Unless otherwise defined, abbreviations and definitions used throughout this announcement shall be the same as those previously defined in the Company’s announcement dated 29 December 2014, 6 February 2015, 11 February 2015, 13 February 2015, 16 February 2015, 4 March 2015, 16 March 2015, 23 March 2015, 25 March 2015, 6 April 2015, 29 April 2015 and 5 May 2015.

Yokohama Industries Berhad ("Yokohama" or "The Company") wishes to announce that Mercury Securities Sdn Bhd has, on behalf of the Fordington Pte Ltd ("Fordington" or "Offeror"), informed us that the Offeror has today, pursuant to Section 222(1) of the Capital Markets and Services Act, 2007, posted the notice of compulsory acquisition to the dissenting shareholders of Yokohama (whose names appear on Yokohama’s Record of Depositors as at 5.00 p.m. (Malaysian time) on Thursday, 28 May 2015 (“Dissenting Shareholders”)), notifying them of the Offeror’s intention to compulsorily acquire the remaining ordinary shares of RM0.50 each in Yokohama (excluding treasury shares held by Yokohama) (“Offer Shares”) held by the Dissenting Shareholders at a cash consideration of RM1.70 per Offer Share.

Please refer to the attached press release made by Mercury Securities Sdn Bhd, on behalf of the Offeror, for further details.

This announcement is dated 1 June 2015.