The Sanix Group will record a non-operating expense and an extraordinary loss in the second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2010. Details are as follows:

1. Non-operating Expense
The Sanix Group will record a commission fee of 54 million yen as a non-operating expense, as Sanix Energy Inc., one of the company’s consolidated subsidiaries, acquired a final disposal site in Tomakonai City, Hokkaido on October 30, 2009.
The Group will charge 51 million yen, the remainder of the commission fee due, in the third quarter of the fiscal year ending March 2010.

2. Extraordinary Loss
The Sanix Group will record an enterprise tax of 59 million yen incurred in prior year as an extraordinary loss.

3. Impact on Consolidated Operational Results
Please refer to “Notice Concerning Revision of Earnings Forecast” the company announced on November 11, 2009.

For more information, please contact:
Masahiro Shimojo, Director,
Management & Planning Division