MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index

The ESG Select Leaders Index is an index of companies that are carrying out outstanding ESG activities, which are selected from the MSCI Japan IMI Top 500 Index. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has been selected as a component of the index since July 2017.

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MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index ("WIN")

WIN is an index of companies that are more gender diversified than others in their industries, selected from an index of the top 500 Japanese stocks by market capitalization. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has been selected as a component of the index since July 2017.

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• * The Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF), which manages and operates employee pension and national pension deposits, links its operations to ESG indexes of Japanese stocks in order to make investments that consider Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) factors.
  The MSCI Japan ESG Select Leaders Index and MSCI Japan Empowering Women Index ("WIN") have both been selected as ESG indexes by the GPIF.

• * THE INCLUSION OF Mitsubishi Materials Corporation IN ANY MSCI INDEX, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT OR PROMOTION OF Mitsubishi Materials Corporation BY MSCI OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES.
  THE MSCI INDEXES ARE THE EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF MSCI. MSCI AND THE MSCI INDEX NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI OR ITS AFFILIATES.

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index

FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is an index created by FTSE Russell, a global index provider, that reflects the performance of Japanese companies demonstrating outstanding environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices in their respective sectors and is designed to be sector neutral. To promote the transition to a low-carbon economy, companies with particularly high greenhouse gas emissions are included only if their improvement efforts are positively evaluated using the TPI Management Quality Score. In addition, the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index has been adopted as an ESG passive management benchmark for the Government Pension Investment Fund (GPIF). Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has been selected as a component of the index since March 2022.

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• * FTSE Russell (a registered trademark of FTSE International Limited and Frank Russell Company) hereby verifies that Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has met the entry requirements for the FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index as a result of a third-party investigation. The FTSE Blossom Japan Sector Relative Index is widely used for creation and evaluation of sustainable investment funds and other financial instruments.

ECPI

ECPI is an investment management consulting firm based in Luxembourg and Milan that specializes in sustainable investments. Comprising multiple ESG indexes arranged by industry, region and theme, ECPI maintains indexes for each industry, region and theme made up of global companies that have met certain standards in their ESG-related activities. Mitsubishi Materials Corporation has been selected as a component of the index since December 2018.

CDP

CDP is a non-profit organization based in London, UK, and operating an international framework project to require top market capitalization companies to disclose their strategies and data on “Climate Change”and ”Water Security” collaborating with institutional investors. On an 8-step scoring from A to D-,in fiscal 2023, we have achieved an “A-” in the CDP Climate Change assessment. Also, in CDP Water Security assessment, we have successfully achieved the highest rank "A" for the first time, and selected as an A List company.

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MSCI ESG Ratings

The MSCI ESG Ratings examine and analyzes companies' Environmental, Social, and Governance-related initiatives and rate them on a seven-point scale from the highest rank of AAA, to CCC, and are regarded as a global benchmark for ESG investment. Our rating is "AA" (as of December 2022)

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• * THE USE BY MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION OF ANY MSCI ESG RESEARCH LLC OR ITS AFFILIATES (“MSCI”) DATA, AND THE USE OF MSCI LOGOS, TRADEMARKS, SERVICE MARKS OR INDEX NAMES HEREIN, DO NOT CONSTITUTE A SPONSORSHIP, ENDORSEMENT, RECOMMENDATION, OR PROMOTION OF MITSUBISHI MATERIALS CORPORATION BY MSCI. MSCI SERVICES AND DATA ARE THE PROPERTY OF MSCI OR ITS INFORMATION PROVIDERS, AND ARE PROVIDED ‘AS-IS’ AND WITHOUT WARRANTY. MSCI NAMES AND LOGOS ARE TRADEMARKS OR SERVICE MARKS OF MSCI.