Additional Purchase of an Interest in the Integra Coal Joint Venture in Australia

Nippon Steel Corporation (location: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, president: Shoji Muneoka, “Nippon Steel”) has concluded a sales agreement with Toyota Tsusho Corporation (location: Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture, president: Junzo Shimizu, “Toyota Tsusho”) concerning the purchase of 2.35% of interests owned by Toyota Tsusho via its Australian subsidiary in the Integra Coal Joint Venture in the province of New South Wales, Australia.