Nidec discloses outside committee report on quality-related misconduct investigation

• Nidec disclosed an outside-expert investigation report into suspected misconduct uncovered during groupwide quality inspections launched Jan. 8, 2026.
• Findings cite quality-control breaches, including rule violations, test-result falsification, shipments of nonconforming items, recordkeeping failures, country-of-origin data issues.
• Report links misconduct to target pressure, weak risk monitoring, under-resourced quality assurance, limited independence of the quality function.
• Management plans tighter quality governance, including revised global rules, expanded audits, authority for QA managers to halt shipments.
• Review found no material impact on prior-year consolidated financial statements; securities filings will be corrected, March 2026 report filed ASAP.

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