KYB ews N January 7, 2015 Company Name: KYB Corporation (Registered Name: Kayaba Industry Co., Ltd.) Representative: Masao Usui, Representative Director, President Executive Officer Stock Code: 7242; First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange Announcement of Start of Operations at Chennai Branch in India KYB has established a branch in the city of Chennai, located in Tamil Nadu State, Republic of India (hereinafter India). A business license has been obtained, and operations shall commence as outlined below. 1. Date of establishment and operations 1) Establishment: September 4, 2014 2) Start of operations: January 5, 2015 2. Representative Keiichi Tanaka, General Manager, Chennai Branch 3. Business activity details 1) Supply of components to KYB Motorcycle Suspension India Pvt. Ltd. (KYB’s motorcycle product manufacturer in India) 2) Support for supply of components to KYB-Conmat Pvt. Ltd. (KYB’s special-purpose vehicle product manufacturer in India) 3) Support for business activities related to component supply in India for the KYB Group’s companies outside of India 4) Business activities in India for KYB’s products 4. Components supplied Steel pipes, steel rods, steel plates, press components, hydraulic fluids, spring components, hot forging and cold forging components, aluminum ingots, aluminum casting components, rubber components, sintering components, resin components, machining components, etc. 5. Location Plot No. 6, Sipcot Industrial Park, Vallam Vadagal Village, Sriperumbudur Taluk, Kancheepuram District, 602105, India, KYB Motor Cycle Suspension India Pvt., Ltd. 6. For more information, please contact: 1) Hideki Fujii, Manager, Global Purchasing Planning Sect., Purchasing Planning Dept., Purchasing Div. Tel: +81-574-26-5192 2) Keiichi Tanaka, General Manager, Chennai Branch Tel: +91-44371-06016 .