October 30, 2015
Press release
Company name: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation
Representative: Masayuki Mitsuka
President and Representative Director
Code number:Contact:4508, First Section, Tokyo Stock Exchange
Yoshifumi Mifune, General Manager,
Corporate Communications Department(Osaka: TEL: +81-6-6205-5211)(Tokyo: TEL: +81-3-6748-7664)

Notice Regarding Implementation of Early Retirement Program
At a meeting held on October 30, 2015, the Board of Directors of Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
Corporation decided to implement an early retirement program, as described below.
1. Reason for implementation of early retirement program
Aiming to become a company that continues to create new value, the Company has been
implementing the Medium-Term Management Plan 11–15. Under this plan, the Company’s urgent
challenges include the implementation of reforms targeting the establishment of a robust businessstructure that will succeed in a changing environment. Accordingly, to become a company that canrecord sustained growth, we are implementing reforms in four areas — R&D Reforms, Domestic
Sales Reforms, U.S. Operations Reforms, and Organizations and Activities Reforms.
With the operating environment in the domestic pharmaceutical industry becoming increasingly
severe, the Company believes that decisive business restructuring measures will be necessary fromthe next fiscal year.
Accordingly, targeting the future implementation of domestic restructuring initiatives, the Company isworking from the perspective that it is necessary to optimize its workforce. On that basis, the Company
decided to implement the early retirement program.
2. Overview(1) Eligible employees
Employees who are 45 or older as of April 1, 2016 (excluding certain Group companies)(2) Number of employees who can be accepted into the program
Not specified(3) Application period
December 1, 2015, to December 25, 2015 (planned)(4) Date of retirement
March 31, 2016(5) Preferential benefits
In addition to the normal retirement allowance, an extra retirement allowance will be paid.
Furthermore, support for reemployment will be provided to those who request it.

3. Forecasts
The Company plans to record the extra retirement allowances that are incurred as a result of theprogram as extraordinary losses in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. The forecasts announced
today in the Summary of 2nd Quarter Financial Results for year ended March 31, 2016, include acertain level of extra retirement allowances. However, at this point the number of employees who will
be accepted into the program has not yet been determined. Accordingly, information on the influenceof the program on the Company’s results will be provided after the number of employees accepted
into the program has been determined.
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Forecasts for the current fiscal year (announced October 30, 2015) and results for the previous fiscal year(Unit: ¥ million)
Net income
Consolidated

Consolidated

Consolidated

attributable tonet salesoperating income

ordinary income

shareholders of theCompany

Consolidated results forecasts for thecurrent fiscal year

418,000

82,00081,00046,000415,124

67,13367,65439,502(Fiscal year ending March 31, 2016)
Consolidated results in previous fiscalyear(Fiscal year ended March 31, 2015)