Sojitz Concludes Mutual Cooperation Agreement with Hamamatsu City to Promote Overseas Industrial Parks – Granting Incentives to Japanese Companies Expanding Business Overseas to Industrial Parks in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia –

Sojitz Corporation (“Sojitz”) has concluded an agreement with Hamamatsu City to support Hamamatsu City companies to enter industrial parks developed and operated by Sojitz in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia (“Sojitz industrial parks”).

[Details of the Mutual Cooperation Agreement]

Hamamatsu City will provide companies based in the city with informational seminars that promote overseas investment by Japanese companies as well as offer tours of these Sojitz industrial parks. Sojitz, in turn, will provide incentive benefits to Hamamatsu City companies that become new park tenants, such as reduced prices for lots, rental factories, and maintenance fees.

Sojitz has concluded similar agreements with Gunma Prefecture, Aichi Prefecture, Kobe City, Hyogo Economic Development Center, and Osaka Prefecture. Going forward, Sojitz will continue to support the overseas expansion of small and medium-sized companies in Japan while simultaneously contributing to economic development in India, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

[Related Information]

Incentive Benefits for New Tenants

Target: Companies with headquarters or manufacturing sites in Hamamatsu City

Overview of Industrial Parks

1) Sojitz-Motherson Industrial Park (SMIP) —INDIA

2) Long Duc Industrial Park—VIETNAM

3) Phu An Thanh Industrial Park—VIETNAM

4) Greenland International Industrial Center (GIIC) —INDONESIA