Message from the President

Our corporate philosophy system, the MGC Way, sets out our goal of being “An excellent company with uniqueness and presence built on chemistry”. By leveraging this uniqueness and presence in the chemicals industry, we aim to enable sustainable growth and realize our mission of “Creating value to share with society”.

In May 2024, we announced our medium-term management plan. In an ever-changing world, new social issues emerge and our target industries and markets are in a constant state of flux. This means that business portfolio reform is a perennial theme for MGC. The medium-term management plan is positioned as the successor to the previous plan, and is centered on the two overarching themes of “building a more resilient business portfolio” and “promoting sustainability management”.

Our first priority must be to secure the benefits of the major investments we made during the previous medium-term management plan. Next, we must make our earnings structure more resilient. This will include strengthening our ability to reflect higher costs in prices, creating and nurturing new businesses, and restructuring businesses requiring intensive management, all areas which have been at least partially delayed. Initiatives to “balance social and economic value” have proceeded broadly as planned. Under the new medium-term management plan, we will promote sustainability management further, focusing more than ever on our various initiatives towards achieving carbon neutrality. MGC possesses key fundamental technologies and know-how, and has cultivated a highly specialized workforce. It is by leveraging these strengths that we aim to earn the trust of our stakeholders.

As part of the medium-term management plan, we have defined our differentiating businesses as our “Uniqueness & Presence” (U&P) businesses. These have been reconceptualized as businesses that excel in growing, winning, and being sustainable, and that have the ability to grow continuously by achieving a balance between social and economic value. We will focus on increasing corporate value by expanding our U&P businesses while placing an even greater emphasis on capital efficiency in our management practices. This will include not only product price optimization, but also the rebuilding, downsizing or winding down of unprofitable businesses.

Our medium-term management plan enhances shareholder returns by adopting a progressive dividend policy (in principle, no reduction – either increase or maintain). In addition, MGC will further address the needs of shareholders and investors by raising the total target payout ratio to roughly 50%, up from about 40% during the previous medium-term management plan, while flexibly purchasing treasury stock.

I look forward to the continued support and understanding of our shareholders and investors.

Masashi Fujii
President and Representative Director
May 2024