October 29, 2018
Company name: FANUC CORPORATION
Representative: Yoshiharu Inaba, Chairman(Stock Code: 6954, 1st Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact: Keisuke Fujii , Manager, Public Relations
Tel: (0555) 84 - 5555
Notice Regarding Absorption-Type Merger of FANUC KIDEN LTD
At the Board of Directors meeting held on October 29, 2018, FANUC CORPORATION
resolved to merge its wholly-owned subsidiary FANUC KIDEN LTD into FANUCCORPORATION as of January 1, 2019.
Since this merger is an absorption-type simplified merger of a wholly-ownedsubsidiary, the disclosure of certain items and details has been omitted.
1. Purpose of the merger
As a part of the efforts to reorganize and streamline the production system in
FANUC Group, FANUC CORPORATION has decided to carry out welding,
processing, etc. of the parts of our products such as ROBOSHOT by itself which
FANUC KIDEN LTD has been doing.
2. Summary of the merger(1) Schedule
October 29, 2018
Resolved by the Board of Directors Meeting for the Merger
October 29, 2018
Conclusion date of the Merger Agreement
January 01, 2019(planned) ( Effective date of the Merger(Note) The approval of the resolutions by the shareholders of FANUC CORPORATION
and FANUC KIDEN LTD are not necessary for the merger, because FANUCCORPORATION will use the simplified merger procedure prescribed inParagraph 2 of Article 796 of the Companies Act and FANUC KIDEN LTD will
use the short form merger procedure prescribed in Paragraph 1 of Article 784 ofthe Companies Act.
(2) Method of merger
The method of the merger is an absorption-type company merger between
FANUC CORPORATION (as the surviving company) and FANUC KIDEN
LTD (as the absorbed company). FANUC KIDEN LTD will be dissolved.
(3) Allocations for the merger
Since this will be a merger of a wholly-owned subsidiary, there will be noissuance or allocation of shares or cash for the merger.

(4) Stock acquisition rights and bonds with stock acquisition rights of the absorbed company
FANUC KIDEN LTD is a private company and has not issued any stockacquisition rights or bonds with stock acquisition rights.
3. Outline of companies involved in the merger
Surviving CompanyCompany to be absorbed（1）Name of company

FANUC CORPORATION（2）Head office3580, Shibokusa Aza-Komanba, 2576, Kamiyoshida
Oshino-mura, Minamitsuru-gun, Aza-shimoozano, Fujiyoshida-shi,
Yamanashi Prefecture
Yamanashi Prefecture（3）Representative

Yoshiharu Inaba
Chairman（4）Major businesssegments

Development, manufacture, sale Welding, and processing, etc. ofand maintenance services of the parts of our products such as
CNC systems, lasers, Robots, ROBOSHOTROBODRILL (small machiningcenters), ROBOSHOT (electricinjection molding machines),
ROBOCUT (wire-cut EDMs),
andROBONANO(ultra-precision machines)

FANUC KIDEN LTD

Takeshi Fukuroi
President（5）Paid-in capital¥69,014 million¥290 million（6）Date of establishment

May 12, 1972

April 1, 1987（7）Total number ofshares outstanding

204,040,771 shares

5,800 shares

March 31

March 31（8）Fiscal term（9）Name of major
shareholders andtheir investment ratio①FANUC CORPORATION①The Master Trust Bank of100%
Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
13.1%②Japan Trustee Services Bank,
Ltd. (Trust Account)
8.1%④JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
380072
3.3%④State Street Bank and Trust
Company 505001
2.6%⑤Citibank, N.A. - NY, asDepositary Bank for
Depositary Shareholders
2.3%

（10）Operating results and financial conditions for the latest fiscal year

Fiscal year

Surviving Company

Company to be absorbed

Year ended March 31, 2018
(Consolidated)Year ended March 31, 2018

Net assets¥1,467,630 million¥1,506 million

Total assets¥1,729,080 million¥1,655 million¥7,540.24¥259,605

Net sales¥726,596 million¥629 million

Operating income¥229,604 million¥37 million

Ordinary income¥249,525 million¥50 million

Net income attributable to ownersof parent¥181,957 million¥33 million¥938.66¥5,719Net assets per share

Net income per share

4. Outline of FANUC CORPORATION following the merger
Following this merger, there will be no change in the name of FANUCCORPORATION, the address of its head office, its representatives, its businessscope, its paid-in capital or its fiscal year.
5. Outlook
The impact by the merger for the consolidated results of FANUC CORPORATION
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019 is negligible.

(Reference) Consolidated Financial Forecasts for the Year Ending March 31, 2019
(October 29, 2018) and Consolidated Financial Results for the Year Ending March 31,2018(Millions of yen)

Net sales

OperatingincomeOrdinary
incomeNet income
attributableto ownersof parent

Consolidated Financial
Forecasts for the YearEnding March 31, 2019

626,000

150,900

165,300

142,300

Consolidated Financial
Results for the Year Ending
March 31, 2018

726,596229,604

249,525

181,957

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