MARKTEC Corporation hereby announces that it has decided to acquire all of the shares of Tohoku Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Nasukarasuyama-shi, Tochigi, Japan), a wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary of ALCONIX Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), to make the company a wholly-owned consolidated subsidiary of MARKTEC Corporation, as part of the measures to reorganize the companies of the ALCONIX Group in order to increase synergies and reinforce the management structure of the Equipment and Materials segment of the ALCONIX Group.

Notice Regarding an Acquisition of Shares of Tohoku Chemical Industries, Ltd. (Inclusion in Wholly-owned Subsidiaries)