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23 December 2022

Company:
Roland Corporation
Representative: Gordon Raison, CEO & Representative Director(Securities Code: 7944; TSE Prime)
Contact:
Shunsuke Sugiura, CFO & Director(Tel. +81-53-523-0230)
Notice regarding the Filed Lawsuit against Roland Corporation and its
subsidiary company
Roland Corporation (the "Company") hereby announces that its subsidiary, Roland
Europe Group Limited (Address: Hive 2, 1530 Arlington Business Park, Theale, Reading,Berkshire, RG7 4SA, UK; Representative: David Vazquez, European CEO; Businessdescription: Sale of the Company's products and control and management of theCompany's subsidiaries in Europe; Capital amount: GBP 42,039 thousand) ("REG")(hereinafter, the Company and REG shall be referred to as "Roland", collectively) has
been served with a collective proceedings claim form relating to a claim filed with theCompetition Appeal Tribunal in the United Kingdom (the "Lawsuit") on 16 December
2022 (local time).
1．Outline of the Claimant and the Content of the Lawsuit
Elisabetta Sciallis (Address of the attorney for plaintiff: 70 Mark Lane, London, EC3R
7NQ, UK) (the "Plaintiff ") will seek an aggregate award of damages on behalf of
those who between 7 January 2011 to 30 September 2015 purchased electronic
drum kits and related components and accessories manufactured by the Company (the"Electronic Drum Kits, etc.") and supplied in the UK and also those who between 1
October 2015 and 17 April 2019 purchased Electronic Drum Kits, etc. and any

electronic musical product manufactured by the Company and supplied in the UK. .
It is estimated that the damages amount is at least tens of million pounds, however,no precise figure is indicated in the claim form.
The collective proceedings claim form which REG was served indicates not only REG
but also the Company are the respondents, however, the Company has not been servedwith such claim form as of 23 December 2022.
2．Background of the Lawsuit
The Plaintiff seeks compensation from ROLAND for damages suffered by consumers
in connection with a decision by the UK Competition and Markets Authority dated 29
June 2020 (local time) which found that Roland (U.K.) Limited and Roland
Corporation had breached UK and EU competition law. The Plaintiff also seeks
damages in connection with certain other instruments than Electronic Drum Kits, etc.
that were found by the decision.
(Note)On 29 June 2020, the UK Competition and Markets Authority found that
Roland (U.K.) Limited, a sub-subsidiary of the Company, had engaged inresale price maintenance in relation to the sale of electronic drum kits andrelated products from January 2011 to April 2018 and also found theCompany as a parent company jointly and severally liable. The Company
group immediately took steps to prevent such conduct from recurring andmaintains those measures on a continuous basis.

3．Future Outlook
We will take appropriate actions after carefully examining the contents of the claim
form. Since it is difficult to calculate the potential monetary impact caused by theLawsuit at this stage, the future impact to be given on the Company's businessperformance is uncertain. If any matters that should be disclosed occur in the future,
we will promptly announce such matters.