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Sojitz Group Profile

Presentation
December 2011
Copyright © Sojitz Corporation 2009
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□ About the Sojitz Group

Group Management Vision

The position the Sojitz Group seeks to achieve

Unrelentingly enhance the Group's trading company functions, as
demanded by clients, by fully grasping and anticipating clients' diverse
needs (Function-oriented trading company)

Take advantage of changes and continuously develop new business
fields (Innovating trading company)

Become a company in which each and every employee can work with
pride and pursue challenges and explore opportunities to realize his or
her own personal goals and ambitions (Open and flexible company)

Seek to harmonize the Group's corporate activities with the society and
the environment by consistently putting the Group's statement into
practice (Socially contributive company)

Copyright © Sojitz Corporation 2009 2

□ History


□ Corporate Data (As of March 31, 2011)

Company Name Sojitz Corporation Consolidated Financial Highlights

Year ended March 31 Billions of yen
Established April 1, 2003
Net sales 4,014.6
Capitalization 160,339 million yen (As of March 31, 2010)
Ordinary income 45.3
President & CEO Yutaka Kase
Net income 16.0
Head Office 1-20 Akasaka 6-chome, Minato-ku,
Tokyo 107-8655 Japan As of March 31 Billions of yen

TEL +81-3-5520-5000
Total assets 2,117.0

FAX +81-3-5520-2390 Net assets 355.5

URL http://www.sojitz.com Equity ratio 15.6%

Corporate governance model Board of Corporate Auditors Net interest-bearing debt 700.6

Stock Exchange Listings Tokyo, Osaka Net DER 2.1 times


□ Sojitz Group's Global Network
The Sojitz Group is a functionally oriented general trading company with a worldwide network
comprising over 500 group companies and operations in some 50 countries.

■Group Company
■Branch
■Office

Number of Branches & Offices Domestic: 7
Overseas: 91

Number of Subsidiaries & Affiliates Domestic: 147
Overseas: 375

Number of Employees Non-consolidated: 2,295
Consolidated: 17,331
As of July 1, 2010


□ Sojitz Group: four divisions & five overseas
geographic segments

With a matrix organizational structure interlacing four divisions and five overseas geographic
segments, the Sojitz Group is pursuing a business strategy that integrates the parent
company's business divisions with overseas operations.

Four Divisions
Machinery Energy & Metal Chemical & Consumer Lifestyle
Division Division Functional Materials Business
Division Division

The Americas
geographic segments

Europe, Russia & NIS
Five overseas

China

Asia & Oceania

Middle East & Africa


□ Machinery Division -Businesses-
■ Automotive Unit ■ IT Business Unit ■ Marine & Aerospace Unit
・Completely built-up(CBU)vehicle export business;local vehicle assembly, ・Sales and maintenance of communication and IT equipment ・ Newbuilding, second-hand ships, ship chartering, ship equipment sales
manufacturing and sales business; wholesale and retail business; component and ・Software development and sales business and ship-owning business; commercial aircraft sales representative for
tire sales; ・Data centers and managed services The Boeing Company, Bombardier Inc., etc.; defense equipment agency and
automotive equipment and engineering business; industrial complex operation ・Business process outsourcing(BPO) sales business; business-jet business
and integration

■ Environment & Infrastructure Unit
・ Plants (steel, fertilizer,chemical);infrastructure
(power, transportation, environment)
・ Industrial machinery and production systems
(surface mounters, bearings, equipment related to the environment and new energy, etc.)

□ Energy & Metal Division -Products handled-
■ Energy & Nuclear Unit ■ Coal & Non-Ferrous Metals Unit ■ Ferrous Materials & Steel Products Unit
・ Oil, natural gas, LNG, gasoline, light oil, heavy oil, jet fuel, nuclear fuel ・ Coal (thermal coal, PCI coal, coking coal) ・ Rare metals (molybdenum, vanadium, niobium,tungsten, etc.)
cycle services, nuclear equipment, etc. ・ Non-ferrous metals (alumina, aluminum, copper, etc.) ・ Iron ore, iron ore pellets, hot briquetted iron
・ Other ・ Industrial minerals (fluorite, zircon, etc.)
・ Other

■ New Energy & Environmental Business Department
・ Biofuels (bioethanol, bio-ETBE, etc.)
・ High-purity silicon metal and polysilicon for solar battery manufacturing
・ Other

□ Chemicals & Functional Materials Division -Businesses-
■ Chemicals Unit ■ Functional Materials Unit
・ Chemical resources: Import and overseas sales of industrial salt; import and sales of rare earths and lithium; sales of aluminum ・ Fine chemicals: Planning, development and sale of cosmetics; export of raw materials for health foods;
hydroxide import of raw materials for crop protection chemicals; export of catalysts; import of high-performance resin
・ Organic chemicals: Production and sales of methanol and high-performance resin monomers; import and domestic sales of raw monomers
materials for paints ・ Functional materials: Export and import of carbon fiber and cellulose
・ Advanced electronic materials: Sales of flat-panel displays (FPD); sales of printed circuit boards; sales of
raw materials for solar power generators

□ Consumer Lifestyle Business Division -Businesses and Products handled-
■ Foods Resources Unit ■ General Commodities & Textile Unit
・ Grains and feed materials: Wheat, barley, soybeans, corn, rice, sugar, coffee, oils and fats, pasture, flour, ・ General commodities: Import and sales of sundries
confectioneries and ingredients for confectioneries and bread including tobacco and shoes; retail business with JALUX Inc.
・ Marine products: Tuna, shrimp, processed seafood ・ Textiles: Apparel OEM business; “McGREGOR” brand business
・ Agribusiness: Chemical fertilizer, food raw materials, food, livestock raw materials, livestock products
■ Forest Products & Real Estate Development Unit
・ Forest products: Import and sales in Japan of timber, lumber, plywood, building materials,

8 etc.; overseas afforestation business, production, import, and sales of woodchips
・ Real estate: Condominium development business; retail property development business


□ Machinery Division

■Automotive Unit ■Marine & Aerospace Unit
The Automotive Unit serves a In the marine business, Sojitz is an industry
broad range of customers, from leader in terms of competitiveness and all-
automakers to consumers. It has around capabilities by virtue of wide-ranging
built a value chain encompassing alliances in the new building, used ship,
upstream (e.g., auto production chartered ship, and marine equipment
equipment, engineering, parts markets. Sojitz also operates its own fleet of
manufacturing, logistics), ships. In the aerospace business, Sojitz
midstream (e.g., vehicle exports, serves as a sales agent for Boeing and
knockdown-kit assembly, other overseas aircraft manufacturers. In
wholesaling), and downstream other aircraft businesses (e.g., business jets,
(e.g., retail sales of new/used defense contracting), Sojitz aims to
vehicles, aftermarket service) strengthen its operations and deepen its
operations. collaborative ties.
■Plant, Industrial Machinery
& IT Business Unit
In the large-scale plant business
(steel, fertilizer and electric power
plants, etc.), Sojitz aims to further
expand its operations by capitalizing
on its strengths in Asia, Russia/NIS,
and Africa. In the IT business, Sojitz
has teamed up with Sakura Internet
and NetEnrich to provide a full
range of services from IT system
development and installation to
maintenance and system operation,
mainly through subsidiary Nissho
Electronics.

□ Energy & Metal Division
■Energy & Nuclear Unit ■Steel Business Unit
Sojitz is engaged in multiple In the steel business, a basic
energy-related businesses, industry, Sojitz aims to acquire
including nuclear power, additional interests in iron ore
petroleum product sales and mines, increase iron ore trading,
trading, clean energy, and LNG and expand steel and related
through a 50% equity stake in operations through its 40%-
LNG Japan Corporation. owned affiliate Metal One
■Mineral Resources Unit Corporation.

Sojitz supplies metallic resources and
minerals, including coal, rare metals, and
nonferrous and precious metals. It also
supplies ceramics and, through its wholly
owned subsidiary Sojitz Ject Corporation,
carbon raw materials and products. Sojitz
aims to strengthen its operations as a general
trading company that both acquires resources
through ownership of mining rights and trades
mineral resources.

■New Energy & Environmental Business
Development Office
Sojitz is pursuing sustained growth by strengthening
its clean energy and environmental operations,
including solar power generation, emission rights
trading, and development of clean coal technologies.

□ Chemicals & Functional Materials Division
■Chemicals Unit
The Chemicals Unit's operations mainly involve upstream
trading of resources and basic feedstocks, and securing
stable feedstock supply sources.
In April 2009, the Chemicals Units reorganized into four
departments: the Chemical Resources Dept., Organic
Chemicals Dept., Basic Chemicals Dept., and Osaka
Chemicals Dept. The first two are pursuing growth primarily
through investment in commodity businesses, a Sojitz forte.
The latter two conduct functionally delineated sales activities.
The new organizational structure will enable the Chemicals
Unit to better serve its customers.

■Functional Materials Unit
In April 2009, Sojitz consolidated its fine chemicals and
functional materials businesses into the newly established
Fine Chemicals & Functional Materials Dept., together with
its existing compound business operated by core
subsidiary Sojitz Pla-Net Corporation and synthetic resin,
packaging film and materials, and electronic materials (e.g.,
liquid crystal) operations. The Functional Materials Unit will
expand the scope of its operations dealing with
technologies, patents, and other intellectual property
related to downstream functional materials.

□ Consumer Lifestyle Business Division
■Foods Resources Unit ■General Commodities & Textile Unit
The Foods Resources Unit deals in a The General Commodities & Textile Unit
full range of foodstuffs, including raw operates apparel and wholesaling businesses,
and processed agricultural, marine, capitalizing on a strong supply chain. Its other
and livestock products. Encompassing operations include a global textile business that
numerous allied plants and JV integrates raw material sourcing and spinning,
companies in Japan and overseas, it is weaving, and dying processes; a lifestyle
strategically building a value chain business that supplies merchandise to
integrating sourcing, processing, nationwide specialty store chains and major
distribution, and sales in accord with its general merchandisers; and general
vision of building a safe, value-creative merchandise and retail businesses that deal
food supply chain seamlessly largely in consumer goods.
extending from the farm to the
consumer.
■Forest Products & Real Estate Development Unit
In the forest products business, Sojitz has wide-ranging operations
based on sustainable and renewable timber resources expected to
play an increasingly important role as CO2 sinks. Specifically, Sojitz
grows trees and produces timber products overseas; and imports, re-
exports, and domestically distributes pulp, woodchips, and lumber
from around the world. Sojitz is able to secure stable supplies of
timber resources largely by virtue of its efficient logistics operations
and purchasing power that leverages economies of scale.
In the real estate business, Sojitz is a general developer with strong
planning and development capabilities that take advantage of its
network and information gathering capabilities as a general trading
company. Its core real estate businesses are condominium
development and development and operation of commercial
properties. As a real estate developer, Sojitz accurately ascertains
market trends and societal needs and capitalizes on its strong
product planning and business development capabilities.


□ Sojitz Group's CSR Activities

Sojitz Group CSR Policy
We will strive to do business in harmony with society and the environment, consistently
honoring the Sojitz Group Statement.

■ Contribution to Society through business ■ Social Contribution Initiatives
activities ●Support of the Sojitz Foundation
●Support of the Nagaoka Zen Training Center
Through its business activities, Sojitz helps resolve
social issues around the world. ●Grassroots initiatives
(For example, participation in community cleanups,
●Operation of environmentally friendly businesses
donation of Japanese language books to universities
●Contributing to the development of local economies in Vietnam and collection of used postage stamps)

1963 Nagaoka Zen Training Center
Solar Power Generation Afforestation and Woodchip Meeting of students with scholarships funded as part
established to develop and educate human
Bioenergy Business Business Manufacturing Business of Sojitz Foundation's support and funding activities
resources through Zen.

■ CSR Management
●CSR Committee ●Adequate information disclosure and communication with
●Corporate governance shareholders and investors
●Risk management ●HR management (HR development, promotion of diversity)
●Compliance ●Environmental management (ISO 14001 certified)


□ Helping resolve societal problems through
business activities
Sojitz business activities that contribute to society include the following examples.

Solar Power Generation Afforestation and
Bioenergy Business Woodchip Manufacturing
Business Business
With global warming becoming Solar power generation, which taps into As paper demand has grown,
increasingly severe, bioethanol (a fuel the enormous energy of the sunlight progressive deforestation has been
made from plants) is gaining that bathes the Earth's surface, has blamed for severe environmental
prominence as an alternative to been called an essentially inexhaustible damage in developing countries.
gasoline, but rapid growth in energy source. Widespread adoption of Sojitz operates sustainable forestry
bioethanol demand has been cited as solar power is highly desirable from the and woodchip production businesses
a factor behind sharp increases in standpoint of environmental in Vietnam and elsewhere. Sojitz is
grain prices and other adverse preservation. Leveraging its strengths committed to preserving the
repercussions. as a general trading company, Sojitz is environment by replanting trees in
building a broad-based solar power parallel with production of woodchips,
In response to such problems, Sojitz
generation value chain on a global a papermaking raw material. The
operates an ethanol and sugar business also contributes to local
production business to minimize the scale by establishing generation sites in
Europe, the Americas, Japan, and economic development by hiring local
impact on cultivation of other grains farmers to plant and care for the trees.
in Brazil. elsewhere in Asia.


Sojitz Europe plc


□ Branches & Offices in Europe

= Regional Headquarter
London/UK
= Branch
-Düsseldorf
-Istanbul
-Paris
-Milan
-Madrid

= Office
-Budapest
-Hamburg
-Warsaw
-Prague
-Moscow
-St.Petersburg
-Kiev
-Khabarovsk (Far-East)
-Irkutsk(Far-East)

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Sojitz in IPP


Sojitz in IPP
(including Conventional Power)
Mixdorf Solar 24MW (100%)

Betzweiler Solar 3MW
(100%)

Tianshi 50MW Sawada 13.8MW
(12%) (98.14%)
Eco Energy Japan 1.25MW
(75.5%) Baja California 498MW
Riyadh PP11 1,720MW Shajiao C 1,980MW
(15%) (12%) Hirokawa Wind 16MW (50%)
(49%) Merida 484MW
Hayama Wind 20MW (25%)
Sohar 2 744MW (51%) Nuevo Leon 437MW
(11%) (50%)
Barka3 744MW Trinity Power 255MW
(11%) Phu My-3 BOT 720MW (18%)
(6.7%)
Asia Power 51MW
(48.5%)

ETH Bioenergia
600MW+Steam (25%)

Thermal PV Bioma
ss
Wind Thermal Recycle As of Aug 31,
18
2010

□ Sojitz Value Chain-1

From Up stream to Down Stream

Stable & Competitive Material Supply
Up-stream Investment to secure raw materials
(Target :SOG-Si 10,000 Mt/a by 2012)

Development of Strong Market Channels
Mid-stream Win-Win solution such as materials supply and products
off- take with effective utilization of Sojitz business network

Solar Park & Roof Top Business
Down-stream Power Generation & Development with our Partners

Commercialization of Innovative technologies
Technology Funding for R&D in the fields of SOG-Si, Energy Storage,
Next Generation PV technologies and so on


□ Sojitz Value Chain-2
Value Chain Integration & Business Development with Strategic Business Partners

Up-stream Mid-stream Down-stream

System
M-Si SOG-Si Wafer Cell Module PV-IPP
Integrator

Investment ● ● ● ●
Distribution ● ● ● ● ●

Production Development
Distribution Operation
Business
Fields
Investment Collaboration
Development
with Partners
Finance
■Up-Stream EPC Contract
Metal Silicon:
Sojitz is the number 1 trader in Japan
(approx. 30,000MT in 2008e) ■Down stream （Machinery dept.）
Developer of Solar Parks
SOG Silicon:
Direct investment into projects
Sojitz has made a investment in ■Mid-stream （Functional Materials dept.)
pilot prod. investment (J Yen 300 Raw materials: Various kinds of characteristic raw materials.
mil in 2008) Substrate: Fluoride film such as PCTFE, ETFE film alternative for glass substrate.
Back Sheet: Non Tedler back sheet for crystal and thin-film type PV module.
Hot Zone Parts: Encapsulation: EVA and PVB for crystal and thin-film type PV module.
More than 20 companies in carbon Inter connector: for thinner cell less than 180micron.
materials Module/Equipment: Mitsubishi Heavy Industry, Sharp, Yingli, Sansha-Denki etc.


□ Sojitz’s unique functions (in the Down Stream)

Sojitz will add value on your business by acting as your partner and enabling:

1) Equity Investments for Projects
2) Project development / introduction
3) Arrange Loan for Projects - International reach
4) Supply of Solar Modules
5) Roof Top Commercial Sales Activities
6) Trade Financing
7) Access to the World - Sojitz’s World-wide Network
8) Introduction of New Business Opportunities


□ Solar Park
Actual achievement on Solar Park Business

Sojitz Solar Betzweiler GmbH
○ Location: Betzweiler, Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg state)
○ Start of Operation: December 2009.
○ Performance Capacity: 2.981 MW (Energy Production: 3MWh p.a)
○ Shareholder : Sojitz Europe plc. 100%
○ Power Purchase Agreement: EnBW (20 years)
○ No. of Modules: 16,848 modules
○ Area: 12ha


□ Solar Park
Solarpark Mixdorf
○ Location: Mixdorf, Germany (Brandenburg state)
Actual achievement on Solar Park Business
○ Start of Operation: July 2011.
○ Performance Capacity: 24.164 MW (Energy Production: 24,8MWh p.a)
Sojitz Solar Betzweiler GmbH
○ Power Purchase Agreement: E.ON edis (20 years)
○ Location:
Betzweiler, Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg state)
○ Start of Operation:
○ Area: 81ha January 2010.
○ Performance Capacity: 2.981 MW (Energy Production: 3MWh p.a)
○ Power Purchase Agreement: EnBW (20 years)
○ Area: 12ha


□ Trade Finance / Bridge Finance
Various kind of finance will support your business

Trade Finance to the Partner System Component manufacturer

Partner 60days after delivery

(System Integrator etc)

Finance more than 90- 360 days
Instead of above short term credit

Bridge Finance to the Customer (for industrial roof top)

Industrial Roof-Top
Local Bank ③Long term loan- ①Bridge Finance
agreement more than 10 years Max 360days L/C

②Local Bank can confirm
appropriate power generating of the system


□ New Business Direction
Sojitz Invests in ACT, Manufacturer of Lithium-Ion Capacitors

－Tie-Up to Manufacture and Sell Environmentally-friendly Premlis® Lithium-Ion Capacitors－

Advanced Capacitor Technologies, Inc. (ACT) and Sojitz
will tie-up in manufacturing and selling Premlis® lithium
ion capacitors. Demand for such capacitors is expected
to increase for use in photovoltaic pow er (Solar street
lights) generation and as a replacement for lead batteries.
Premlis® is a new type of electrical storage device that
offe r s the a dva nta ges of sec ondar y ba tte r i es s uc h as
lithi um-i on and l ead batteries and of electrical double
layer capacitors, w hich can charge and discharge very
rapidly.------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Solar street lights

Features of Premlis® Lithium-Ion Capacitors
Cycle life Long (approximately 100,000 cycles or 10 years)

Charging and discharging time Extremely short (several seconds to tens of minutes)

Charging and discharging efficiency High (can be charged even with extremely weak current)

Safety High (no risk of fire or explosion) High (no risk of fire or explosion)

Operating temperature range Wide (-30° - 60° capacitors withstand even harsh use environments)
C C;

Environmental affect Excellent (no hazardous materials such as heavy metals or performance acids)

Maintenance No maintenance is needed for extended periods
Premlis®


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