Komatsu Ltd. (Head office: Minato-ku Tokyo, President and CEO: Tetsuji Ohashi, hereafter "Komatsu" or "Company") announced in its press release dated July 21, 2016, titled "Komatsu to acquire U.S. mining equipment manufacturer Joy Global" that it will acquire Joy Global Inc. (Head office: Wisconsin, USA, CEO: Edward L. Doheny II, hereafter "Joy Global", NYSE) through Komatsu America Corp. (Head office: Illinois, USA, Chairman and CEO: Rodney Schrader, hereafter "KAC"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Komatsu in the USA (hereafter "Acquisition"). Komatsu is pleased to announce that the merger agreement for the Acquisition was approved at the extraordinary shareholders meeting of Joy Global which was held on October 19, 2016 (local time).