July 19, 2017

Company name: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Name of representative: Tsuneo Murata

Chairman of the Board and President Representative Director

(Code: 6981, First section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)

Contact: Takumi Ikushima

Public Relations Manager (Phone: 075-955-6786)

Announcement Regarding the Expected Closing of the Transfer of the Battery Business from Sony to Murata Manufacturing

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. made the above announcement on July 19, 2017. For details, please see the attached press release.

The impact on Murata's consolidated business results in the fiscal year ending in March 2018 is uncertain at this point in time, but will be announced once determined.

July 19, 2017

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Sony Corporation

Announcement Regarding the Expected Closing of the Transfer of the Battery Business from Sony to Murata Manufacturing

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. ("Murata") and Sony Corporation ("Sony") today announced that all necessary regulatory approvals by the competition authorities in relevant countries for the transfer of the Sony Group's battery business to the Murata Group first announced on October 31, 2016 (the "Transfer") have been successfully obtained, and Murata and Sony now expect to complete the Transfer on September 1, 2017.

The closing of the Transfer remains subject to other customary closing conditions.

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