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Company Name

Shoko Co., Ltd.

Head office

4-1, Shibakoen 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo
105-8432, Japan
TEL: 03-3459-5111
FAX : 81-3-3459-5390

URL

http://www.shoko.co.jp/english/index.html

Established

May 28, 1947

President

Hiroshi Nishimoto

Closing date

December

Capital

8,021 million yen (as of March 28, 2009)

Stockholder

Showa Denko K.K.	42.0%
Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.	2.7%
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account4g)	2.3%
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (trust account)	0.9%
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.	0.9%
Muneo Maeda	0.8%
Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. (trust account)	0.7%
Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance Company	0.5%
Committee of Shares of Employees of Shoko Co., Ltd.	0.5%
Showa Engineering Co., Ltd.	0.4%

(as of December 31,2008)

Financial results

	Consolidated	Parent
Sales	169,759 million yen	156,565 million yen
Operating Income	1,796 million yen	1,582 million yen
Ordinary Income	1,249 million yen	1,296 million yen
Net Income	631 million yen	733 million yen

(as of December 31, 2008)

Employee

Consolidated	In isolation
455	269

Management Team

Representative Director and President	Hiroshi Nishimoto
Director & Managing Corporate Officer	Yoshitaka Ito In charge of the Corporate Management Dept., the Accounting Dept., and Audit Office
Director & Managing Corporate Officer	Nobuo Takahashi General Manager of the Plastics Division
Director & Managing Corporate Officer	Morio Sato General Manager of the Living Essentials and Environment Division
Director & Corporate Officer	Noritoshi Osuga In charge of the Corporate Planning and Development Dept.
Director & Corporate Officer	Yasuaki Kamei General Manager of the Metal Ceramics Division
*Standing Corporate Auditor	Hideo Shimamura
Auditor	Masaoki Matsuki
*Auditor	Toshinori Takagi

(as of July 1, 2009)

Auditors with * are outside auditors as prescribed in the Company Law, Article 2, Paragraph 16.

Domestic sales office

Plastics Division
Low density polyethylene (LDPE), linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE), high density polyethylene (HDPE), polypropylene (PP), polystyrene (PS), and other resins, films, sheets, laminates, pallets, and other products

Chemicals Division
Acetic acids, ethyl acetate, and other solvents, and other organic chemicals. Sulfuric acid, electrolytic products, ammonia-based products, and other inorganic chemicals. High-purity solvents related to battery-related materials and electronic materials. Adhesives, unsaturated polyester, and other functional resins
Liquid chromatographiy products (Shodex products), analysis equipment, products related to stable isotope elements, analysis tasks on commission

Living Essentilals & Environment Division
Housing products, cement, and secondary products, pipes, resins, building materials, and plasters
Condominium sales (Actis series), sale of housing and detached houses, rental of real estate, intermediation, and housing renovation
Amino acids, malic acids, and other food-related materials

Metal Ceramics Division
Clean rooms, extrusion-molded products, heat sinks, master alloys, forged products
Alumina, grinding materials, and other ceramic products, various fine metals, rare earth, carbon products

Electronics Materials Division
LED chips, epi-wafers, GaAs, InP, and other compound semiconductors, functional aluminum solid capacitors, LCD-related materials
Battery materials-related, high-purity solvents
Various industrial machinery and equipment

Sales office in Japan

Osaka Branch
Kintetsu Dojima Bldg., 2-2-2, Dojima, Kita-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka Prefecture 530-0003, Japan
TEL : 81-6-6450-0091

Nagoya Branch
8F, Ohashi Bldg., 3-25-5, Meieki, Nakamura-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Prefecture 450-0002, Japan
TEL : 81-52-582-9551

Fukuoka Branch
No. 7 Myojo Bldg., 4-1-1, Tenjin, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka Prefecture 810-0001, Japan
TEL : 81-92-711-1531

Sendai Branch
Nippon Life Insurance Sendai Bldg., 1-3-1, Ichiban-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai-shi, Miyagi Prefecture 980-0811, Japan
TEL : 81-22-261-5634

Oita Subbranch
Tsurusaki Shihokaikan., 402, 3-1-3 Misa, Oita-shi, Oita Prefecture 870-0108, Japan
TEL : 81-97-522-0035

Overseas sales sites

KOREA BRANCH
Room 501 Kumkang BLDG14-35 Yoido-Dong YoungDeungpo-Ku Seoul 150-871, Korea
TEL 82-2-784-5111

TAIWAN BRANCH
8F-1, No.139, SongJiang Rd., Taipei 104, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
TEL 886-2-2540-2839

Shoko Shanghai Co.,Ltd.
Silver Centre 8F, 1388 North Shan Xi Road, Putuo District, Shanghai 200060, China
TEL : 86-21-6149-8368

Shoko America,Inc.
2281 W.205th St. #110 Torrance, CA90501
TEL : 1-310-783-1600

SHOKO SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.
1, Fourth Lok Yang Road, Jurong, Singapore 62969
TEL 65-6265-0895

Domestic research and development sites

Sugito Institute
473-3, Aza Higashinaka, Oaza Hongo, Sugito-machi, Kita Katsushika-gun, Saitama Prefecture 345-0023, Japan
TEL : 81-480-35-2915

Organization chart

(as of July 1, 2009)

History

1947	May	Founded Hikari Kogyo Co., Ltd., the precursor of this company as a factory-direct trading company of Showa Denko K.K. and Ajinomoto Co., Inc. under their support
1953	September	Began to produce fertilizers (fertilizers of the five grains) peculiar to this company at the Kawasaki Plant
1959	May	Built the Kawaguchi Plant in Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama Prefecture Began to produce acetylene gas
1960	January	Began to produce fertilizers (amino fertilizers) peculiar to this company at the Kawasaki Plant
1960	November	Began to produce oxygen gas at the Kawaguchi Plant
1962	June	Listed on the Second Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange Stepped up the resources for handling petrochemical products, various industrial equipment, and construction materials
1965	February	Built a fertilizer factory in the Kawaguchi Plant Began to produce chemical fertilizers
1972	August	Began to produce a stable isotope (heavy nitrogen, N15) under the guidance of Riken at the Kawaguchi Plant
1976	August	Merged with Shoei Kogyo Co., Ltd. (a 100% owned subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. established in September 1939) to step up the resources for handling industrial chemicals, aluminum, alloy iron, electrodes, synthetic resins, and similar products
1981	June	Listed on the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
1982	August	Renamed as Shoko Co., Ltd. Relocated its head office to Nishi Shimbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
1987	January	Merged with Shoko K.K. (a 100% owned subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. established in October 1959) Stepped up the resources for handling real estate, construction works subcontracting, and various insurance programs
1989	May	Established the Sugito Institute in Sugito-cho, Saitama Prefecture Stepped up the resources for handling stable isotopes
2000	April	Merged with Kyodo Light Metals Co., Ltd. (a 83% owned subsidiary of Showa Denko K.K. established in March 1947) and stepped up the resources for aluminum business
2000	July	Relocated the head office to Shiba Koen, Minato-ku, Tokyo
2005	May	Took over the business of aluminum poles from Showa Alumi Viewtech Co., Ltd. and expanded its sales of aluminum products
2007	November	Spun off the insurance agency business as a separate company, SHOKO Insurance Service CO.,LTD.
2008	January	Spun off the fertilizer business as a separate company, SHOKO Agri CO., LTD., combined our synthetic resin product business and the business of our subsidiary CHEMICO JAPAN CO., LTD., and spun off the business of the sales of synthetic resin products as a separate company, SHOKO PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO., LTD.