Name of Listed Company: Yokogawa Electric Corporation
(URL: http://www.yokogawa.com) (Stock code: 6841, listed in TSE 1st section) Name and Position of the Representative:
Takashi Nishijima, President and Chief Operating Officer
Name and Position of the Person in Charge:
Sadamu Kawanaka, General Manager of Corporate Communication Department
Telephone Number: 81-422-52-5530
March 9, 2015

Result of solicitation of applications for voluntary retirement program and booking of extraordinary loss

Yokogawa Electric Corporation ("the Company") hereby provides notification of the result of the solicitation of applications for the voluntary retirement program that was announced on September 2,
2014.
1. Outline of voluntary retirement program

Eligible employees

(1) Regular employees

Regular employees of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, and Yokogawa Manufacturing Corporation, aged between 30 and 59 as of March 31, 2015

(2) Senior employees

Senior employees of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Yokogawa Solution Service Corporation, and Yokogawa Manufacturing Corporation, aged between 60 and 64 as of March 31, 2015. (Note) Senior employees are employees aged 60 or older who have been reemployed after reaching the mandatory retirement age.

Targeted number of applicants

Approximately 600 (regular employees)

Application period

From January to February 2015

Date of retirement

March 31, 2015

Support

A support benefit will be paid to retirees and re-employment support

will be provided through re-employment agencies.

2. Result
Number of applicants: (1) Regular employees 985 (managers: 175, union members: 810) (2) Senior employees 120
3. Outlook
For this result, we will book an extraordinary loss of approximately 16 billion yen in the current fiscal year. Regarding the postponed announcement of the financial and dividend forecast for FY2014, please refer to our statement on the revision of the financial and dividend forecast for FY2014 that is being released today.

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