December 27, 2023
To all members of the press
NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
NIPPON STEEL Carbon Co., Ltd.
NIPPON STEEL Functional Material Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
NIPPON STEEL Epoxy Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd. (President: Akio Migita; hereinafter, "NIPPON STEEL
Chemical & Material") hereby announces that its Board of Directors, at their meeting held on 11/29/2023,
resolved to carry out an absorption-type merger (hereinafter, "the Merger") of its three wholly-owned
subsidiaries (hereinafter, "the Three Consolidated Subsidiaries"), with the effective date of October 1, 2024,
and entered into a merger agreement with the Three Consolidated Subsidiaries as described below.
[Three Consolidated Subsidiaries]
NIPPON STEEL Carbon Co., Ltd. (President: Takaki Miyazaki; hereinafter, "NIPPON STEEL Carbon")NIPPON STEEL Functional Material Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (President: Yasuo Uchimiya; hereinafter,"NIPPON STEEL Functional Material Manufacturing")
NIPPON STEEL Epoxy Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (President: Shohei Onishi; hereinafter, "NIPPON STEEL
Epoxy Manufacturing")１．Purpose of the Merger
This merger aims to further strengthen business operations by integrating the manufacturing, sales,
and research functions of NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material and the Three Consolidated Subsidiaries
and by promoting the acquisition and development of human resources by strengthening recruitment
activities.
2. Outline of the Merger(1) Schedule of the Merger
Date of merger (effective date) ··················· October 1, 2024
(2) Method of the Merger
The Merger will be an absorption-type merger with NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material as thesurviving company and the Three Consolidated Subsidiaries as the disappearing companies. TheThree Consolidated Subsidiaries will be dissolved as of the effective date of the Merger.
3. Overview of the merging parties
Surviving company(1) Company
NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material
nameCo., Ltd.
(2) Year ofOctober 1, 1956
establishment(3) Head office13-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku,
location
Tokyo(4) Representative Representative Director and President
Akio Migita(5) Business
Manufacturing and sale oflineups
・coal tar chemicals
・chemicals
・electronics materials
1Disappearing company
NIPPON STEEL Carbon Co., Ltd.
July 15, 1954
13-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku,Tokyo
Representative Director and President
Takaki Miyazaki
Manufacturing and sale of carbon blackfor rubber products(6) Capitalization(7) Stockholder(1) Company
name(2) Year ofestablishment(3) Head officelocation(4) Representative(5) Businesslineups(6) Capitalization(7) Stockholder

・materials and parts forsemiconductor and electronic
components
・carbon fibers and composite
materials
・metal processed products
5 billion yen
NIPPONSTEELCORPORATION(100％)

496 million yen
NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.
(100％)

Disappearing company
NIPPON STEEL Functional Material
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
February 1, 2011

Disappearing company
NIPPON STEEL Epoxy ManufacturingCo., Ltd.
April 19, 1985

1, Tsukiji, Kisarazu, Chiba Pref.
Representative Director and President
Yasuo Uchimiya
Manufacturing of electronics materials

13-1, Nihonbashi 1-chome, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo
Representative Director and President
Shohei Onishi
Manufacturing of epoxy resin

100 million yen

100 million yen

NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.

NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material Co., Ltd.

(100％)(100％)* For inquiries about this matter, please contact:
NIPPON STEEL Chemical & Material, General Administration Dept. (Public Relations)
TEL: +81-3-3510-0301
NIPPON STEEL Carbon, General Administration Dept. TEL: +81-3-3510-0324
NIPPON STEEL Functional Material Manufacturing, General Administration Dept.
TEL: +81-438-30-7130
NIPPON STEEL Epoxy Manufacturing, General Administration Dept. TEL: +81-78-811-8011

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