CALIFORNIA PROPOSITION 65 INFORMATION

Updated: July 14, 2026

The California Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as “Proposition 65,” requires businesses to provide warnings to Californians about significant exposure to certain chemicals that may cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. The law defines “exposure” as “cause to ingest, inhale, contact via body surfaces or otherwise come into contact with a listed chemical.” Exposure may also result from contact with ambient or indoor air, drinking, standing or running water, soil or vegetation, or through inhalation, ingestion, or skin or other contact with the body, through employment or through general activities.

California is required to publish a list of chemicals subject to Proposition 65; the list now contains over 900 chemicals, both naturally-occurring and synthetic. These chemicals may be ingredients or additives in many household products, food, drugs, dyes, pesticides, or solvents, and they may result from certain chemical processes, such as motor vehicle exhaust.

Complete information about Proposition 65 may be found at https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65.

NTN USA Corporation along with its affiliates (collectively “NTN”) produce bearings that are intended for use in automobiles and machinery. NTN is not aware of any common or intended uses of its products that would expose the user to significant risk. However, the steel used in many of our products may contain nickel and/or chromium, and our brass cages may contain lead, each of which is a listed chemical. Additionally, phthalates may be present in certain plastics we use. The vast majority of NTN products are used as internal machine or equipment parts and normal use and handling should not expose consumers to any significant risk.

However, extraordinary handling, such as grinding, deburring, or welding may cause ambient exposure. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, NTN provides the following warning to users of our products in California:

NTN is committed to complying with the laws of all jurisdictions in which we do business, to sustainable manufacturing, and to good corporate citizenship. If you have any questions about the information in this letter, please contact Brett Scheive, General Counsel at [email protected].