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Mitsui Chemicals — Investor Presentation (November 2025)
38 slides from Mitsui Chemicals's investor presentation, Nov 26, 2025
Slide 1: FY25-2 CEO Presentation
FY25-2 Chemistry for Sustainable World CEO PRESENTATION 橋本 修 HASHIMOTO Osamu Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. President & CEO November 26, 2025 Copyright © 2025 Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Slide 2: Message
Message I would like to begin today by once more offering my sincerest apologies to those who felt unwell ２ due to the gas leakage that occurred at our Omuta Works on July 27, as well as to nearby residents, our customers, and many others for the concern and inconvenience caused by this incident. We
Slide 3: Contents
Nov. 26, 2025 Contents Business Performance Full-year outlook for FY25 VISION 2030 Basic policies toward 2030 Pursuing business portfolio transformation and our ideal vision of FY28 Copyright © 2025 Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Slide 4: Full-Year Outlook for FY25
4 Full-Year Outlook for FY25 Nov. 26, 2025 Even factoring in the impact of U.S. trade policies, operating income before special items is projected to increase for FY25 led by solid progress in specialty chemicals domains, mainly in ICT Solutions FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025 FY2024→FY2025 Items
Slide 5: Measures Against Plant Incidents
5 Measures Against Plant Incidents Nov. 26, 2025 Repeated losses from incidents Goal/Issues Specific measures (JPY bn) (Osaka) Tackle key operational factors • Deploy specialists with long-term experience 10 100 ✓ Provide practical guidance on irregular tasks projects for ensuring (pass down skills
Slide 6: Shareholder Returns
6 Shareholder Returns Nov. 26, 2025 Provide stable and continuous shareholder returns 160 Dividend increase 150 +10yen/share ● Stock split (effective date January 1, 2026) ■ Dividends (interim) ■ Dividends 140 (year-end) 110 Dividend increase Implementing a two-for-one stock split to expand our ■ Me
Slide 7: Increasing Our Social Contribution Value Through Blue Value and Rose Value Products
7 Increasing Our Social Contribution Value Through Blue ValueTM and Rose ValueTM Products Nov. 26, 2025 Environmental Contributions Blue ValueTM QOL Improvements Rose ValueTM Reducing CO2 Conserving resources Coexisting with nature Enriching life and society Extending healthy life-span Protecting fo
Slide 8: Contents
Nov. 26, 2025 Contents Business Performance Full-year outlook for FY25 VISION 2030 Basic policies toward 2030 Pursuing business portfolio transformation and our ideal vision of FY28 Copyright © 2025 Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
Slide 9: Approach to Pursuing Business Portfolio Transformation
9 Approach to Pursuing Business Portfolio Transformation Nov. 26, 2025 VISION 2030 Current phase onward ～2030 Active investment Organic growth New businesses + M&A Specialty chemicals L&HC & returns Ophthalmic lens materials Around existing areas Ophthalmic lens & coating materials of focus domains
Slide 10: FY25 Basic Policies for Achieving VISION 2030
10 FY25 Basic Policies for Achieving VISION 2030 Nov. 26, 2025 The global business landscape is changing rapidly, driven by rising geopolitical tensions, recession risks, and growing Environment economic fragmentation amid U.S. trade policy shifts Business The business environment surrounding petroc
Slide 11: Specialty Chemicals Domains Pulling the Entire Group Forward
Progress Toward Business Portfolio Transformation 11 Specialty Chemicals Domains Pulling the Entire Group Forward Nov. 26, 2025 Specialty chemicals B&GM Total domains 12% 230 (Operating income before 11% special items / JPY bn) 10% 200.0 200.0 9% ROIC 180 8% FY24 → FY28 Growth rate: 61.0 ICT ROIC 16
Slide 12: Cash Flow Trends: Improving Earning Power
12 Cash Flow Trends: Improving Earning Power Nov. 26, 2025 Improving our earning power through profit growth and an asset-light approach, in turn generating cash to make proactive growth investments and bolster shareholder returns Improved operating （JPY bn） cash flow level （Boosting earnings in spe
Slide 13: Cash Flow Management to Improve Capital Efficiency
13 Cash Flow Management to Improve Capital Efficiency Nov. 26, 2025 Improving capital efficiency by putting cash flow earned from business operations and an asset- light approach toward growth investments and the maintenance & strengthening of existing businesses, while also utilizing various financ
Slide 14: Going Asset-Light
14 Going Asset-Light Nov. 26, 2025 Pursuing restructuring on a Group-wide level with nothing off-limits to improve capital efficiency Details of effort FY25–28 asset reduction • Utilizing milestone management to evaluate businesses that are falling short of profit growth/ROIC expectations and ascert
Slide 15: Financial Targets: Improved Capital Efficiency
15 Financial Targets: Improved Capital Efficiency Nov. 26, 2025 Intending to improve our bottom line and our capital efficiency by making further progress on asset-light management and portfolio transformation 18% 120 1,200 110 (JPY bn) 16.7% 16% 100 1,000 14% 82.9 12% 800 80 10% 10.2% 11.1% 57.9 8.
Slide 16: Strategy Summary and Targets
16 Strategy Summary and Targets Nov. 26, 2025 Speeding up the strategies revised FY24 as we work to achieve VISION 2030 Pursue steady growth for existing vision care & agrochemical products while also seeking proactive global expansion, including through M&A Vision care: Steadily capture the market
Slide 17: Our Path to Billion Yen Operating Income in Specialty Chemicals Domains
17 Our Path to 200 Billion Yen Operating Income before Special Items in Specialty Chemicals Domains Nov. 26, 2025 Steady volume growth despite impacts of COVID-19 and a stagnating semiconductor market Set to increase pace of growth by expanding into peripheral domains, growing in cutting-edge sector
Slide 18: Revamping Our R&D Setup to Accelerate Creation of New Products
18 Revamping Our R&D Setup to Accelerate Creation of New Products Nov. 26, 2025 Restructuring and adopting an R&D setup more closely connected to markets & customers to speed up our development of products and solutions Clarifying the roles of research and development Constructing a flat, distribute
Slide 19: Global Strategy in Specialty Chemicals Domains
19 Global Strategy in Specialty Chemicals Domains Nov. 26, 2025 Looking to supplement our organic growth in existing markets by actively investing resources in new markets and growth markets based on each region’s social environment and market needs FY09 (Post-GFC) FY24 (Present) FY28 (Ideal vision)
Slide 20: Vision Care
20 Vision Care Nov. 26, 2025 Accelerating growth by expanding into peripheral domains with high-refractive-index lens materials, as well as with the coating materials & equipment business Driving the market throughout the value chain, Further growing the coating materials & equipment business includ
Slide 21: Agrochemicals
21 Agrochemicals Nov. 26, 2025 Maximizing value of active ingredients positioned as growth drivers and accelerating their global rollouts Doubling profit, with a Accelerating rollouts to additional regional markets and applications focus on growth drivers with a registration drive to maximize value
Slide 22: Oral Care
22 Oral Care Nov. 26, 2025 Improving profitability and capital efficiency via structural reform at Kulzer and a global, group-wide strengthening of partnerships Becoming a global leader ① Structural reform: Optimizing structure to boost global competitiveness with a strong presence Reorganization In
Slide 23: Composite Materials
23 Composite Materials Nov. 26, 2025 Accelerating growth for differentiated products by advancing regional ties for development, production and sales across all composite materials Growing through a shift Deepen regional integration between development, production and sales, first Regional toward di
Slide 24: Elastomers
24 Elastomers Nov. 26, 2025 Utilizing our technological advantages and value chain to accelerate product development and demand growth MCI’s technological Material supply for composite materials Using unique elastomers that Contributing to the differentiation of composite incorporate our technologic
Slide 25: ICROS Tape
25 ICROS Tape Nov. 26, 2025 Leveraging a market-leading product strength and strong marketing capabilities to expand business including peripheral domains Maintaining & growing No. 1 position in backgrinding Expanding business targeting the dicing process Semiconductor market: Growing demand for use
Slide 26: Mitsui Pellicle
26 MITSUI PELLICLE Nov. 26, 2025 Getting to cutting-edge fields ahead of the competition to maintain an overwhelmingly strong position and continue to grow AI & server applications EUV pellicles Launch of next-gen CNT pellicles Materials Further driving market demand Process optimization innovation
Slide 27: Coatings & Engineering Materials
27 Coatings & Engineering Materials Nov. 26, 2025 Boosting global competitiveness by responding to local needs with the pursuit of new applications and the establishment of production & development setups Looking to have various sites provide not only technical support but also Growth centered aroun
Slide 28: Eco-Friendly Materials
28 Accelerating Development Via a Cross-Functional System: Eco-Friendly Materials Nov. 26, 2025 Using a range of materials to help meet the need for eco-friendly, high-performance packaging PUD* Barrier coating materials ① POD* Heat sealant for paper coatings ② Environmental needs *Polyurethane disp
Slide 29: Optical Materials
29 Accelerating Development Via a Cross-Functional System: Optical Materials Nov. 26, 2025 Meeting advanced needs in optical-related markets through a combination of precision organic synthesis technology and optical materials AR AR glasses: Front-end AR glasses: Back-end Materials Wafer production
Slide 30: Ideal Vision for the B&GM Business
30 Ideal vision for the B&GM Business Nov. 26, 2025 Accelerate our second phase of B&GM restructuring as well as collaborations with other companies for a strong company that supports Japanese industry Substantial progress made with internally driven restructuring Competitors, etc. Second phase of r
Slide 31: B&GM: Progress Toward Cracker Reorganization
31 B&GM: Progress Toward Cracker Reorganization Nov. 26, 2025 Production capacity Challenges Progress Expected results Expected results (FY27 onward) (FY30 onward) • Ongoing low levels of • Operating at full capacity operation • Working to • Reduced GHG emissions Ichihara: consolidate crackers • Sta
Slide 32: B&GM: Earnings Improvements From Second Phase of Restructuring
B&GM: Earnings Improvements From Pursuit 32 of Second Phase of Restructuring Nov. 26, 2025 B&GM business set to achieve 30 billion yen in operating income before special items for FY28 as a result of second phase of restructuring and bolstering of downstream businesses. Ongoing efforts toward Chiba
Slide 33: Aiming to Increase Corporate Value
33 Aiming to Increase Corporate Value Nov. 26, 2025 Planning to promptly achieve ROE above cost of equity & expand the spread to enhance our corporate value via business portfolio transformation, going asset-light, bolstering shareholder returns, etc. 18% （JPY bn) 160 ✓ Accelerating profit growth in
Slide 34: Summary of Targets-1
34 Reference Summary of Targets-1 Nov. 26, 2025 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY28 FY30 Results Results Results Outlook Target Target Operating income before special items 114 96 101 110 200 250 (B yen) Net income attributable to 150 or 83 50 32 55 110 owners of the more parent (B yen) 10% or 13% or ROE 11.1%
Slide 35: Summary of Targets-2
35 Reference Summary of Targets-2 Nov. 26, 2025 Contributing to a sustainable society Material topics KPIs FY24 Results FY25 Outlook FY30 Target • Climate change • Circular economy Blue Value products sales revenue ratio • 26% • 28% • 40% • Health and livelihood Rose Value products sales revenue rat
Slide 36: Summary of Targets-3
36 Reference Summary of Targets-3 Nov. 26, 2025 Abilities essential to business continuity Material topics KPIs FY24 Results FY25 Outlook FY30 Target • Corporate Improvement of employee engagement culture Engagement score • 36% • 40％ ・50％ Key talent management Successor coverage rate for critical po
Slide 37: A global solutions company that leads change and contributes to a sustainable future
A global solutions company that leads change and contributes to a sustainable future
Slide 38: Chemistry for Sustainable World
Chemistry for Sustainable World Challenge Diversity One Team Statements made in this document with respect to Mitsui Chemicals' current plans, estimates, strategies, and beliefs and other statements that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements about the future performance of Mitsui C
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