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Financial Results for 1st Quarter of Fiscal Year Ending March 31, 2019

Operating Results

	Net Sales	Operating profit	Ordinary profit	Profit attributable to owners of parent	Exchange rate（USD/JPY）
１Q 2018/3	112.3	15.8	16.6	9.1	111
１Q 2019/3	115.5	14.7	16.6	10.4	109
Change	+3.2	-1.0	+0.0	+1.3	-
Rate of change	+2.9％	-6.6％	+0.3％	+14.3％	-

・Increase in Net Sales, due mainly to an increase in sales volume of Organic Chemicals and Plastics, as well as the revision of selling prices
・Decrease in Operating Income, due mainly to rising raw material and fuel prices, softening of the market of Acetate Tow for Cigarette Filters and the impact of the change in inflator sales product mix

Net sales by Segment

	Cellulosic derivatives	Organic chemicals	Plastics	Pyrotechnic devices	Others	Total
１Q 2018/3	22.1	19.6	41.2	28.0	1.3	112.3
１Q 2019/3	19.9	22.7	44.1	2.73	1.4	115.5
Change	-2.2	+3.1	+3.0	-0.7	+0.1	+3.2
Rate of change	-10.1％	+15.9％	+7.2％	-2.5％	+7.7％	+2.9％

Operating income by Segment

	Cellulosic derivatives	Organic chemicals	Plastics	Pyrotechnic devices	Others	Corporate and eliminations	Total
１Q 2018/3	5.5	2.1	5.7	6.0	0.0	-3.6	15.8
１Q 2019/3	3.9	3.8	5.9	5.0	0.1	-4.0	14.7
Change	-1.6	+1.7	+0.2	-1.0	+0.1	-0.4	-1.0
Rate of change	-29.1％	+81.0％	+3.1％	-17.4％	+404.3％	-10.4％	-6.6％