AFFIDAVIT OF BEARING MANUFACTURER (Entitlement Certificate) Rolling Bearings Herewith we declare under full liability that the RKB Bearing Industries Group is a Swiss fully vertically integrated world-class bearing manufacturer. In fact, RKB performs all of the following operations within its perimeter, which is necessary to be considered a rolling bearing manufacturer: • Pre and post sales operations; • Designing; • Engineering; • Fine-tuning; • Setting; • Definition of protocols and procedures; • Definition of production technology (equipment and machines); • Purchasing of raw materials and raw parts; • Machinings and heat-treatments: -- Forming/forging; -- Softening treatments; -- Turning; -- Hardening treatments; -- Grinding; -- Precision fine-grinding; -- Assembling; -- Additional operations (grooves, slots, holes etc.); • Multilevel quality controls; • Overhauling; • Logistics and warehouse; • Research and development. RUNI-IEC-YLS-A Engineered in Switzerland Technological Bearings Via Primo Agosto· 6828 Balerna P.O. BOX 169· 6830 Chiasso 3 Switzerland Phone + 41 91 260 09 30· Fax + 41 91 260 09 50 [email protected]· www.rkbbearings.com VAT No. 682 866 RKB Europe SA Executive Headquarters and Technological Center Balerna, April 2010 The present Certificate forms an integral and substantive part of RKB’s Representations and Warranties compliance procedure.