OREANDA-NEWS. On February 10, 2015, Canon Inc. (the “Company”) announced plans to commence a public tender offer for the shares of Axis AB (“Axis”) (the “Tender Offer”). On February 27, 2015, the Swedish Financial Supervisor y Authority and Nasdaq Stockholm both approved the offering memorandum regarding the Tender Offer. With this, the Tender Offer for Axis will commence from March 3, 2015 as follows.

1. Offer Price : 340 Swedish kr ona per ordinary share

2. Offer Period : From March 3, 2015 to April 1, 2015 (In the event that tender offer conditions are not fulfilled, the Company can extend the Offer Period)