Basic Approaches to Cross-Shareholdings

The Nitto Group may hold shares of other listed companies as cross-shareholdings only when such holdings are deemed to lead to the enhancement of the Group’s corporate value over the long-term. However, the ratio of such shares to total assets is minimal and, with regard to each cross-shareholding, we will continue to examine every year such factors as the status of transactions with such companies and whether the return on such holdings is commensurate with the capital costs deemed appropriate by the Company, and determine whether or not such shares need to be sold.

When exercising voting rights with respect to such cross-shareholdings, we decide the manner in which we vote in a comprehensive manner after taking into consideration such factors as whether each item to be resolved leads to the stable enhancement of the Group’s corporate value.