Notice regarding the effects of the great East Japan earthquake.

Kaneka Corp presented information regarding the effects to the Group of this disaster on 14 Mar 2011, under the title of "Notice Regarding the Effects of the 2011 Tohoku-Pacific Ocean Earthquake." The company would now like to present updated information. Recovery status of damaged plants: The Kashima Plant is divided into the East Plant and the West Plant, and the West Plant, which is mainly involved in producing extruded polystyrene foam boards and functional plastics, was only mildly affected. This means it was able to resume operations starting from 25 Mar 2011 for functional plastics, and in stages from the same date for extruded polystyrene foam boards The East Plant was able to …