Kyocera acquisitions, on the record

Word for word“On September 4, 2015, Kyocera acquired the common stock and the preferred stock of Nihon Inter Electronics Corporation (NIEC) by a way of cash tender offer for ¥12,134 million, and made it a consolidated subsidiary.” 20-F for 2016

Word for word“On October 19, 2015, Kyocera Document Solutions Europe B.V., a Dutch subsidiary of Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., acquired 60% of the common stock of Bilgitas Büro Makinalari Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S. to expand its sales channels in Turkey for ¥3,538 million of cash, and it paid ¥2,195 million to an escrow account on the condition that another 40% of the common stock would be acquired later.” 20-F for 2016

Word for word“On November 3, 2015, Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. acquired 100% of the common stock of Ceyoniq Technology GmbH and related three companies to expand into solution business, making it possible to effectively control and use data handled with a company and increase productivity.” 20-F for 2016

Word for word“On May 2, 2016, Kyocera acquired 100% of the common stock of SGS Tool Company which is the U.S. based solid tool manufacturing and sales company for ¥9,046 million by cash in order to strengthen Kyocera’s cutting tool business in North America, and made it consolidated subsidiary and changed its name as Kyocera SGS Precision Tools, Inc.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“On December 6, 2016, Kyocera Document Solutions Inc. acquired the common stock of Annodata Limited and Annodata Communication Systems Limited, and made them consolidated subsidiaries to advance into comprehensive service business which integrates document solutions and information technology services.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In 1989, we gained a presence in the electronic connector market through our acquisition of Elco International Corporation (later, the company changed its name to Kyocera Connector Products Corporation, which was subsequently merged with Kyocera through an absorption-type merger in April 2017).” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In the 1990s, we strengthened our position as a globally integrated electronic components manufacturer through our acquisition of AVX Corporation, a maker of capacitors and other passive electronic components.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In February 2000, we acquired the code division multiple access (CDMA) mobile phone handset business from Qualcomm Inc.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In August 2003, we made Kinseki, Limited (later, the company changed its name to Kyocera Crystal Device Corporation, which was subsequently merged with Kyocera through an absorption-type merger in April 2017), a major producer of artificial crystal related products, a wholly-owned subsidiary through a share exchange to strengthen our Electronic Device Group.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In April 2008, Kyocera acquired the mobile phone related business of SANYO Electric Co., Ltd. (currently Panasonic Corporation) to strengthen the Telecommunications Equipment Group.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“For further enhancement of the Information Equipment Group, Kyocera made TA Triumph-Adler AG (currently TA Triumph-Adler GmbH, TA), a leading specialist in the information technology business and a distributor of printers and multifunctional products in Germany, a subsidiary through a voluntary public takeover offer in January 2009.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In July 2011, Kyocera acquired Unimerco Group A/S (currently Kyocera Unimerco A/S), a Danish-based industrial cutting tool manufacturing and sales company to broaden our product lines and markets.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In February 2012, in order to expand its liquid crystal display business, Kyocera acquired Optrex Corporation (currently Kyocera Display Corporation), a specialized manufacturer of liquid crystal displays and related products.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“In October 2013, Kyocera acquired NEC Toppan Circuit Solutions, Inc., a printed wiring board manufacturing company, and changed its name to Kyocera Circuit Solutions, Inc. in order to strengthen and expand its organic substrate business.” 20-F for 2017

Word for word“We acquired Senco Holdings, Inc., a U.S.-based pneumatic tools manufacturing company (currently Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools, Inc.), in August 2017 and we acquired 80% of shares in Kyocera Industrial Tools Corporation, which was established from the company split of Ryobi Limited’s power tool business under a share transfer agreement in January 2018, in order to promote diversification and expand our industrial tool business.” 20-F for 2018

Word for word“In order to further expand our power semiconductor business, we implemented an absorption-type merger of NIEC into Kyocera Corporation in August 2016.” 20-F for 2018