Sumitomo Chem Co Ltd Ord (SOMMF) Q4 2025 Earnings Call

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As it is now the scheduled time, we will begin. My name is Yamauchi, and I will be serving as today's moderator. We appreciate your taking the time out of your busy schedules to attend our investors' meeting for FY 2025 financial results, management priorities, and business strategies. Today's session will begin with a presentation by our President Mito, followed by a Q&A session, and we are scheduled to conclude at 5.45 p.m. With that, Mr. Ito, the floor is yours. I would like to start the investors meeting for FI 2025 financial results, management priorities and business strategies. Thank you very much for attending despite your very busy schedule. Let me start. This is the agenda for today. And here is the summary for today. First, the FI 2025 results. We had very strong results. Even looking at underlying results, stripping out our gains and business dispositions, we had good results. And for guidance for FY2036 underlying business performance, call for solid growth in earnings power. And the driver for that is number one, agro and life solutions. And another is ICT and mobility solutions. For AGL, this time in the U.S., two companies were integrated to build a new company and centralize that company by rational business will be further expanded. For ICPM, in terms of figures, it is a little slow but with Strategic upfront investments in entering new materials markets will strengthen the foundation to support future earnings growth. In particular, the rapid shift to AI in the society and to respond to that, we will steadily expand our business. We are starting to establish an organization capable of doing that. As for the reconstruction of a PNP business, we will Thank you very much. repeatedly being mentioned that this is an important issue so we implement measu...