Nidec to Make Nidec Copal, Nidec Tosok, Nidec Seimitsu Wholly Owned Subsidiaries

Nidec Corporation ("Nidec")

announced today that, at its board meeting held today, it has resolved to implement share exchange transactions to make Nidec Copal Corporation ("Nidec Copal"), Nidec Tosok Corporation ("Nidec Tosok") and Nidec Seimitsu Corporation ("Nidec Seimitsu") wholly owned subsidiaries of Nidec and agreed accordingly with the respective companies. The background of the resolution is as follows. The business environment surrounding Nidec remained difficult throughout the fiscal year 2012 against the backdrop of a persistent macroeconomic weakness, evidently characterized by the prolonged EU debt crisis and milder-than-expected demand growth in emerging countries, including China. Despite the signs of bottoming out seen towards the end of the last fiscal year, as illustrated by the gradual improvement in the U.S. economy tied to the government's monetary easing measures and growing anticipations for the Japanese companies turning around on depreciated Yen, the uptrend still fell short of improving Nidec Group's business environment in general. Since undergoing a notable decline in demand for some of its key products used in PCs, digital cameras and liquid-crystal-display panel manufacturing facilities in the second half of the fiscal year, Nidec Group has focused single-mindedly on reshaping its earnings