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Nitto Group Report 201842DisclaimerThis report contains future projections as well as past and present facts related to Nitto Denko Corporation (non-consolidated) and the Nitto Group (consolidated). These statements are based on information at the time of creation and may not be completely accurate at the time of reading. Please be advised that actual business activity results may differ materially from those described in the projections. All chapters of this report are also available in Japanese. In the event of any discrepancies between the two versions, the Japanese version will prevail.About Our TrademarksAll logos, product names, and other related names are the trademarks and the registered trademarks of Nitto and its respective companies in Japan and/or other countries.About Environmental DataFor the sake of accuracy, figures from fiscal 2016 have been partially altered.About Business Performance and Financial Information As we have applied International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) from fiscal 2014, business performance and financial information from fiscal 2014 described in this report are based on IFRS.Nitto was selected a constituent of the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, the MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index (WIN), the MSCI ESG Leaders Indexes (formerly MSCI Global Sustainability Indexes) and the MSCI SRI Indexes (formerly MSCI GLOBAL SRI INDEXES) in 2017.THE INCLUSION OF NITTO DENKO CORPORATION IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKES, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF NITTO DENKO CORPORATION BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES. THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.Nitto Group Report 2018URL: https://www.nitto.com/Date of Issue31 July 2018Publishing OfficeNitto Denko Corporation CSR Department 33F, Tower A, Grand Front Osaka, 4-20 Ofuka-cho, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0011, Japan Tel: +81-6-7632-2101 Fax: +81-6-7632-2102Person in Charge of IssueToru Takeuchi, Senior Executive Vice President and CFODesignAdmiration Center, Inc.Printing and BindingNitto Denko Himawari Co., Ltd.This Nitto Group Report 2018 was printed by Nitto Denko Himawari Co., Ltd., a member of the Nitto Group.Nitto Denko Himawari was established under the principle of “contributing to society by realizing a company in which independence-oriented individuals with disabilities and elderly individuals who understand them can work together and take on the challenge of reaching their own possibilities through their work.” Their responsibilities include printing, cleaning, cutting/wrapping/packaging of various Nitto and Nitoms tapes, recycling and reuse of waste materials, tree planting, sorting, and document control.URL: http://www.nitto.co.jp/himawari/Printing and BindingNitto Denko Corp. has been reconrmed for inclusion in the Ethibel EXCELLENCE Investment Register since 30/06/2017. This selection by Forum ETHIBEL (www.forumethibel.org) indicates that the company performs better than average in its sector in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).