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Current Status of JSR's Business Operations (As of March 18th)

CORPORATE  03/18/2011
Below is a report of the current status of JSR's business operations, as of 9am on March 18th (Fri), as a result of the Tohoku-area Pacific Coast Earthquake that occurred on March 11th 2011. As previously reported, all of our manufacturing operations are physically intact with the exception of the following two locations.

1. Chiba Plant (located in Ichihara City, Chiba)
The situation at the Chiba Plant remains the same as previously reported. The following is what we previously reported:
( The manufacturing facilities are currently under normal operations. However, adverse effects on manufacturing are possible due to supply limitations of raw materials. )
2. Kashima Plant (located in Kamisu City, Ibaraki)
The situation at the Kashima Plant remains the same as previously reported.
Currently, we are repairing damages and undertaking restart preparations. However, we are unable to report at this stage when the Kashima Plant will resume operations. Our full recovery will be completed after the Kashima Chemical Complex recovers operations.
The following is what we previously reported:
( All manufacturing lines and manufacturing equipment were stopped by the automatic interlocks triggered by the earthquake. Supplies of some utilities such as steam are interrupted and no information is available at the moment regarding when they will resume.
Our physical inspection revealed damages in some areas such as the loading berth facilities and a warehouse. We resumed limited product shipment on March 17th and are trying for full recovery as soon as possible.)