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Financial Results for 3rd Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2018

Operating Results

	Net Sales	Operating profit	Ordinary profit	Profit attributable to owners of parent	Exchange rate（USD/JPY）
3Q 2017/3	322.7	48.1	49.5	32.3	107
3Q 2018/3	345.7	46.1	49.1	28.5	112
Change	＋23.0	－2.0	－0.4	－3.8	-
Rate of change	＋7.1％	－4.1％	－0.8％	－11.8％	-

・Increase in sales, due mainly to an increase in sales volume of Plastics, Cellulosic Derivative and Pyrotechnic Devices.
・Decrease in operating profit, due mainly to the impact of rising raw material and fuel procurement prices and increases in depreciation costs, as well as a fire that occurred at the peracetic acid plant of the Ohtake Plant.

Net sales by Segment

	Cellulosic derivatives	Organic chemicals	Plastics	Pyrotechnic devices	Others	Total
3Q 2017/3	65.2	55.3	117.2	80.5	4.5	322.7
3Q 2018/3	67.9	59.6	127.2	86.5	4.6	345.7
Change	＋2.7	＋4.3	＋10.0	＋6.0	＋0.1	＋23.0
Rate of change	＋4.1％	＋7.7％	＋8.5％	＋7.4％	＋1.6％	＋7.1％

Operating income by Segment

	Cellulosic derivatives	Organic chemicals	Plastics	Pyrotechnic devices	Others	Corporate and eliminations	Total
3Q 2017/3	17.1	8.5	16.7	15.2	0.5	－9.8	48.1
3Q 2018/3	15.7	5.6	17.6	17.3	0.4	－10.5	46.1
Change	－1.4	－2.9	＋0.9	＋2.2	－0.1	－0.6	－2.0
Rate of change	－8.2％	－34.4％	＋5.5％	＋14.2％	－19.9％	－6.3％	－4.1％