TOYOTA TSUSHO CORPORATION ("TTC" or the "Tender Offeror") hereby announces that its Board of Directors passed a resolution on January 28, 2014, to acquire shares of TOMEN ELECTRONICS CORPORATION (the "Target Company"), a Tokyo Stock Exchange ("TSE") First Section-listed company (securities code: 7558), through a tender offer (the "Tender Offer").
TTC plans to conduct the Tender Offer expeditiously if the following three conditions are satisfied. The first condition is successful completion of compliance with the requirements of competition law in Japan, China and other foreign countries. The second is that the Board of Directors of the Target Company passes a resolution for the Tender Offer and recommending that the Target Company's shareholders tender their shares in response thereto. The third is that no events or circumstances that could have a material adverse effect on the Target Company's financial condition occur in the interim. Assuming that these conditions have been met, TTC intends to undertake the Tender Offer promptly and, at present, aims to commence the Tender Offer around the end of June, 2014. However, owing to difficulty concerning its ability to accurately predict the time required to receive clearance from domestic and overseas competition authorities, TTC will promptly disclose a detailed schedule for the Tender Offer once the schedule has been determined.

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