Withdrawal of Hearing Request regarding Order from Japan Fair Trade Commission

1. Content of withdrawal

The hearing request regarding the cease and desist order: Withdrawn

2. Reason for the withdrawal

On December 6, 2017, NTN acknowledged that the Supreme Court of Japan dismissed NTN's final appeal regarding violation of the Japan Antimonopoly Act (the “AMA”) with respect to the domestic sales of bearings as of December 5, 2017. In light of the ruling by the Supreme Court, we have decided to withdraw the hearing request regarding the cease and desist order in view of potential expenses, impacts on the company's operations, and other matters which may be incurred if we continue our argument on the presence/absence of a violation of the AMA in the hearing procedures for a long period.

3. Our plan

While we will take appropriate actions according to the cease and desist order from the JFTC, we will also continue to further strengthen our system for thorough compliance with laws and regulations, social norms, ethics, and in-house rules and to promote our efforts to conduct business activities through fair and faithful competition.

With regard to the surcharge payment order, we will keep the hearing procedures in which we will continue our argument on the basis for calculation of the surcharge while we will not continue our argument on the presence/absence of a violation of the AMA.

We will continue to further strengthen our system for thorough compliance with laws and regulations, social norms, ethics, and in-house rules and to promote our efforts to conduct business activities through fair and faithful competition.