[IKKA-KY] Announcement Regarding Daiichi Kasei Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Japan IKKA), a Key Subsidiary, Providing Loans Exceeding the Threshold Specified in Article 22, Paragraph 1, Item 3 of the Public Company Loan and Guarantee Handling Guidelines

1. Date of Fact Occurrence: 115/08/12 2. Recipient of Funds: (1) Company Name: Daiichi Kasei Holdings (Cayman) Inc. (2) Relationship to Lending Company: Parent company of Japan IKKA (3) Loan Limit (in thousands of yen): 768,799 (4) Previous Loan Balance (in thousands of yen): 0 (5) Amount of New Loan (in thousands of yen): 162,600 (6) Whether the Board has authorized the Chairman to make multiple or revolving loans to the same borrower: No (7) Loan Balance as of the Date of Fact Occurrence (in thousands of yen): 162,600 (8) Reason for the New Loan: Based on working capital needs of the company 3. Collateral Provided by the Borrower: (1) Description: Not applicable (2) Value (in thousands of yen): 0 4. Latest Financial Statement of the Borrower: (1) Capital (in thousands of yen): 363,882 (2) Accumulated Profit/Loss (in thousands of yen): 30,633 5. Interest Calculation Method: Calculated at an annual interest rate of 5.3% 6. Repayment Terms: (1) Conditions: Repayment by the company to Japan IKKA (2) Date: Date of repayment by the company 7. Total Loan Balance as of the Date of Fact Occurrence (in thousands of yen): 287,237 8. Ratio of Total Loan Balance to Net Assets in the Latest Financial Statement of the Public Company: 14.25 9. Source of Funds Lent to Others: Funds from the subsidiary itself 10. Other Matters to be Disclosed: NA