Sojitz presentation 2014 04-01

Copyright © Sojitz Corporation 2014
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Sojitz Group Statement
The Sojitz Group creates value and
prosperity by connecting the world with a
spirit of integrity.
 Group Symbol
 Group Statement
 Group Slogan

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The History of Sojitz Group
Nissho Company
1902 Suzuki & Co., Ltd. established
Iwai Sangyo Company
1896 Iwai & Co., Ltd. established
Nichimen Corporation
1892 Japan Cotton Trading Co., Ltd.
established
Nissho Iwai Corporation
1968 Nissho Company and Iwai
Sangyo Company merged
2003 Nissho Iwai-Nichimen Holdings Corporation established
through the transfer of shares by Nichimen Corporation and
Nissho Iwai Corporation, which become its subsidiaries
1982 Company name changed
to Nichimen Corporation
2004 Subsidiaries Nichimen Corporation and Nissho Iwai
Corporation merged to form Sojitz Corporation
Name of holding company changed to Sojitz Holdings
Corporation
2005 Sojitz Holdings Corporation merged with
subsidiary Sojitz Corporation and company
name changed to Sojitz Corporation
2014 10th Anniversary of Sojitz Corporation

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Corporate Data
Company Name Sojitz Corporation
Established April 1, 2003
Capitalization 160,339 million yen
President & CEO Yoji Sato
Head Office
1-1, Uchisaiwaicho 2-chome,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8691, Japan
TEL +81-3-6871-5000
FAX +81-3-6871-2430
URL http://www.sojitz.com/en
Corporate
Governance Model
Board of Corporate Auditors
Stock Exchange Listings Tokyo Stock Exchange
(As of December 31, 2013)

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Financial Information
 Consolidated Financial Highlights（JGAAP）
(Year ended March 31, 2013) (As of March 31, 2013)
Net sales 3,955.9 billion
Ordinary income 34.5 billion
Net income 14.3 billion
Total assets 2,086.4 billion
Net assets 382.5 billion
Equity ratio 16.9%
Net interest-bearing debt 616.2 billion
Net DER 1.74 times
 Credit Ratings
* Corporate credit ratings are set by credit rating companies, which are third-party institutions, based on their own survey results. These ratings assess the level
of certainty and financial stability of the company itself and whether it pays the principal and interest of corporate bonds issued by the company as promised.
* Issuer credit ratings refer to the company's comprehensive ability to fulfill its obligations. The senior unsecured debt ratings cover obligations of more than one
year senior unsecured debt, while the short-term credit ratings are for obligations of less than one year.
Japan Credit Rating Agency, Ltd. (JCR)
Moody's Investors Service
Rating and Investment Information, Inc. (R&I)
Standard & Poor's (S&P)
Issuer Credit
Ratings
Senior Unsecured
Debt Ratings
Short-term
Ratings
BBB BBB J-2
Ba1 - -
BBB - a-2
BBB - BBB -
(As of January 31, 2014)

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Sojitz Group's Global Network
Number of Branches & Offices
Domestic: 7
Overseas: 87
Number of Subsidiaries & Affiliates
Domestic: 120
Overseas: 320
Number of Employees
Non-consolidated: 2,253
Consolidated: 15,922
(As of December 31, 2013)
The Sojitz Group is a general trading company with a worldwide
network comprising over 400 group companies and operations
in some 50 countries.

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Sojitz Organizational Chart
General Shareholders’
Meeting
Internal Control Administration Dept.
Board of Directors
President & CEO
Board of Corporate
Auditors
Corporate Auditors
IT Planning Dept.
Public Relations Dept.
Corporate Accounting Dept.
Forex & Securities Dept.
Risk Management Planning Dept.
Risk Management Dept.
Structured Finance Dept.
Finance Dept.
Global Business Support & Promotion Dept.
Legal Dept.
Human Resources & General Affairs Dept.
Internal Audit Dept.
Corporate Planning Dept.
Logistics & Insurance Dept.
Investor Relations Office
Machinery Division
・Automotive Unit
・Infrastructure Project & Industrial Machinery Unit
・Marine & Aerospace Unit
Energy & Metal Division
・Energy Unit
・Metal & Utility Unit
Consumer Lifestyle Business Division
・Foods & Agriculture Business Unit
・Forest Products & Lifestyle Unit
Chemicals Division
・Chemicals Unit
・Ecological Materials & Resources Unit
Secretariat Dept.
Asset Management Dept.
Investment Management Dept.
(As of April 1, 2014)

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Japan China Asia & Oceania The Americas
Europe, Africa, Middle
East, Russia & NIS
Machinery
Division
 Export of automobiles
 Renewable Energy
 IPP
 Industrial machinery
 Sales and brokerage of ships, ship
chartering, sale of ship equipment
 Commercial aircraft sales
representative
 Sales of IT and related equipment;
solutions and service; data centers
 Business jets
 Plants
 Automobile assembly, sales, and
distribution
 Plants and IPP
 Transportation infrastructure
 Water business
 Automobile assembly, sales and
distribution; automobile dealerships
 IPP
 Transportation infrastructure
 IT infrastructure and service
 Automobile distribution
 Plants and IPP
 Water business
 New building orders, ship
chartering
Energy&Metal
Division
 Sales and logistics of various types
of energy (LNG, LPG, petroleum
products, coal, etc.)
 Sales of various types of steel-
making materials (iron ore, coal,
etc.)
 Sales of steel products
 Sales of various rare metals
 Sales and trading of various types
of industrial minerals
 Sales and trading of coal
 Sales of iron ore
 Sales and trading of various rare
metals
 Sales and trading of various types
of industrial minerals
 Lime production
 Logistics and trading of petroleum
products
 LNG
 Coal mines and coal trading
 Development of iron mines and iron
ore trading
 Rare metals (nickel)
 Nonferrous metals (alumina)
 Oil and gas development, including
unconventional oil and gas
 Iron ore trading
 Rare metals (molybdenum, niobium)
 Nonferrous metals (copper)
 Oil and gas development
 LNG
 Trading of coal
 Nuclear fuel enrichment
 Rare metals (tungsten, vanadium,
ferrochrome) mines and trading
 Trading of various precious metals
(palladium, platinum, etc.)
Chemicals
Division
 Sales and import of rare earths,
lithium compounds and industrial
salt
 Sales of solvents and thinners
 Plastic resins
 Sales of electronic materials
 Sales of cellulose
 Sales of cosmetics
 Procurement of rare earths
 Sales of organic chemicals
 Sale of resin compounds
 Manufacture and sales of methanol
 Rare earth mines
 Manufacture and sales of marine
chemicals (potash, industrial salt)
 Sales of flat-panel display materials
 Sales of plastic resins
 Manufacture and sales of
dicyclopentadiene
 Manufacture and sales of Metton®
resins
 Sales of butadiene
 Manufacture and sales of packaging
materials
 Manufacture and sale of packaging
materials
 Sales of solvents
 Sales of industrial films
 Sales of plastic resins
ConsumerLifestyle
BusinessDivision
 Sales of food materials
 Sales of grain and feed
 Sales of processed seafood
 Fish farming
 Sugar manufacturing
 Confectioneries
 Tobacco
 Brand items, brand-name apparel
 Airport retail
 OEM textiles
 Import and sales of timber, plywood,
etc.
 Foodstuff logistics
 Confectionery ingredient processing
 Seafood processing
 Manufacture and sales of apparel
 Sales of lumber
 Chemical fertilizers
 Food wholesales
 Flour mills, port silos
 Feed
 Fish farming
 Woodchips and afforestation
 Brand items
 Industrial park development and
operation
 Sales of grain
 Bread production
 Rice bran oil
 Agriculture
 Livestock raising
 Sporting goods
 Production of ingredients for bread
 Consolidation and sales of
specialized grain
Food
Lumber trading
Woodchips
(As of April 1, 2014)

Machinery Division
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Businesses
 Completely built-up (CBU) vehicle export business;
local vehicle assembly, manufacturing and sales
business; wholesale and retail business;
component and tire exports; automotive equipment
and engineering business
Automotive Business
Expanding the earnings base through cost-
competitive products in growing markets
Headquarters of Hyundai de Puerto Rico
Businesses
 IPP, Renewable Energy, Transportation,
Water business
 Plants (steel, fertilizer & chemical, energy, power)
 Industrial machinery and production systems
(surface mounters, bearings, equipment related to
the environment and new energy, etc.)
Hot strip mill for Tata Steel’s new integrated steel mill
in India
Automotive Unit
Infrastructure Project
& Industrial Machinery Unit
IPP Business, Plant Business
Expertise in IPP business as well as large-scale plant
business

Machinery Division
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Businesses
 Newbuilding, second-hand ships, ship chartering,
ship equipment sales business and ship-owning
business
 Commercial aircraft sales representative Military
Aircraft & Equipment Sales Representative for The
Boeing Company, Bombardier Inc., etc.; defense
equipment agency and sales business; business-
jet business
Marine and Aerospace Businesses
Comprehensive strengths in the marine business
and the top share of the domestic commercial aircraft
agency business
Western Tokyo
owned by Sojitz
Marine & Aerospace Unit
Boeing 787 Dreamliner
IT Business Dept.
Businesses
 Sales and maintenance of communications and
IT equipment; systems integration
 Software development and sales
 Data centers, cloud services and managed services
 Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and
Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO)
High-speed Internet
backbone Routers from
Juniper Networks, Inc.
The Ishikari Data Center
of Sakura Internet Inc.

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Energy Unit
Products
 Oil, natural gas, LNG （Liquefied Natural Gas）, LPG （Liquefied Petroleum Gas）, heavy oil, light oil
LNG VesselBlock 1SE, offshore Qatar
Oil and Gas Business
•Promoting a regionally balanced securement and
development of upstream oil and gas interest
•In the oil and gas logistics and trading business, .
engaging in import/off-shore/domestic trading
business of petroleum products
LNG Business
•Investment in large-scale LNG project in Asia and
the Middle East through LNG Japan（a group
company owned 50% by Sojitz）
•Considering LNG export from West African region,
and North America where shale gas development is
in progress
•LNG spot imports and off-shore trading

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Metal & Utility Unit
Products
CBMM Araxá Mine, Brazil Jellinbah East Coal Mine in Australia
 Iron ore, iron ore pellets, hot briquetted iron, coal (coking coal, PCI coal), rare
metals (molybdenum, niobium, nickel, vanadium tungsten, etc.), industrial minerals
(fluorite, zircon, etc.), silicon metal, etc.
 Steel products
 Alumina, copper concentrates, copper, zinc, etc.
 Coal (thermal coal), nuclear fuel cycle services and nuclear equipment, etc.
Ferrous Materials
Non-Ferrous Metals
Coal and Power Utilities
Metal Related Business
•Promoting trading and investment of upstream
concessions for a variety of ferrous materials and
non-ferrous metals.
•Sales of steel products to domestic/international
market through Metal One Corporation (a joint
venture owned 40% by Sojitz）
Coal and Utilities Business
•Investment in upstream coal interests and off-shore
trading
•Providing a full range of services of nuclear fuel
cycle and various services related electric power
business

Chemicals Division
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Businesses
 Basic chemicals: Ketone, ethanol, methanol, tank operation
 Speciality chemicals: metton, synthetic rubber, resin, synthetic raw material
Metton® Business
A new environmentally friendly molding material
Chemicals Unit
Methanol Business
Rising demand as a chemical raw material as well
as for fuel applications
Methanol manufacturing facilities in Indonesia

Chemicals Division
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Businesses
 Chemical resources: Import and overseas sales of industrial salt; import and sales of rare earths and lithium
 Functional materials: Export and import of carbon fiber and cellulose; sales of high-performance nonwoven
cloth
 Advanced electronic materials: Sales of flat-panel displays (FPD); sales of printed circuit boards
Industrial Salt Business
A key raw material for basic chemicals, with broad
applications
Salt stocks before shipment in India
Ecological Materials & Resources Unit
Rare Earth Business
Stable supply and production of important
resources which is now an essential part of the
infrastructure of modern societies
Neodymium iron boron alloy

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Businesses
Foods & Agriculture Business Unit
 Foodstuffs: Trade, overseas processing and
domestic trade of sugar, coffee, seafood and general
foods; fish farming, etc.
 Agribusiness: Production, sales, import and export
of advanced chemical fertilizer; agricultural
business
 Grains and feed materials: Trade, domestic trade,
and overseas production of wheat, soybeans, corn,
rice, oil and fat, pasture, compound feed, etc.; port
operations
Overseas Grain and Feed Business
We have invested in the Interflour Vietnam Ltd.,
which has the largest specialized grain port in
Vietnam, and have developed our feed and grain
business using their facilities.
IFV’s flour mill, silos and port facilities Grain production and collection business in Brazil
Agriculture, Grain Collection, and Terminal
Business
We have invested in the CGG group, a Brazilian
agriculture and grain collection company, to expand
the scale of our grain trading.

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Forest Products & Lifestyle Unit
Businesses
 Consumer goods: Miscellaneous brand items,
including cigarettes, and shoes, etc.; overseas
consumer products, wholesale, and distribution;
retail business at airports with JALUX
 Overseas Industrial & Urban Infrastructure
Development: Overseas industrial park
development and operation
 Forest products: Import, offshore trading, and
domestic Japanese sales of timber, lumber, plywood,
building materials, woodchips, pulp, etc.; overseas
afforestation and woodchip production businesses
 Textiles: OEM and apparel brand businesses
Overseas Industrial Park Business
Developing, selling lots in, and
managing industrial parks in rapidly
growing Asia
Long Duc Industrial Park in Vietnam
Brand and Retail Businesses
Brand businesses which lie at the
leading edge of diversifying
lifestyles and changing consumer
psychology/awareness
A plantation site in South Africa
for supplying woodchip materials
Woodchip and Afforestation
Businesses
Developing woodchip
businesses in Asia, Australia,
and Africa
Casual fashion brand “Admiral”

The Sojitz Group’s CSR
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Main Social Contribution Initiatives
・ Establishment and Management of the
Sojitz Reconstruction and Education Fund (A
scholarship program for college students affected by
the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami)
・ Pre-School Education Support Project in
Tanzania and Mozambique (Improvement of the
educational environment for pre-school children)
・ Support for the Sojitz Foundation
(Assistance for foreign students
studying in Japan, grants for
international exchanges, etc.)
Children in Mozambique express
joyfulness in front of new school
building of pre-school education
support project
Sojitz Group CSR Policy and CSR Priority Themes
Promotion of CSR Supply Chain Management
 For the Sojitz Group, which conducts business on a
global scale, promoting CSR in supply chains is
important. We have formulated CSR Action
Guidelines for Supply Chains, conduct surveys of
business partners, and are working in other ways
to build sustainable supply chains with our
business partners.
CSR Priority Themes
 Promotion of CSR Supply Chain Management
 Promotion of Businesses That Contribute to Preventing Climate Change
 Promotion of Businesses That Contribute to the Advance of Developing
and Emerging Countries
 Establishment of Personnel Systems and Workplace Environments That
Enable All Employees to Flourish
Sojitz Group CSR Policy
We will strive to do business in
harmony with society and the
environment, consistently honoring
the Sojitz Group Statement.
Training of
Supply Chain CSR
In Sojitz group
Photo courtesy of Plan Japan

Contributing to Addressing Social Issues
through Business
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 Sojitz has designated the new energy and
environment business as a new growth field and
develops environment and renewable energy
businesses that help prevent climate change.
Green Chemical Business
A shift is taking place to plant-based plastics from
conventional petroleum-based plastics. Bioplastics
can help alleviate global warming by reducing fossil
fuel consumption. The Sojitz is taking various
initiatives in the green chemical business, which
encompasses plant-derived chemical products and
plastic raw materials.
Green polyethylene plant in Brazil
 A variety of issues, including the establishment of
infrastructure, as well as food and energy, must be
resolved in order for developing and emerging
countries to prosper.
 Sojitz group conducts businesses that take
advantage of its functions as a general trading
company to help resolve these issues.
First-Ever Desalination Project
in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sojitz began participating in a desalination project in
the Republic of Ghana in central West Africa. In
partnership with one of Spain’s largest water
companies, Sojitz will build and operate the plant,
which will begin supplying drinking water to the
capital city of Accra from the end of 2014.
The desalination plant under construction
Businesses That Contribute to Preventing
Climate Change
Businesses That Contribute to the Advance of
Developing and Emerging Countries

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The Sojitz Group creates value and
prosperity by connecting the world with
a spirit of integrity.

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