At the board meeting held on February 22, 2019, the company decided to change the company name in accordance with the following plan on the premise of approving and agreeing to some changes in the company's articles of association at the regular shareholders' meeting scheduled to be held in late June 2019 , hereby notified.

In addition, the specific content of the changes in some articles of association will be announced separately after the approval of the board of directors.

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1. Reason for change

Since the company officially left the Toshiba Group in March 2017, it was decided to change the company name in order to promote a better development of the company.

2. New name (in English)

SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD.

(Current name: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd. English: Toshiba Machine Co., Ltd.)

3. Change the scheduled date

April 1, 2020