Apr 16, 2024
SAKATA INX CORP.

SAKATA INX CORPORATION formulates Medium-term Management Plan
In 2021, the SAKATA INX Group launched SAKATA INX VISION 2030, a long-term strategic vision with atarget year of 2030. The Group has implemented various initiatives during the first three years of this vision as partof the foundational phase. This year, the fourth since the launch of the long-term strategic vision, the Group has
formulated a new medium-term management plan for which 2026 will be the final year (CCC-II) as a phase ofbusiness expansion and profitability enhancements.
Overview of the Medium-term Management Plan 2026 (CCC-II)*
1. Basic policies
The Group will move forward with its business activities based on the following strategic courses of action under
the long-term strategic vision: growing the Printing ink / Digital and Specialty products businesses; tackling thechallenges of new business domains; and enhancing ESG and sustainability initiatives with a focus on theenvironment and local communities.
To grow the Printing ink / Digital and Specialty products businesses, in addition to promoting active developmentof sustainable products based on the BOTANICAL INK series and other environmentally-friendly products
centered on the packages field, the Group will advance its business structural reforms in response to a businessenvironment that is changing with digitalization. Other initiatives will include growth in new markets targetingapparel, food, and home furnishings for inkjet inks as well as sales expansion and advancement into new fields inimaging materials.
In tackling the challenges of new business domains, the Group considers the period covered by this plan to be one
for giving concrete form to products and services with business development potential, and linking these to earnings,
based on the results of various approaches conducted during the foundational phase. As a means for achieving suchconcrete form, we will promote R&D further, advance open innovation with companies and organizations that havepromising technologies with high affinity with our Group technologies and services, and accelerate proposals of
new products and business models.
In addition, to enhance ESG and sustainability initiatives with a focus on the environment and local communities,
the Group will undertake various initiatives in areas such as the development of sustainable, environmentallyfriendly products and business activities in response to climate change, the promotion of human capital policies toserve as the foundations for achieving sustained growth, and the building of appropriate and highly transparent
governance structures.
Based on management that accounts for capital costs and share price, these initiatives will aim to reduce capitalcosts while optimally allocating capital to enhance earnings, invest in growth strategies, and provide returns toshareholders. We will seek to earn the support of stakeholders regarding the efficacy and feasibility of the Group's
persuasive growth vision through IR activities, aiming to strengthen corporate value over the medium to long term.

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Through steady implementation of these various initiatives throughout the Group, we will contribute to asustainable society while achieving business growth and enhancing our earnings power to further boost trust among
our stakeholders. This will in turn help us realize the long-term strategic vision and the targets of the medium-termmanagement plan.
*CCC-II: This medium-term management plan constitutes phase two of the long-term strategic vision SAKATAINX VISION 2030. It is referred to as CCC-II based on the “three Cs” of the long-term vision’s slogan:“Create and Innovate, Care for the Earth, Color for Life.”
2. Consolidated targets
FY2023Results

FY2026
PlannedGrowthrate(Billion yen)(Billion yen)(%)

Net sales

228.3

270.0

18.3

Operating income

11.3

18.0

59.3

Ordinary income

13.6

19.0

39.7

Net income attributable to owners of parent

7.4

12.7

71.6

3. Consolidated KPI
ROE: 10% or higher
4. Segment-specific plans
Net sales
FY2023Results

FY2026plannedOperating income
Growthrate(Billion yen) (Billion yen)2

FY2023Results

FY2026
PlannedGrowthrate(Billion yen) (Billion yen)

Printing inks and Graphic
arts materials (Japan)

52.1

53.0

1.7%

0.5

2.9

5.8 times

Printing ink (Asia)

52.4

66.7

27.3%

4.3

4.2(2.3%)

Printing ink (Americas)

78.5

92.8

18.2%

4.3

4.9

14.0%

Printing ink (Europe)
Digital and Specialty
products

19.5

21.2

8.7%(0.7)

0.5－

16.8

24.4

45.2%

1.8

4.4

2.4 times

Other

15.3

20.0

30.7%

0.4

1.8

4.5 times

Adjustments

(6.4)

(8.1)

－0.6

(0.7)

－Total

228.3

270.0

18.3%

11.3

18.0

59.3%

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5. Financial and capital policies
Total investment: 40.0 Billion yen
Includes 15.0 Billion yen in strategic investment in future growth.
Shareholder return policy: Proactive and stable dividends and agile purchase of treasury stock
Targets: Total payout ratio of 50% or higher or dividends on equity (DOE) of 2.5% or higher

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