Financial Overview

(in million JPY)

	FY ended Mar. 31, 2014	FY ended Mar. 31, 2013	Rate of Change (%)	Factors
Overall
Sales	591,388	540,859	9.3	-
Operating income	32,586	26,519	22.9	-
Ordinary income	42,313	35,202	20.2	-
Current net income	21,757	22,216	(2.1)	-Income was lower due to an extraordinary loss posted to settle a recall in the market.
Sealing product division
Sales	284,861	257,974	10.4	-Sales of automotive products recovered in China, where there had been a slowdown in sales to Japanese car makers due to the tense political relations between Japan and China. Sales increased in Japan due to new vehicle-model launches and last-minute demand to purchase new vehicles before the consumption tax increase went into effect.
Operating income	27,729	21,119	31.3	-

Joint Ventures

-PNDT, which is a joint-venture between Pyung Hwa Holdings (parent company of Korea based Pyung Hwa Industrial) and the Company of Japan, has held a ground-breaking ceremony for its new plant in Yeongcheon, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The facility will have 25,000 square meters of building area on 48,000 square meters of land. It is scheduled to be completed in October 2013 and will produce 11 million damper pulleys per year. Annual sales are expected to reach KRW 60 billion. (From a press release, April 22, 2013)

Mid-term Management Plan (FY ending March 2015 - FY ending March 2017)

-The Company announced its plan to enhance automated operations at its oil seal plants in Japan. The intention is stated in the Company's three-year business plan started in April 2014. Over the next three years, the Company will invest a total of JPY 65 billion globally in its seal business. Of this amount, JPY 45 billion will be spent on raising the ratio of fully automated operation in Japan from the current 20-30% to 50% by FY ending Mar. 2017. This will allow the Company to improve its cost competitiveness in Japan where demand for oil seals is forecast to decline. In order to boost profitability of the seal division as a whole, the Company also intends to promote automated production and save labor costs at its plants in emerging countries as well. During FY ended Mar. 2012 - FY Mar. 2014, the Company invested a total of JPY 62.5 billion in plants and equipment of its seal business. As the fund was primarily appropriated for production capacity expansion projects outside Japan, the Company has decided to shift its focus to improving productivity in both Japan and emerging markets. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on May 16, 2014)

-Slogan: "Strengthen corporate foundation for attaining sustainable growth". This will be achieved through creating new products and business by setting the foundation for ensuring a strong workplace environment.
-Policies:

• Re-examine capabilities for achieving true product creation
• Re-challenge commitment to achieve superior level of quality
• Create new products, technology, and businesses
• Develop and make optimum use of human resources

-Financial objectives:  (by end of FY2016 that ends March 2017)

• Sales: JPY 700,000 million
• Operating profit: JPY 55,000 million
• Profit margin: 7.9%

Outlook for FY ending Mar. 31, 2015

(in millions of JPY)

	FY ending Mar. 31, 2015 (Forecast)	FY ended Mar. 31, 2014 (Actual Results)	Rate of Change (%)
Sales	634,600	591,388	7.3
-Seal	294,200	284,861	3.3
-Electronic Device Product	300,000	266,444	12.6
-Rolls	28,500	28,712	(0.7)
-Others	11,900	11,370	4.7
Operating income	42,000	32,586	28.9
Ordinary income	46,800	42,313	10.6
Net income	27,400	21,757	25.9

>>>Financial Forecast for the Next Fiscal Year (Sales, Operating Income etc.)

R&D Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)

	FY ended Mar. 31, 2014	FY ended Mar. 31, 2013	FY ended Mar. 31, 2012
Overall	7,622	6,834	6,403
Seal	5,752	5,212	4,706

R&D Activities

Seal
-The Company worked to develop environmentally friendly products such as products contributing to lower energy use by lowering frictional loss; and other eco-friendly products for hybrid, electric, and fuel-powered vehicles.
-The Company developed and launched sales of low-friction, automotive oil-seals, developing conventional coated seals and a new type of low-friction seal designed to reduce friction force, in addition to seals based mainly on rubber materials. Also, the Company launched sales of seals that offer better features such as being more dust resistant, which makes them capable of responding to poor road conditions overseas such as in Middle eastern countries, BRICs and so on.
-In its O-ring business, the Company launched material that can handle new coolants and which are environmentally friendly; and coating material that makes assembly easier. In addition, it conducted R&D activities to develop a material that is workable with hydrogen gas used in fuel cells.
-As part of its activities designed to create seals for use in EVs and HEVs, the Company developed smaller and low-reaction force gaskets and integrated seal parts of flexible printed circuit boards (FPCs) for next-generation vehicles, launching commercial production of some of them.
-The Company is starting to consider mass-producing seal parts for fuel-cell stacks/ batteries being equipped on fuel-cell vehicles.

Electronic Device Product
-In the LED field, in which heat radiation is needed, the Company is developing technology on metal FPCs (flexible printed circuit boards), some of which are already being equipped on vehicles.
-Developing and presenting to customers technology that joins FPCs and cables, and FPCs to devices, with a high degree of reliability.
-The Company is developing electrostatic touch sensors involving environmentally friendly processes achieved by using printed electronics (PE), considering the idea of using them on vehicles by enhancing their reliability even more.

R&D Facilities

Facility	Location
Shonan Development Center	Kanagawa Pref., Japan

Technical Cooperation Agreement

(As of Mar. 31, 2014)

Partner	Content	Signed on
Freudenberg (Germany)	Introduction and licensing of such seal product as oil seal, O ring and related technologies	Jan. 1, 2009

Capital Expenditure

(in millions of JPY)

	FY ended Mar. 31, 2014	FY ended Mar. 31, 2013	FY ended Mar. 31, 2012
Overall	40,615	52,802	27,158
Seal	21,914	27,957	16,099

Sealing business
-In Japan, the Company invested mainly in the facilities at its Kitaibaraki plant; and outside Japan, mainly in Wuxi NOK-Freudenber Oil Seal Co., Ltd. and Thai NOK Co., Ltd.

New Facilities

Facilities (Location)	Equipment	Amount (in million JPY)	Date of start	Scheduled date of completion
Thai NOK Co., Ltd. (Chonburi, Thailand)	Facilities to manufacture various types of seals	3,600	Jun. 2013	Aug. 2014

Outlook of Capital Expenditure for FY ending Mar. 31, 2015

(in millions of JPY)

	FY ending Mar. 31, 2015 (Forecast)	FY ended Mar. 31, 2014 (Actual Results)	Rate of Change (%)
Japan	18,500	15,800	17.1
Asia	20,600	24,700	(16.6)
Europe/USA	900	100	800.0
Total	40,000	40,600	(1.5)