All Kurita Group officers and employees share fairness, transparency, integrity, safety, and compatibility as Code of Ethics, and the Kurita Group Code of Conduct has been created to set out basic guidelines for judgment and conduct for how all Kurita Group officers and employees should conduct themselves and what conduct is prohibited. The Code has been disclosed on the Company website. The Kurita Group’s basic approach toward compliance is to implement this code of conduct by promoting deeper understanding of the code within the organization, reviewing the compliance guidelines formulated at each division and Group company, and promoting awareness of them throughout the organization.