Minebea Organizational Changes and Managerial Assignments

Minebea announces organizational changes and managerial assignments effective May 1, 2006 as follows: 1. Organizational Changes Engineering Headquarters We have established an Intellectual Property Division and transferred the Intellectual Property Department from the Engineering Support Division to the Intellectual Property Division. Company Name: Minebea Co., Ltd. Representative: Takayuki Yamagishi Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer (Code No. 6479) Contact Person: Shunji Mase Managing Executive Officer, Head of Personnel & General Affairs Div. Naoyuki Kimura Deputy General Manager of Personnel & General Affairs Department Tel. 81-3-5434-8612 / Fax 81-3-5434-8601