April 11, 2018

Notice Regarding Partial Amendments of the Articles of Incorporation
STAR MICRONICS CO., LTD. (“the Company”) decided, at its Board of Directors’ meeting held on April 11, 2018,
to put forward a proposal to amend its articles of incorporation at its 93rd General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled
for May 24, 2018. Brief details are presented as follows.
1. Reasons for amendments
The fiscal year of the Company shall be changed from the period starting from March 1 of each year and ending
the last day of February of the following year to the period starting from January 1 of each year and ending onDecember 31 of the same year to unify the fiscal period for all of consolidated subsidiaries, to promote integrated
group operations, and further enhance management transparency through the timely and adequate disclosure offinancial and business information. Consequently, the Company intends to make necessary amendments to Article
12” Convocation”, Article 13“Record Date for the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders”, Article 33”Fiscal
Year” and Article 35”Record Dates for Dividends from Retained Earnings” of the current Article of Incorporation.
Upon the change of the fiscal year, the 94th fiscal year will be a fiscal term of ten months from March 1, 2018
through December 31, 2018. The Company also intends to establish supplementary provisions to state thistransitional measure.
2. Details of amendments
The Company proposes partial amendments of the articles of incorporation as follows.
(The amended parts are underlined.)
Current Articles of Incorporation

Proposed Amendments

CHAPTER III GENERAL MEETING

CHAPTER III GENERAL MEETING(Convocation)
Article 12.
An Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shallbe convened in May of each year and anExtraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders maybe convened whenever necessary.

(Convocation)
Article 12.
An Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders shallbe convened in March of each year and an
Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders may
be convened whenever necessary.

(Record Date for the Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders)
Article 13.
The record date for entitlement to exercise voting
rights at the Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders shall be the last day of each February.

(Record Date for the Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders)
Article 13.
The record date for entitlement to exercise voting
rights at the Ordinary General Meeting ofShareholders shall be 31th of each December.

Article 14 through 17 (Content omitted)

Article 14 through 17 (Unchanged)

CHAPTER VI ACCOUNTSCHAPTER VI ACCOUNTS(Fiscal Year)
Article 33
The fiscal year of the Company shall be from March 1of each year to the last day of February of thefollowing year.

(Fiscal Year)
Article 33
The fiscal year of the Company shall be from January
1 of each year to December 31 of the same year

Article 34 (Content omitted)

Article 34 (Unchanged)

Current Articles of Incorporation

Proposed Amendments(Record Dates for Dividends from Retained Earnings)
Article 35
1. The record date for the Company’s year-end
dividends shall be the last day of February of eachyear.
2. The record date for the Company’s interim
dividends shall be August 31 of each year.
3. (Content omitted)(Record Dates for Dividends from Retained Earnings)
Article 35
1. The record date for the Company’s year-end
dividends shall be December 31 of each year.

Article 36 (Content omitted)

Article 36 (Unchanged)

Supplementary Provisions

Supplementary Provisions(Transitional Measure for a Liability Limitation
Agreement with Outside Audit & Supervisory BoardMembers)(Transitional Measure for a Liability Limitation
Agreement with Outside Audit & Supervisory BoardMembers)
Article 1

An agreement limiting the liability for damages set
forth in Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Corporate Law
with regard to the actions of Outside Audit &Supervisory Board Members (including former
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members)
performed before the conclusion of the 91st Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders on May, 2016 shallbe governed by the provisions of Article 35 of theArticles of Incorporation before the amendment madeby a resolution of the said Ordinary General Meetingof Shareholders.

An agreement limiting the liability for damages set
forth in Article 423, Paragraph 1 of the Corporate Law
with regard to the actions of Outside Audit &Supervisory Board Members (including former
Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Members)
performed before the conclusion of the 91st Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders on May, 2016 shallbe governed by the provisions of Article 35 of theArticles of Incorporation before the amendment madeby a resolution of the said Ordinary General Meetingof Shareholders.

(New)(Period of the 94th Fiscal Year)
Article 22. The record date for the Company’s interim
dividends shall be June 30 of each year.
3. (Unchanged)

Notwithstanding the provision of Article 33 hereof,
the period of the Company’s 94h fiscal year shall befrom April 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018.
(New)(Record Date for Interim Dividend for the 94th Fiscal
Year )
Article 3
Notwithstanding the provision of Article 35 hereof,
the Company’s record date for interim dividends ofthe Company’s 94th fiscal year shall be August 31,
2018.

(New)

(Effective period of Supplementary Provisions)
Article 4This Supplementary Provision’s this article andpreceding two articles shall be effective until
December 31, 2018 and shall be deleted as ofDecember 31, 2018

3 Schedule of Amendment
Date of the General Meeting of Shareholders for the Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation:
May 24, 2018 (scheduled)
Effective date of the revised Articles of Incorporation:
May 24, 2018 (scheduled)###