. Abdo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">65,667</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Norman Becker
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">69,367</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Darwin C. Dornbush
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Secretary/Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">53,892</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Max Pine
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">33,917</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Robert B. Sturges
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">11,667</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Yoshihiro Sano
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">11,667</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">*</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">All (11)&nbsp;directors and
officers as a group
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">1,455,208</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">19.5</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">%</TD>
</TR>

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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">* less than 1%



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">14
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Notes


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(1)&nbsp;Beneficial ownership in this table includes the following shares of Common
Stock which may be purchased by exercise of presently exercisable options: Mr.
Abdo &#151; 7,500 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Becker &#151; 2,500 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Dornbush &#151; 10,500 shares;
all officers and directors as a group &#151; 20,500 shares. For purposes of
calculating the beneficial ownership and the percentage ownership of each
person, the shares of common stock which BFC would own upon conversion of the
Convertible Preferred Stock of the Company are considered outstanding.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(2)&nbsp;The capital stock of BOT (the &#147;Benihana of Tokyo Stock&#148;) is owned
by a trust. Kevin Y. Aoki, Vice President-Marketing and a director
of Benihana, Darwin C. Dornbush, the Secretary and a director of Benihana, Kana
Aoki Nootenboom, Kevin Y. Aoki&#146;s sister, and Kyle Aoki, Kevin Y. Aoki&#146;s
brother, are the trustees of this trust.
Darwin C. Dornbush has indicated his intent to resign as trustee subject
to the performance of an accounting.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(3)&nbsp;Represents Common Stock that BFC would own if its Convertible Preferred
Stock were converted. See &#147;Certain Relationships and Related Transactions&#148; in
Management&#146;s Proxy Statement. Based solely upon reports on Schedule&nbsp;13D filed
by or on behalf of such person.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(4)&nbsp;Based solely upon reports on Schedule&nbsp;13G filed by or on behalf of such
persons.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(5)&nbsp;Includes 10 shares owned by Mr.&nbsp;Schwartz&#146;s son, as to which shares Mr.
Schwartz disclaims beneficial interest.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(6)&nbsp;Shares of the Benihana Common Stock are convertible at any time into shares
of the Benihana Class&nbsp;A Stock at the option of the holder. Therefore, each
beneficial owner of the Benihana Common Stock may be deemed the beneficial
owner of the same number of shares of the Benihana Class&nbsp;A Stock.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(7)&nbsp;Beneficial ownership on this table includes the following shares of Class&nbsp;A
Stock which may be purchased by exercise of options which are presently
exercisable or which will become exercisable within 60&nbsp;days: Mr.&nbsp;Schwartz -
402,500 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Yoshimoto 195,500 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Aoki &#151; 97,750 shares; Mr.
Burris &#151; 235,750 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Garcia &#151; 120,750 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Abdo &#151; 63,792 shares;
Mr.&nbsp;Becker &#151; 68,792 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Dornbush &#151; 52,742 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Pine &#151; 33,917
shares; Mr.&nbsp;Sturges &#151; 11,667 shares; Mr.&nbsp;Sano &#151; 11,667 shares; all officers and
directors as a group &#151; 1,294,827 shares.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(8)&nbsp;Includes 1,150 shares owned by Mr.&nbsp;Burris&#146; wife, as to which shares Mr.
Burris disclaims beneficial ownership.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(9)&nbsp;Based on the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of June&nbsp;7,
2004, as set forth in the Company&#146;s Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;24, 2004, BOT owns 50.9% of the Common Stock.



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">15
</DIV>

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<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>IMPORTANT</B>



<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Tell the Benihana Board what you think! Your vote is important. No matter
how many Shares you own, please give BOT your proxy FOR the election of the
Nominees by taking three steps:



<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>SIGNING the enclosed BLUE proxy card,</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>DATING the enclosed BLUE proxy card, and</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="right">&#149;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>MAILING the enclosed BLUE proxy card TODAY in the envelope
provided (no postage is required if mailed in the United States).</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If any of your Shares are held in the name of a brokerage firm, bank, bank
nominee or other institution, only it can vote such Shares and only upon
receipt of your specific instructions. Accordingly, please return the
BLUE proxy card in the envelope provided or contact the person
responsible for your account and instruct that person to execute the
BLUE proxy card representing your Shares. Also, you may be eligible to
vote your Shares via the telephone. Please follow the
instructions included on your BLUE proxy card. BOT urges you to confirm
in writing your instructions to BOT c/o Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated
at the address provided below so that BOT will be aware of all instructions
given and can attempt to ensure that such instructions are followed.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If you have any questions or require any additional information concerning
this Proxy Statement, please contact Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated at
the address set forth below.


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">Innisfree M&#038;A Incorporated<BR>
501 Madison Avenue, 20th Floor<BR>
New York, NY 10022<BR>
Toll-Free Number: 1-888-750-5834




<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">16
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<P align="right" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>PRELIMINARY COPIES</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>BENIHANA INC. 2004 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS</B>



<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF BENIHANA OF TOKYO, INC.</B>


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BENIHANA INC. IS NOT SOLICITING THIS PROXY</B>


<DIV align="left"><FONT size="1">

</FONT></DIV>
<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned appoints and constitutes Kana Aoki Nootenboom and Kenneth
Podziba, and each of them, attorneys and agents with full
power of substitution to vote all shares of common stock of Benihana Inc. (the
&#147;Company&#148;) which the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally
present at the 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Company to be held on
Wednesday, September&nbsp;[&#95;&#95;&#95;], 2004 at 10:00&nbsp;A.M. local time, at Doral Golf Resort &#038;
Spa, 4400 N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33178, and including at any
adjournments or postponements thereof and at any meeting called in lieu
thereof, hereby revoking any proxies previously given, as follows.
<DIV align="left"><FONT size="1">

</FONT></DIV>


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;BENIHANA OF TOKYO, INC. RECOMMENDS A VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; THE ELECTION OF ITS
NOMINEES AND &#147;FOR&#148; THE RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE &#038; TOUCHE LLP AS
THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. (Please mark each matter with an &#147;X&#148; in the
appropriate box.)

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="95%">
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    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="13%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>WITHHOLD</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>FOR ALL EXCEPT</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>FOR ALL</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>AUTHORITY TO VOTE</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>NOMINEE WRITTEN</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>NOMINEES</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="7"><B>FOR ALL NOMINEES</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>BELOW</B><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">NOMINEES:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">KEVIN Y. AOKI AND LEWIS JAFFE</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#091;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#093;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#091;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#093;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right"></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#091;______________&#093;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px">RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT
OF DELOITTE &#038; TOUCH LLP AS
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#091;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center">&#093; FOR</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">&#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap colspan="3" align="center">&#093; AGAINST</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center">&#091;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&#093; ABSTAIN</TD>
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned hereby revokes any other proxy or proxies heretofore given
to vote or act with respect to the shares of common stock of the Company held
by the undersigned, and hereby ratifies and confirms all action the herein
named attorneys and proxies, their substitutes, or any of them may lawfully
take by virtue hereof. If properly executed, this Proxy will be voted as
directed above. IF NO DIRECTION IS INDICATED WITH RESPECT TO THE ABOVE
PROPOSALS, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED &#147;FOR&#148; THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES, OR ANY
SUBSTITUTIONS THERETO, AND &#147;FOR&#148; THE RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS. THIS PROXY WILL ALSO BE VOTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE
PROXY HOLDERS UPON SUCH OTHER BUSINESS AS MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.


<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">Dated:&nbsp;<HR noshade size="1" width="50%" align="left">


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Signature if held jointly
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Title
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<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt">(Please sign exactly as name appears hereon. If the stock is registered in the
names of two or more persons, each should sign. Executors, administrators,
trustees, guardians, attorneys and corporate officers should include their
titles.)


<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">IMPORTANT: PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND MAIL THIS PROXY CARD PROMPTLY!




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