Financial Report‌‌‌‌‌ The 3rd Quarter of FY2016

(From Apr. 1 to Dec. 31, 2016)

Jan 30, 2017

Eliminations

-17

-17

-1

Operating income

216

243

-26

-11 %

Comparative analysis of operating income

FY2016 FY2015 Q3 Q3

Increase / Decrease

Amount Percentage

Remarks (JPY100m)

Net sales

2,106

2,247

-141

-6 %

Comparative analysis of net sales

Elastomer Business

1,199

1,361

-161

-12 %

Quantity variance +59

Specialty Materials Business

559

540

20

4 %

Price variance -122

Others

365

363

2

1 %

Exchange rate variance -78

(Operating income ratio) (%)

10.3%

10.8%

-0.5

pt

Quantity variance +31

Raw materials price variance +134

Elastomer Business

135

163

-28

-17 %

Price variance -122

SG & A etc. +9

Specialty Materials Business

75

72

3

4 %

Exchange rate variance -78

Others

6

8

-2

-23 %

Non-operating income & expenses

6

12

-6

-50 %

Ordinary income

222

254

-32

-13 %

Profit or loss on extraordinary item

-2

-54

52

- %

Income before income taxes

220

200

20

10 %

Net income

160

137

24

17 %

Exchange rate (JPY/$)

107.2

121.6

-14.5

-12 %

Exchange rate (JPY/€)

118.9

133.9

-15.0

-11 %

Naphtha price (JPY/kl)

32,400

45,600

-13,200

-29 %

Asian Butadiene price (USD/t)

1,267

978

289

30 %

Elastomer Business FY2016 FY2015

Increase / Decrease Remarks

Q3 Q3

Amount

Percentage (JPY100m)

Sales volume (thousand tons)

405

422

-18

-4

%

Rubbers

224

237

-13

-5

%

Latices

87

93

-6

-7

%

Chemicals

94

92

2

2

%

Net sales

1,199

1,361

-161

-12

%

Rubbers

810

906

-97

-11

%

Latices

127

146

-18

-13

%

Chemicals

239

291

-52

-18

%

Eliminations

23

17

6

33

%

Operating income

135

163

-28

-17

%

(Operating income ratio) (%)

11.3%

12.0%

-0.7

pt

Breakdown of year-on-year decrease of 5% for rubbers sales volume

General-purpose rubbers

-5 %

Domestic sales -10%, Export sales 0%

Specialty rubbers

-7%

Domestic sales +4%, Export sales -12%

Specialty rubbers component ratio

Sales volume

31%

(FY201/5Q3: 32%)

Sales amount

56%

(FY2015/Q3: 58%)

Specialty Materials Business

FY2016 Q3

FY2015 Q3

Increase / Decrease

Remarks (JPY100m)

Amount

Percentage

Net sales

559

540

20

4 %

Specialty Chemicals

154

139

15

11 %

Specialty Plastics

368

365

2

1 %

Medical Devices etc.

37

35

3

7 %

Operating income

75

72

3

4 %

(Operating income ratio) (%)

13.4%

13.3%

0.1

pt

Breakdown of year-on-year increase of 11% for specialty chemicals sales amount Specialty Chemicals +7%, Electronic Materials -1%, Battery Materials +48%,Toner -11%

Breakdown of year-on-year increase of 1% for specialty plastics sales amount Cyclo-Olefin Polymer resins -7%, Optical Films +4%

Sales volume growth rate for optical films +20%

Proportion of the optical film sales for small-to-medium sized FPD to total optical film sales

40% → 19%

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