1. Pursue further growth and profitability

• Increase of overseas sales and reinforcement of overseas business expansion, particularly in Asia
• Reinforcement and establishment of technological edge and pursuit of innovative next generation technologies
• Promotion of business partnering and M&A to realize business expansion and synergy effects
• Enhancement of domestic productivity and promotion of overseas production, reflecting the emergence of an aging society with a decreasing number of children
• Enrichment of human resources both in quality and quantity

2. Promote ROA/ROE conscious management

• Promotion of business strategy managing both efficient use of resources and profitable growth (higher ROA)
• Appropriate distribution of corporate profit, taking account of well-balanced schemes of profit-oriented investments, retaining sound financing, and profit sharing for stockholders (higher ROE)

3. Innovate corporate culture

• Invigoration of corporate environment and culture that encourages having true pride, dreams, and high standards of ethics, developing motivation and CSR, achieving top productivity and quality, and pursuing further growth
• Promotion of product development and business management that contribute to energy saving and environmental preservation

• The target figures for 2014 under the “Long-Term Vision,” set out in May 2005 have been amended.
• On a consolidated basis, the target dividend rate for the last fiscal year of the New Mid-Term Management Plan is 30%.