Agreement Reached for NSSB Equity Investment in QH PLUS CORPORATION of Vietnam

Oct 12, 2018

September 19, 2018

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan Corporation

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan Corporation (NSSB; head office in Minato Ward, Tokyo; Yasumitsu Saeki, President) today announced that ongoing studies
targeting proposed equity investment in QH PLUS CORPORATION, one of Vietnam’s leading building materials manufacturers and distributors, have resulted in the
decision to proceed with the plan. With the two companies having recently reached agreement on the details, the schedule now calls for NSSB to enter into
the following equity participation in QH PLUS.

Investment plan overview

1. Objectives

(1) Earn steady demand in the Vietnamese steel building materials market.

(2) Advance into Vietnam’s steel-frame business, a sector for which solid future growth is forecasted.

2. Equity investment plan profile

- Investment target                QH PLUS CORPORATION

- Equity method                   Acceptance of the third-party allocation of 3 million new shares

- NSSB equity investment share    10.54%

- Investment schedule             September 2018

3. QH PLUS CORPORATION: Corporate profile

Company name                  QH PLUS CORPORATION

Location                         129Dien Bien Phu Street, Ward 15, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Min City, Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Business activities                Steel product distribution, steel-frame manufacturing, reinforcing bar processing, coil center status

Representative director           Nguyen Quang Huy

Capital                          202.98 billion Vietnamese dongs (as of September 2018)


Inquiries regarding this release:

Corporate Communications Section , General Affairs & Corporate Communications Department

Nippon Steel & Sumikin Bussan Corporation

Tel: +81-3-5412-5003