October 25, 2017
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 with MOLD INSTITUTE LTD
At the Board of Directors meeting held on October 25, 2017, FANUC CORPORATION
resolved to merge MOLD INSTITUTE LTD into FANUC CORPORATION as ofJanuary 1, 2018.
This is an absorption-type simplified merger which is anticipated to result in an increasein the Company’s total assets of no greater than 10% of net assets as at the last day ofthe previous fiscal year, and an increase in sales of no greater than 3% of sales for theprevious fiscal year. As a result, some of disclosure items and details are omitted.
1. Purpose of the merger
As a part of the efforts to reorganize and streamline the production system inFANUC Group, FANUC CORPORATION decided to manufacture injection molded
plastic parts by itself which MOLD INSTITUTE LTD has been manufacturing.
2. Summary of the merger(1) Schedule
October 25, 2017

Resolved by the Board of Directors Meeting of FANUCCORPORATION for the Merger
October 26, 2017(planned)
Resolved by the General Meeting of Shareholders of
MOLD INSTITUTE LTD for the Merger
October 26, 2017(planned)
Conclusion date of the Merger Agreement
January 01, 2018(planned)
Effective date of the Merger(Note) The approval of the resolution by the shareholders of FANUC CORPORATION is
not necessary for the merger, because FANUC CORPORATION will use thesimplified merger procedure prescribed in Paragraph 2 of Article 796 of theCompanies Act.

(2) Method of merger
The method of the merger is an absorption-type company merger between
FANUC CORPORATION (as the surviving company) and MOLD INSTITUTE
LTD (as the absorbed company). MOLD INSTITUTE LTD will be dissolved.
(3) Allocations for the merger
The merger will be made in cash and FANUC CORPORATION will pay¥202,488.17 per share to the shareholders of MOLD INSTITUTE LTD exceptfor FANUC CORPORATION itself.

(4) Stock acquisition rights and bonds with stock acquisition rights of the absorbed company
MOLD INSTITUTE LTD is a private company and has not issued any stockacquisition rights or bonds with stock acquisition rights.
3. Grounds of details of allocation in relation to the merger
Since MOLD INSTITUTE LTD is engaging only in the manufacture of the parts for theproducts of the shareholders (as described in 4.(9) below), the allocation for this merger
will be based on the net assets of MOLD INSTITUTE LTD as of September 30, 2017(as described 2.(3) above).
4. Outline of companies involved in the merger
Surviving Company

Company to be absorbed（1）Name of company

FANUC CORPORATIONMOLD INSTITUTE LTD（2）Head office3580, Shibokusa Aza-Komanba,Oshino-mura, Minamitsuru-gun,
Yamanashi Prefecture
Yoshiharu Inaba
ChairmanDevelopment, manufacture, saleand maintenance services of
CNC systems, lasers, Robots,
ROBODRILL (small machiningcenters), ROBOSHOT (electricinjection molding machines),
ROBOCUT (wire-cut EDMs),
and ROBONANO(ultra-precision machines)

3559-1,Shibokusa Aza-Komanba,
Oshino-mura, Minamitsuru-gun,
Yamanashi Prefecture
Kenji Yamaguchi
President
Manufacture of injection molded
plastic parts¥69,014 million¥300 million（3）Representative（4）Major businesssegments（5）Paid-in capital

May 12, 1972
July 3, 1984
（6）Date of establishment（7）Total number of
204,059,017 shares
6,000 sharesshares outstanding
March 31
March 31（8）Fiscal term（9）Name of major①The Master Trust Bank of①FANUC CORPORATION
shareholders andJapan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
66.6％
their investment ratio
11.8％ ②KURODA PRECISION②Japan Trustee Services Bank,INDUSTRIES LTD.
Ltd. (Trust Account)
16.6%
8.0％ ③Makino Milling Machine③State Street Bank and Trust
Co.,Ltd.
Company
16.6％
5.2％④State Street Bank and Trust
Company 505001
3.1％⑤Japan Trustee Services Bank,Ltd. (Trust Account 5)
1.9％

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

Fiscal year

Surviving Company

Company to be absorbed

Year ended March 31, 2017
(Consolidated)Year ended March 31, 2017

Net assets¥1,369,457million¥1,183 million

Total assets¥1,564,769million¥1,237 million¥7,031.79¥197,218.02

Net sales¥536,942 million¥303 million

Operating income¥153,217 million¥46 million

Ordinary income¥168,829 million¥45 million¥127,697 million¥33 million¥658.63¥5,424.92

Net assets per share

Net income (attributableowners of the parent)Net income per shareto

5. Outline of FANUC CORPORATION following the merger
Following this merger, there will be no change in the name of FANUC CORPORATION,
the address of its head office, its representatives, its business scope, its paid-in capitalor its fiscal year.
6. Outlook
The impact by the merger for the consolidated results of FANUC CORPORATION
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018 is negligible.

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