March 30, 2009
To Whom It May Concern
Company Name

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

Representative Yoshinobu Nakamura, President
Security code

6302 (Tokyo and Osaka StockExchanges)
Inquiries

Hideo Oshima, General Manager
Corporate Communications Dept.

Phone: 03-6737-2331

Notice Regarding Merger of Subsidiary
At a meeting of the Board of Directors held on March 30, 2009 Sumitomo HeavyIndustries, Ltd. (hereinafter “the Company”) resolved to absorb and merge withSHI Plastics Machinery, Ltd. (hereinafter “SPM”), a wholly owned subsidiary of theCompany, on July 1, 2009 as set out below. As this is a simple merger of aconsolidated subsidiary company, the following is a partly abridged disclosure.
１．Objectives of Merger
The Company established SPM in July 1995 with the objective of integrating andensuring flexible management of its domestic injection molding machine sale andservice businesses. Since late last year however demand has dropped dramaticallyand customers are increasingly shifting offshore, rendering any major domestic
recovery unlikely. Accordingly, the Company has decided to review its injection
molding machine sale and service operations.
Integrating SPM with the Company’s plastics machinery division will allow for
combined management of domestic and foreign plastic injection molding machine saleand service operations.
２．Outline of Merger(1) Timetable
March 30, 2009

Meeting of the Board of Directors to approve the Merger
Agreement

March 30, 2009

Execution of Merger Agreement

July 1, 2009

Scheduled date of merger
1July 1, 2009※

Scheduled date of merger registration

As this merger is a simple merger within the definition of Article 796,
paragraph 3 of the Companies Act the Company will not be seeking
approval of the Merger Agreement at the General Meeting of Shareholders.

(2) Method of Merger
The absorption and merger method will be used under which the Company is
the surviving company and SPM is dissolved.
(3) OtherAs Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd. owns all shares of SHI Plastics Machinery,Ltd., there will be no newly issued shares or merger payments associated withthis transaction.
３．Overview of the Companies to be Merged (Current as of September 30, 2008)(1) Trading Name
(2) Business(3) Date ofEstablishment(4) Headquarters(5) Representative(6) Capital(7) No. of Shares onIssue(8) Net Assets(9) Total Assets(10) Fiscal Year
(11) No. ofEmployees(12) Major suppliers/customers(13) Major
shareholders
and percentageof shares held
(14) Primary banks(15) Relationships

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Surviving Company)
Manufacture and sale of all typesof industrial machinery, fromgeneral industrial machinery toprecision machinery
November 1, 1934SHI Plastics Machinery, Ltd.
(Company to be Dissolved)
Sale and service of plastic
molding machines and peripheral
parts
July 1, 1995

2-1-1 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, TokyoRepresentative Director Yoshinobu
Nakamura
30,872 million yen
605,726,000 shares

2-1-1 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo
Representative Director Shoichi
Karatani
300 million yen
6,000,000 shares

257,845 million yen
689,578 million yen
March 31
14,705

1,571 million yen
9,340 million yen
March 3197

Sumitomo Corporation, ITOCHU Wise Corporation, Daiichi
Corporation and others
Jitsugyo Co., Ltd. and others
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
11.6%
100%
The Master Trust Bank of Japan,
Ltd. 7.6%
Mitsui Sumitomo Banking
Mitsui Sumitomo Banking
CorporationCorporationThe Sumitomo Trust & Banking
Co. Ltd. and others
CapitalSHI Plastics Machinery, Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of theCompany
Personnel The surviving company has posted 2 full-time directors, 2part-time directors, and 1 part-time auditor to thecompany to be dissolved.
Transacti The surviving company sells plastic molding machines andonalparts to the company to be dissolved.

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(16) Financial Results for the Past 3 Fiscal Periods（Millions of Yen）

Fiscal Period
Sales
Operating profit
Ordinary profit
Net profit
Net profit per share(yen)Dividends per share(yen)Net assets per share(yen)

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(Surviving Company)
March
March
March
2006
2007
2008
551,339
600,256
660,769
47,50564,224
77,79047,58565,34175,46929,74237,352
42,974
49.45
61.99
71.19

SHI Plastics Machinery, Ltd.
(Company to be Dissolved)
March
March
March
2006
2007
2008
18,29220,01816,939
523
591
126
528
657
194
322
376
99
53.81
62.73
16.65

5.00

7.00

10.00

8.33

33.33

6.66

279.20338.95392.80232.32261.72270.04

４．Post Merger Status(1) Trading name

Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd.

(2) BusinessManufacture and sales of all types of industrial machinery,from general industrial machinery to precision machinery(3) Headquarters

2-1-1 Osaki, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo(4) Representative

President and CEO(5) Capital

There will be no increase in capital resulting from theYoshinobu Nakamura

merger.
(6) Fiscal Year

March 31

(7) Future Outlook

The impact of the merger on financial results is expected tobe very slight.

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