News Release: Ferrotec Holdings Corporation (6890 TSE Standard)

June 7, 2023

Notice of the Purchase of Convertible Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights of Ferrotec Holdings

Corporation (Securities Code: 6890) by Spica Limited

Ferrotec Holdings Corporation announces that today, we reveived a report and request for announcement regarding Spica Limited's resolution dated June 7, 2023 to purchase the euro-yen denominated convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights due in 2028 from Ferrotec Holdings Corporation. Details are as written in the appendix.

In addition, Ferrotec Holdings Corporation is not involved in any of the transaction described in the appendix including the above purchase (hereinafter "the transaction"), and has no knowledge of the details regarding the transaction. For more information, please contact Daiwa Securities Co., Ltd.

This announcement is made in accordance with Article 30, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Order for Enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, based on a request made by Spica Limited (the "buyer") to Ferrotec Holdings Corporation (the "issuing company").

News Release: Ferrotec Holdings Corporation (6890 TSE Standard)

(Appendix) June 7, 2023

Spica Limited

Notice of the Purchase of Convertible Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights

As announced today by Ferrotec Holdings Corporation (hereinafter "the target company") in the "Notice of the Issuance of Euro-Yen Denominated Convertible Bonds with Stock Acquisition Rights Due in 2028," the target company has resolved to issue the euro-yen denominated convertible bonds with stock acquisition rights due in 2028 (hereinafter as "the CBs") in overseas markets, with its issuance scheduled for June 23, 2023.

Accordingly, on June 7, 2023, Spica Limited resolved to purchase the CBs. The purpose of the transaction is to invest in the credit portion of the CBs or provide investment opportunities to equity or credit investors and is not intended to exercise stock acquisition rights attached to the CBs to acquire common stock of the target company and exercise voting rights on such common stock.

The maximum number of voting rights on the CBs to be purchased by Spica Limited in the transaction is 13.28% of the total voting rights of the target company (percentage of the total number of voting rights of the target company as of March 31, 2023), and may fall under the category of purchase activities as defined in Article 31 of the Order for Enforcement of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (hereinafter "the enforcement order"). We hereby notify this matter in accordance with Article 30, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the enforcement order. However, the details on acquisition and the number of and expenditures for CBs to be acquired have not yet been determined at this time.

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