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Oct 3, 2005
Inauguration of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation ("MCC") (Head office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Ryuichi Tomizawa), and Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation ("MPC") (Head office: Chuo-ku, Osaka; President: Takeshi Komine) jointly have established a holding company, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation ("MCHC") on October 3, 2005, by a stock-for-stock exchange. With the establishment of MCHC, MCC and MPC have become the wholly owned subsidiaries of MCHC, and both have started the operations as core business companies of the MCHC Group today.

The MCHC Group consists of MCC and MPC including both Group companies. As the holding company, MCHC will further develop and enhance its Group portfolio management, to increase the Group value and accelerate strengthening of the pharmaceutical business, as well as expedite business restructuring and alliances.

[Profile of MCHC]

  1. Company name: Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
  2. Group name: Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group
  3. Incorporation date: October 3, 2005
  4. Head office: 33-8 Shiba 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014
  5. President: Ryuichi Tomizawa
  6. Capital: 50 billion yen
  7. Outstanding shares a) Type of shares: Common share
b) Number of shares: 1,806,288,107
c) Unit shares: 500
  8. Fiscal year end: March 31
  9. Listings: Tokyo Stock Exchange
Osaka Securities Exchange
(Securities code: 4188)
  10. Directors and Officers Please see Reference 1.
  11. Organization: Please see Reference 2.
  12. Expected net sales:
(Consolidated)
2,380 billion yen
  13. Employees: About 370
  14. Group companies: a) MCHC: 62*
    *All employees are on loan from MCC and MPC.
b) MCHC Group: 33,261

For further information, please contact
Public Relations and Investor Relations Office
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation
Tel: [+81]-(0)3-6414-4870
Public Relations and Investor Relations Department
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Tel: [+81]-(0)3-6414-3730
Public Relations and Investor Relations Department
Mitsubishi Pharma Corporation
Tel: [+81]-(0)6-6201-1696
Reference 1
List of Directors and Officers
As of October 3, 2005
Representative Director,
Member of the Board,
President
Ryuichi Tomizawa  
Representative Director,
Member of the Board,
Senior Managing Executive Officer
Yosuke Yamada Chief Compliance OfficerPresidential AssistantSupervising - Administration,Human Resources, Public Relations, CSR, and Internal Audit
Representative Director,
Member of the Board
Takeshi Komine  
Member of the Board,
Managing Executive Officer
Ryuichi Sato Supervising - Corporate Strategy
Member of the Board,
Managing Executive Officer
Hisashi Ishikawa Supervising - CorporateManagement, Investor Relations
Member of the Board Masaoki Funada  
Member of the Board Yoshiyuki Maekawa  
Member of the Board Kunihiko Shimojuku  
Managing Executive Officer Kiyoshi Nakayama Supervising - Health Care Strategy
Executive Officer Kenichi Uno General Manager, Corporate Strategy Office
Executive Officer Noboru Tsuda General Manager, Internal Audit Office
Executive Officer Shigeyoshi Murase Deputy General Manager, Corporate Management Office
Executive Officer Shotaro Yoshimura General Manager, Corporate Management Office
Corporate Auditor (full-time) Hideaki Yoshida  
Corporate Auditor (full-time) Yoshikazu Takagaki*  
Corporate Auditor Takayasu Kishi  
Corporate Auditor Hiroyasu Sugihara*  
Corporate Auditor Somitsu Takehara*  
*Outside Corporate Auditor
Reference 2
Organization
As of October 3, 2005
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