Nippon Sanso : Notice Regarding Participation in TNFD Forum and Registration as a TNFD Adopter

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September 17, 2024 Notice Regarding Participation in TNFD Forum and Registration as a TNFD Adopter Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation (President CEO: Toshihiko Hamada, hereinafter referred to as NSHD), in support of the principles of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosers (TNFD*1), has decided to participate in the TNFD Forum*2 and registered as a TNFD Adopter*3 in August 2024. NSHD is the first company in the industrial gas industry to register as a TNFD Adopter. Having established as a framework following the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the TNFD is a task force to promote and assess disclosure of business risks and opportunities related to natural capital and biodiversity. The TNFD also promotes the development of a disclosure framework for nature-related risks, with the aim of shifting to a "nature positive" approach, which will halt and reverse nature loss and contribute to nature-positive outcomes. In 2021, NSHD formulated the Nippon Sanso Holdings Group Environmental Policy, which sets forth our commitment to reduce environmental impact through our products, services, and business activities. We have also positioned "preservation of biodiversity" as a key aspect in our materiality and have been working to conserve the natural environment and biodiversity. We will continue to analyze and examine our information disclosure in line with the TNFD's information disclosure framework to promote our measures for the preservation of biodiversity. The NSHD Group will keep its efforts in making contribution to a sustainable society by providing values to customers and society while taking the global environment into consideration and working to solve social issues. *1. TNFD: An international initiative established in June 2021 to appropriately assess and disclose how companies and organizations depend on and give impact on nature's assets and biodiversity in their business activities. *2. TNFD Forum: A network in which companies and organizations with expertise in a wide range of fields participate and support the construction of an information disclosure framework based on TNFD. 1 *3. TNFD Adopter: A company or organization that has registered its intention, on the TNFD Website, to make public disclose aligned with the TNFD Recommendations issued in September 2023. Registered companies and organizations need to make disclosures in line with the TNFD Recommendations in respect of their fiscal year of 2024 or 2025. The Nippon Sanso Holdings Group is the world's fourth-largest supplier of industrial, electronic, and medical gases, operating in four geographic regions - Japan, U.S., Europe and Asia & Oceania - covering over 30 countries and regions. In addition, the Thermos business supplies THERMOS branded products to more than 120 countries worldwide. Since its foundation as Nippon Sanso Ltd. in 1910, the group stands for creating social value through innovative gas solutions that increase industrial productivity, enhance human well-being and contribute to a more sustainable future. With more than 19,000 employees, together, we are "The Gas Professionals" and we all have the same goal: "Making life better through gas technology" Public Relations [email protected] Important Notice - Trading of Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation Common Stock, Disclaimer Regarding Unsponsored American Depository Receipts Nippon Sanso Holdings Corporation ("NSHD") encourages anyone interested in buying or selling its common stock to do so on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, which is where its common stock is listed and primarily trades. NSHD's disclosures are not intended to facilitate trades in, and should not be relied on for decisions to trade, unsponsored American Depository Receipts ("ADRs"). NSHD has not and does not participate in, support, encourage, or otherwise consent to the creation of any unsponsored ADR programs or the issuance or trading of any ADRs issued thereunder in respect of its common stock. NSHD does not represent to any ADR holder, bank or depositary institution, nor should any such person or entity form the belief, that (i) NSHD has any reporting obligations within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") or (ii) NSHD's website will contain on an ongoing basis all information necessary for NSHD to maintain an exemption from registering its common stock under the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) thereunder. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, NSHD and its affiliates disclaim any responsibility or liability to ADR holders, banks, depositary institutions, or any other entities or individuals in connection with any unsponsored ADRs representing its common stock. 2

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