Amada Co., Ltd. (Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, President and CEO: Takaaki Yamanashi) has been selected as a constituent of the MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index, a major ESG investment index. This index is provided by MSCI Inc. (Morgan Stanley Capital International) of the United States and selects companies that have achieved excellent ESG ratings in each industry. The Amada Group positions sustainability as the foundation for value creation towards the realization of its long-term vision. In its "Mid-term Management Plan 2030," which began in fiscal year 2026, the company has identified material issues and is promoting initiatives systematically and strategically across the entire Group. As part of this effort, Amada is working to create social and environmental value while simultaneously achieving business growth and improved profitability through the development and aggressive sales of environmentally friendly products such as high-energy-efficiency fiber laser machines. The company is also strengthening its management of hazardous substance emissions and waste, and promoting environmental management based on ISO 14001. We believe that these activities have led to this selection. This index is one of the indices adopted by the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which manages Japan's public pension assets, as an ESG investment benchmark. It is the ESG index with the largest assets under management among the domestic stock ESG indices adopted by GPIF. In addition to this index, the Amada Group has also been selected for the "FTSE4Good Index Series," a global ESG investment index, as well as the following ESG investment indices for Japanese stocks adopted by GPIF: the "FTSE Blossom Japan Index," the "FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index," the "S&P/JPX Carbon Efficient Index," and the "Morningstar Japan Gender Diversity Tilt Index (excluding REITs)." Going forward, we will continue to work towards the realization of a sustainable society and the i