ダイセル（4202） – Notice Concerning Changes in the Status of Specified Subsidiaries

This document is an English translation of a statement written originally in Japanese for reference. The Japanese original should be considered as the primary version. January 28, 2022 To Whom It May Concern, Company Name: DAICEL CORPORATION Representative: Yoshimi Ogawa, President and CEO (Code: 4202, First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange) Contact: Masahiko Hirokawa, Deputy General Manager, Corporate Support Headquarters and General Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Communications (Phone: +81-3-6711-8121) Notice Concerning Changes in the Status of Specified Subsidiaries DAICEL CORPORATION (the “Company”) announced that, POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD.(“Polyplastics”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, decided at Board of Directors meeting held on January 28, 2022, to increase capital of its subsidiary (the Company’s second-tier subsidiary) and pay in capital to its second-tier subsidiary (the Company’s third-tier subsidiary) established by a subsidiary of Polyplastics. The Company also announces that Polyplastics’s subsidiary (the Company’s second-tier subsidiary) and second-tier subsidiary (the Company’s third-tier subsidiary) will be classified as the Company’s specific subsidiaries because the amount of their capital stock will account for 10% or more of the Company after this capital increase and paid – in capital. The details are as follows. 1. The reason for the changes China is the world’s largest market for Polyacetal (“POM”) and has maintained strong growth. Polyplastics aims to improve its POM manufacturing capacity to meet the strong demand by proceeding with the construction of a new POM plant in Nantong, China. Polyplastics established its subsidiary (the Company’s second-tier subsidiary), P Holdings, Inc. as a business entity for manufacturing new POM resin equipment and will increase the capital of P Holdings, Inc. Furthermore, P Holdings, Inc. will pay in capital to DP Engineering Plastics (Nantong) Co., Ltd., Polyplastics’s second-tier subsidiary (a third-tier subsidiary of the Company). 2. Details of subsidiary(the Company’s second-tier subsidiary) (1) Company name P Holdings, Inc. (2) Location JR Shinagawa East Bldg., 2-18-1, Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan (3) Title of representative/ Representative Director Shoji Sanada Name (4) Business description Management and control of the business activities of its subsidiary whose business purpose is the manufacture, (5) Capital stock (6) Date of foundation (7) Major shareholder and ratio of its shareholdings processing and sales of POM resin in China At time of establishment：10 Million JPY After capital increase：About 109 Million USD December 1,2021 POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD 100％ (8) Relationship between Capital the listed company and the relationship The Company’s Specified Subsidiary（after capital increase） Company’s second-tier HR subsidiary relationship Business relationship arrived. *The operating result is omitted since the first of end of fiscal year after settlement has not 3. Details of second-tier subsidiary (the Company’s third-tier subsidiary) (1) Company name DP Engineering Plastics (Nantong) Co., Ltd (2) Location Room 307, No. 42, Guangzhou Road, Nantong Economic and Technological Development Zone, Jiangsu Province, China (3) Title of representative/ Representative Director Shoji Sanada Name (4) Business description Manufacture, sales, import and export of POM (8) Relationship between the Capital The Company’s Specified Subsidiary (5) Capital stock 109 Million USD (6) Date of foundation January 11, 2022 (7) Major shareholder and P Holdings, Inc.100％ ratio of its shareholdings listed company and the relationship Company’s third-tier HR subsidiary relationship Business relationship arrived. *The operating result is omitted since the first of end of fiscal year after settlement has not － － － － 4. The details of capital increase to the subsidiary (The Company’s second-tier subsidiary), P Holdings, Inc. (2) Payment date (3) Equity share (1) Amount of capital increase 109 Million USD January 28, 2022 POLYPLASTICS CO., LTD 100％ 5. The details of the paid capital to the second-tier subsidiary (the company’s third-tier subsidiary), DP Engineering Plastics (Nantong) Co., Ltd. (1) Amount of payment capital 109 Million USD (2) Payment date (3) Equity share January 28, 2022 P Holdings, Inc.100％ 6. Outlook The impact on operating results of the Company Group in the Fiscal Year ending March 31, 2022 will be insignificant. [End of document]