April 24, 2020
To whom it may concern:
Company name: Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Representative: President and CEO Shinji Shimomura(Securities code: 6302 First Section, TSE)
Inquiries: Corporate Communications Dept. Manager
Michiko Watanabe(TEL. 03-6737-2333)
Postponement of Consolidated Financial Report for the Full Year Ended of FY 2019We, at Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., have decided to postpone the scheduled announcement ofconsolidated financial report for ended March 2020, due to the impact of the recent spread of novel coronavirus.
The details of the postponement together with the impact on our production and performance concerning ourbusiness are provided as follows:1.

Postponement of Consolidated Financial Report for ended March 2020
There is a delay in our account settlement operation and auditing service by our audit corporation. For thisreason, we have decided to postpone the announcement of consolidated financial report for ended March2020, which was scheduled to be held on Friday, May 8, 2020, to Thursday, May 28.

2.

Impact on production
Most of our Group’s production bases continue to operate while following the government policies of eachcountry and implementing measures to prevent infection. However, some have made production
adjustments as a measure to prevent infection and in order to respond to the change in demand.

<State of key production bases in each region> (As of April 24, 2020)
RegionName of baseProductsStateJapan

Head office, Tanashi, Chiba,

Cryocoolers,

In principle, employees of(The company

Yokosuka Worksconstruction

administrative divisions of theis usuallymachinery, plastics

head office is working fromclosed frommachinery, ships,

home. Those in administrative

April 29 tosemiconductor

divisions of the local plants areMay 6 forequipment, precision

recommended to work fromholidays.)forgings, etc.

home. Production divisions
operate while reducing those
who report to work and making
sure the three Cs (confinedspaces, crowded places, close
contact) be avoided. (Chiba willclose on April 27 and 28 too asholidays.)1

Nagoya, Okayama, Ehime

Power transmission,

Employees of administrativeWorks

machine tools,

divisions are recommended tomaterial handlingwork from home. Production

machines, ion

divisions operate while reducing

implanters, etc.

those who report to work andmaking sure the three Cs beavoided.

China

Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Power transmission(Tangshan), Ltd.

Shut down from January 31 toFebruary 11.
Operation resumed on February
12. Normal operation at themoment.

Sumitomo Construction

Construction

Shut down from February 2 toMachinery (Tangshan), Co., Ltd.

machinery

11.
Operation resumed on February
12. Normal operation at themoment.

US

Sumitomo Machinery

Power transmission

Normal operation.

Mobile cranes

Shut down from April 1 to 3.

Corporation of America
Link-Belt Cranes

Operation partially resumed onApril 6.
Line operation partially stopped
from April 6 to 10.
Normal operation from April 13.
Germany

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics

Plastics machinery

Normal operation.

Motors

Shutdown from March 16 to 23.

Machinery GmbH
Italy

Lafert S.p.A.

Production resumed on March
24. Normal operation at themoment.
3.

Impact on performance
The spread of the novel coronavirus is expected to have only a minor impact on our forecast of theconsolidated financial report for ended March 2020. We will study closely the impact on the consolidated
financial report for the full year ended March 2021 while assessing changes in the state of the economy
going forward.
From the perspective of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus, we put the safety of customers,
employees, and all other stakeholders first and follow the policies of Japan’s national and local
governments when conducting business activities. Based on the declaration of the state of emergency
issued on April 7, our employees are in principle working from home or conducting other special measures.
2At our production bases, we operate with a minimum number of workers on site while following measurestaken by each prefecture and ensuring that thorough infection prevention measures are in place (checking
body temperature, staggering working hours, and wearing face masks).
We sincerely regret any inconvenience or concern caused to you all—shareholders, investors and otherstakeholders—and appreciate your understanding.

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