OREANDA-NEWS. August 20, 2012. Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui", head office: Tokyo, President and CEO: Masami Iijima) agreed to transfer a part of its shares in Nihon Unisys, Ltd. ("NUL"), 20,726,410 shares (18.9% of the total shares issued), to Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. ("DNP"), and the share transfer agreement was concluded on August 9, 2012.

In consideration of Mitsui's corporate strategy to optimize its business portfolio, Mitsui has decided to transfer a part of its shares of NUL common stock to DNP that it believes would contribute to the improvement of NUL's corporate value. While Mitsui will become the second largest shareholder of NUL as a result of this transaction, Mitsui will continue to maintain the good relationship with NUL.

1. Change in the Shareholding of Mitsui in NUL by the anticipated Share Transfer

Shares held by Mitsui before transfer

30,524,919 shares (27.8% of the total shares issued)

Shares to be transferred from Mitsui to DNP

20,726,410 shares

Shares held by Mitsui after transfer

9,798,509 shares (8.9% of the total shares issued)

2. Corporate profile of NUL (as of March 31, 2012)

(1) Corporate name

Nihon Unisys, Ltd.

(2) Representative

Shigeru Kurokawa, Representative Director, President & CEO

(3) Address

1-1-1 Toyosu, Koto-ku, Tokyo

(4) Date of establishment

March 29, 1958

(5) Business activities

Provision of consulting services, IT solutions, outsourcing services, support services, and system-related services, and sales of computer systems (including hardware and software)

(6) Number of employees
(non-consolidated)

4,358

(7) Amount of Capital

JPY 5,483 million

(8) Shares issued

109,663,524 shares

3. Corporate profile of DNP (as of March 31, 2012)

(1) Corporate name

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

(2) Representative

Yoshitoshi Kitajima, President

(3) Address

1-1-1, Ichigaya Kagacho Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

(4) Date of establishment

Jan 19, 1894

(5) Business activities

Printing etc.

(6) Number of employees
(non-consolidated)

10,812

(7) Amount of Capital

JPY 114,464 million

(8) Shares issued

700,480,693 shares

4. Schedule

(1) Execution date of the share transfer agreement

August 9, 2012

(2) Closing date of the share transfer

August 22, 2012(planned)

5. Future Outlook

Upon completion of this transaction, NUL will be excluded from Mitsui's associated company.