1. Date of Change (expected)

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 (the settlement commencement date of the Tender Offer)

2. Background to the Change

On December 21, 2016, the Offeror announced the commencement of the Tender Offer, and Lawson, at its board of directors meeting held that day, resolved to support the Tender Offer while leaving decisions regarding whether to tender shares for the Tender Offer to the discretion of Lawson’s shareholders because it was planned that the listing of Lawson shares would be maintained even after the completion of the Tender Offer and subsequently announced such opinion.

The Tender Offer has been implemented by the Offeror during the tender offer period from December 22, 2016 to February 9, 2017. After the completion of the Tender Offer on February 9, 2017, Lawson today received a report from the Offeror that 33,846,168 Lawson shares were tendered, 16,649,900 (the maximum number of shares to be purchased) of which the Offeror will purchase.

As a result, the Offeror, which is an other affiliated company of Lawson as of today, will become Lawson’s new parent company as of February 15, 2017 (the settlement commencement date of the Tender Offer) as the Offeror will own a majority of the voting rights in Lawson following the settlement of the Tender Offer.

Note: According to the Offeror, it has voluntarily applied the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) that is stipulated as Designated International Accounting Standards in the Ordinance on Terminology, Forms and Preparation Methods of Consolidated Financial Statements, to its consolidated financial statements in the annual securities reports for the fiscal term ending March, 2014 and thereafter, and accordingly, it recognized Lawson as its consolidated subsidiary based on its determination of the scope of consolidated subsidiaries under the IFRS on February 9, 2017 (the last day of the tender offer period). On the other hand, Lawson prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Ordinance on Terminology, Forms and Preparation Methods of Consolidated Financial Statements (JGAAP), and as stated above, Lawson will recognize the Offeror as its parent company as of February 15, 2017 (the settlement commencement date of the Tender Offer).

4. Number and Percentage of Voting Rights (before and after the Change)

5. Future Outlook

As a result of the Tender Offer, Lawson became a consolidated subsidiary of the Offeror, as the Offeror will own 50,150,100 Lawson shares (50.11% of the total voting rights in Lawson). After the completion of the Tender Offer, the Offeror intends to strengthen collaboration with Lawson while continuing to maintain the listing and management autonomy of Lawson. The management framework and the composition of the board of directors after the completion of the Tender Offer have not been determined at this time, and the Offeror and Lawson will consult with each other hereafter in order to establish a framework that (a) enables conduct of appropriate governance that respects the independence of Lawson as a listed company and (b) maximizes synergetic effects for the Offeror group through making Lawson a consolidated subsidiary.

Otherwise, no change has been made to the statements made in “Announcement of Opinion Regarding Tender Offer for Our Company’s Shares by Mitsubishi Corporation” released by Lawson on December 21, 2016.

Any further matters requiring announcement regarding the effect of this change in parent company and other affiliate company on Lawson’s performance will be promptly disclosed.

1. Outline of Tender Offer

(1) Name and Address of the Offeror

Mitsubishi Corporation
3-1, Marunouchi 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

(2) Name of the Target Company

Lawson, Inc.

(3) Class of Share Certificates, Etc., to be Purchased

Common stock

(4) Number of Share Certificates, Etc. to be Purchased

Number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased	Minimum number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased	Maximum number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased
16,649,900 shares	- shares	16,649,900 shares

Note1: If the total number of tendered share certificates, etc. is equal to or less than the number of the share certificates, etc. to be purchased (16,649,900 shares), the Offeror will purchase all of the tendered share certificates, etc. If the total number of tendered share certificates, etc. exceeds the maximum number of the share certificates, etc. to be purchased (16,649,900 shares), the Offeror will not purchase all or any part of that excess amount and will implement the delivery and other settlement for purchasing share certificates, etc. on a pro rata basis as provided for in Article 27-13, Paragraph 5 of the Act and Article 32 of Cabinet Office Ordinance on Disclosure Required for Tender Offer for Share Certificates, etc. by Person Other than the Issuer (Ordinance of the Ministry of Finance No. 38 of 1990, as amended; the “Cabinet Ordinance”).

Note2: The maximum number of shares to be purchased (16,649,900 shares) has been decided by multiplying the number of shares per unit (100) by the number of voting rights (166,499) calculated by deducting the number of voting rights (335,002) represented by the number of shares held by the Offeror (33,500,200 shares) from the number equivalent to the majority (501,501) of voting rights (1,003,000) represented by the total number of issued shares (100,300,000 shares) as of May 31, 2016 stated in the quarterly report for the first quarter of the 42nd fiscal term submitted by the Target Company on July 13, 2016.

Note3: Shares less than one unit are also subject to the Tender Offer. If a right to demand purchase of shares less than one unit is exercised by a shareholder in accordance with the Companies Act (Act No. 86 of 2005, as amended), the Target Company may purchase its own shares during the tender offer period in accordance with procedures under laws and regulations.

Note4: The Offeror does not intend to acquire the treasury shares held by the Target Company through the Tender Offer.

Note5: It is possible that stock acquisition rights will be exercised by the last day of the tender offer period. Shares of the Target Company issued upon such exercise will also be subject to the Tender Offer.

(5) Tender Offer Period

(A) Initially Registered Offering Period

From December 22, 2016 (Thursday) to February 9, 2017 (Thursday) (30 business days)

(B) Possibility of Extension at Target Company’s Request

N/A

(6) Tender Offer Price

JPY 8,650 per share of common stock

2. Results of the Tender Offer

(1) Success of the Tender Offer

Because the number of share certificates, etc., tendered in the Tender Offer 33,846,168 shares) exceeded the maximum number of shares to be purchased (16,649,900 shares), the Offeror will not purchase all or any part of that excess amount and will implement the delivery and other settlement for purchasing share certificates, etc. on a pro rata basis as provided for in Article 27-13, Paragraph 5 of the Act and Article 32 of the Cabinet Ordinance, as stated in the public notice of commencement of Tender Offer and the tender offer registration statement.

(2) Date of Public Notice on the Results of the Tender Offer and the Name of Newspaper in which Public Notice is to Appear

The Offeror made public the results of the Tender Offer to the news media through the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. on February 10, 2017, pursuant to Article 27-13, Paragraph 1 of the Act, in the manner set out in in Article 9-4 of the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act Enforcement Order (Cabinet Order No. 321 of 1965, as amended) and Article 30-2 of the Cabinet Ordinance.

(3) Number of Share Certificates, Etc. Purchased

Type of Security	(i) Number of share certificates, etc. tendered (in converted shares)	(ii) Number of share certificates etc. purchased (in converted shares)
Share certificates	33,846,168 shares	16,649,900 shares
Stock acquisition rights	-	-
Bonds with stock acquisition rights	-	-
Trust beneficiary certificates for share certificates, etc. (         )	-	-
Depositary receipts for share certificates, etc. (         )	-	-
Total	33,846,168 shares	16,649,900 shares
(Total number of potential share certificates, etc.)	-	(-)

(4) Ownership Ratio of Share Certificates, Etc. After the Tender Offer

Number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by the Offeror before the Tender Offer	335,002 voting rights	(Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. before the Tender Offer: 33.47%)
Number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by the special related parties before the Tender Offer	0 voting rights	(Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. before the Tender Offer: 0.00%)
Number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by the Offeror after the Tender Offer	501,501 voting rights	(Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. after the Tender Offer: 50.11%)
Number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by the special related parties after the Tender Offer	0 voting rights	(Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. after the Tender Offer: 0.00%)
Number of voting rights of all shareholders of the Target Company	998,870 voting rights

Note1: “Number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by special related parties before the Tender Offer” and “Number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by the special related parties after the Tender Offer” state the total number of voting rights represented by share certificates, etc. held by each special related party (except for persons excluded from special related parties under Article 3(2)(i) of the Cabinet Ordinance for the purpose of calculating the ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. under each item of Article 27-2(1)).

Note2: “Number of voting rights of all shareholders of the Target Company” is the number of voting rights of all shareholders of the Target Company as of August 31, 2016 stated in the quarterly report for the third quarter of the 42nd fiscal term submitted by the Target Company on January 13, 2017. However, since shares less than one unit and shares of the Target Company issued or transferred upon exercise of stock acquisition rights of the Target Company are subject to the Tender Offer, when calculating “Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. before the Tender Offer” and “Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. after the Tender Offer,” the number of voting rights (1,000,780 voting rights) represented by 100,078,086 shares is used as a denominator. This number of shares (100, 078,086 shares) is the number that results from subtracting (a) the number of treasury shares (288,014 shares) owned by the Target Company as of November 30, 2016 stated in the summary of financial results for the third quarter of the fiscal term ending February, 2017 released by the Target Company on January 11, 2017, from (b) the sum (100,366,100 shares) of (i) the total number of issued shares (100,300,000 shares) as of November 30, 2016 stated in the quarterly report for the third quarter of the 42nd fiscal term submitted by the Target Company on January 13, 2017, (ii) the number of shares (14,100 shares) subject to (141) stock acquisition rights (the 151 stock acquisition rights that were outstanding as of April 13, 2016 and stated in the quarterly report for the first quarter of the 42nd fiscal term submitted by the Target Company on July 13, 2016 less the 10 stock acquisition rights that were exercised or expired during the period from April 14, 2016 to February 9, 2017 according to the Target Company), and (iii) the number of shares (52,000 shares) subject to (520) stock acquisition rights (the 695 stock acquisition rights as of April 30, 2016 and stated in the annual securities report for the 41st fiscal term submitted by the Target Company on May 25, 2016 less the 175 stock acquisition rights that were exercised or expired during the period from May 1, 2016 to February 9, 2017 according to the Target Company).

Note3: “Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. before the Tender Offer” and “Ownership ratio of share certificates, etc. after the Tender Offer” have been rounded to two decimal places.

(5) Calculation in the Event of Pro Rata Purchase

Because the number of share certificates, etc., tendered in the Tender Offer (33,846,168 shares) exceeded the maximum number of shares to be purchased (16,649,900 shares), the Offeror decided not to purchase all or any part of that excess amount and will implement the delivery and other settlement for purchasing share certificates, etc. on a pro rata basis as provided for in Article 27-13, Paragraph 5 of the Act and Article 32 of the Cabinet Ordinance, as stated in the public notice of commencement of Tender Offer and the tender offer registration statement. If the number of tendered share certificates, etc. tendered by each tendering shareholder contains a portion of shares less than one unit (100 shares), the number of shares to be purchased, as calculated on a pro rata basis, is limited to the number of share certificates, etc. tendered by each such tendering shareholder.

Because the total number of shares to be purchased from all tendering shareholders as calculated on a pro rata basis whereby shares constituting less than one unit are rounded off was less than the maximum number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased, the Offeror purchased one unit from each tendering shareholder, in descending order beginning with the tendering shareholder(s) that owned the greatest number of rounded-off shares, until the total number of shares to be purchased was equal to or more than the number listed under the maximum number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased. (Where purchase of one additional unit exceeded the number of Tendered Shares Certificates, Etc., the purchase was limited to the number of Tendered Shares Certificates, Etc.) However, because, when the Offeror purchased units from all tendering shareholders who held an equal number of rounded-off shares, the result of such purchase exceeded the maximum number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased, the Offeror selected, by lottery, the tendering shareholders from whom the Offeror would purchase units, to the extent that the total number of shares to be purchased was no less than the maximum number of share certificates, etc. to be purchased.

(6) Method of Settlement

(A) Name and Address of Head Office of Financial Instruments Business Operator/Bank, etc., in Charge of Settlement of Tender Offer

SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. 3-1, Marunouchi 3-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

(B) Commencement Date of Settlement

February 15, 2017 (Wednesday)

(C) Method of Settlement

A notice regarding the purchase under the Tender Offer will be mailed to the address of tendering shareholders (or the standing proxy in the case of non-resident shareholders) without delay after the expiration of the tender offer period. If tendering shareholders tendered their shares through Nikko Easy Trade, the notice will be delivered by electromagnetic means.

The purchase will be settled in cash. The Tender Offer Agent will, in accordance with the instructions given by the tendering shareholders (or the standing proxy in the case of non-resident shareholders) and without delay on or after the commencement date of settlement, remit the purchase price to the address designated by the tendering shareholders (or the standing proxy in the case of non-resident shareholders).

(D) Method of Return of Share Certificates, Etc.

The Tender Offer Agent will return any share certificates, etc., that must be returned by reverting the relevant shares to their original condition at the time of the tender in the securities account held by the relevant tendering shareholders with the Tender Offer Agent (“the original condition at the time of the tender” means the condition where the execution of the order to tender in the Tender Offer has been cancelled) on the date two business days after the last day of the tender offer period (or the date of withdrawal of the Tender Offer if the Offeror withdraws the Tender Offer).

If the tendering shareholders wish to transfer the share certificates, etc. that must be returned to a financial instruments business operator, etc. other than the Tender Offer Agent, tendering shareholders should contact the head office or sales office in Japan of the Tender Offer Agent through which the tendering shareholders tendered their shares to confirm the date of such transfer, which may differ depending on account type where the share certificates, etc. are managed.

3. Places Where a Copy of the Tender Offer Report is Available for Public Inspection

4. Policies after the Tender Offer

After the completion of the Tender Offer, the Offeror intends to strengthen collaboration with the Target Company while continuing to maintain the listing and management autonomy of the Target Company. The management framework and the composition of the board of directors after the Tender Offer have not been determined at this time, and the Offeror and the Target Company will consult with each other in order to establish a framework that (a) enables conduct of appropriate governance that respects the independence of the Target Company as a listed company and (b) maximizes synergetic effects for the Offeror group through making the Target Company a consolidated subsidiary.

No change has been made to the statements made in “Announcement of Commencement of Tender Offer for Shares in Lawson, Inc. (Securities Code: 2651),” dated December 21, 2016.

1. Reason for Change

The Target Company became a subsidiary of the Offeror as of February 9, 2017 (the last day of the tender offer period), as a result of the Tender Offer.

Note: The Offeror has voluntarily applied the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) to its consolidated financial statements in the annual securities reports for the fiscal term ending March, 2014 and thereafter. As stated above, the Target Company became a consolidated subsidiary of the Offeror based on its determination of the scope of consolidated subsidiaries under the IFRS. On the other hand, the Target Company prepares its consolidated financial statements in accordance with the Ordinance on Terminology, Forms and Preparation Methods of Consolidated Financial Statements (JGAAP), and according to the Target Company, the Offeror will be recognized as a parent company of the Target Company as of February 15, 2017 (the settlement commencement date of the Tender Offer).

2. Outline of New Subsidiary (the Target Company)

3. Number and Price of Shares Purchased and Shareholding (before and after the Change)

4. Date of Change

Thursday, February 9, 2017 (the last day of the tender offer period)

5. Prospective Impact on Performance

The Offeror is currently investigating the effects that the results of the Tender Offer will have on the consolidated earnings forecast for the year ending March 2017, announced by the Offeror on February 2, 2017. The Offeror will promptly disclose amendments to its earnings forecast and other matters to be announced (if any).