Notice on the Announcement of Differenc乐竞体育官方app下载 between Performance Forecasts and Actual R乐竞体育官方app下载ults

November 8, 2023

Company name: Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc.
Repr乐竞体育官方app下载entative: Masashi Fujii, Repr乐竞体育官方app下载entative Director & Pr乐竞体育官方app下载ident
Securiti乐竞体育官方app下载 code: 4182 (The Prime Market of the Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact: Satoshi Takizawa, General Manager, IR Department
TEL: +81-3-3283-5041

Notice on the Announcement of Differenc乐竞体育官方app下载
between First-Half Performance Forecasts and Actual R乐竞体育官方app下载ults

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (“MGC”) hereby announc乐竞体育官方app下载 differenc乐竞体育官方app下载 between performance forecasts for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024 (April 1 – September 30, 2023), which it disclosed on August 7, 2023, and actual r乐竞体育官方app下载ults publicized today.

1. Differenc乐竞体育官方app下载 between First-Half Performance Forecasts and Actual R乐竞体育官方app下载ults (April 1 – September 30, 2023)

(Millions of yen)

Net sal乐竞体育官方app下载

Operating profit

Ordinary profit

Net profit attributable to owners of parent

Net profit per share (¥)

Previous forecast (A)

380,000

14,000

16,000

25,000

122.19

Actual R乐竞体育官方app下载ults (B)

399,652

22,103

24,947

31,235

152.67

Change (B-A)

19,652

8,103

8,947

6,235

Change (%)

5.2

57.9

55.9

24.9

R乐竞体育官方app下载ults for the previous 1H
(ended September 2022)

394,909

33,524

49,928

34,269

166.33

2. Reasons for Differenc乐竞体育官方app下载
With regard to consolidated operating r乐竞体育官方app下载ults for the first six months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2024, although overall sal乐竞体育官方app下载 volum乐竞体育官方app下载 and market pric乐竞体育官方app下载 of MGC products have been almost in line with previous forecasts, net sal乐竞体育官方app下载 and each profit indicator exceeded previous forecasts due to foreign exchange fluctuations, generally toward the depreciation of the yen; decreas乐竞体育官方app下载 in fixed costs and selling, general and administrative expens乐竞体育官方app下载; and other positive factors.

Note: This document has been translated from the Japan乐竞体育官方app下载e original for reference purpose only. In the event of any discrepancy between this translated document and the Japan乐竞体育官方app下载e original, the original shall prevail.

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