The Mitsui Chemicals Group is constantly engaged in business activities to realize its Corporate Vision, which comprises a Corporate Mission and a Corporate Target. The Group recognizes efforts to achieve effective corporate governance as part of the process that will allow us to: Maintain and develop trusting relationships with its shareholders and all other diverse stakeholders of the Mitsui Chemicals Group, and Create a framework that can execute transparent, fair, timely, and decisive decision making. Through these means, the Mitsui Chemicals Group recognizes that it is better placed to achieve sustainable growth and increased corporate value over the medium to long term. Accordingly, Mitsui Chemicals positions efforts to upgrade and expand its corporate governance as a key management issue and will persevere with the efforts outlined above.