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Notice Regarding Commencement of Tender Offer for Shares of Honshu Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 4115)
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. ("Mitsui Chemicals") and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. ("Mitsui & Co.," and together with Mitsui Chemicals, the "Offerors") have decided, as published in the "Notice Regarding Scheduled Commencement of Tender Offer for Shares of Honshu Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (Securities Code: 4115)" dated November 11, 2020 (the "Offerors' November 11, 2020 Press Release"), that they will jointly acquire shares of the common stock (the "Target's Shares") of Honshu Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. (the "Target") through a tender offer (meaning the tender offer pursuant to the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act (Act No. 25 of 1948, as amended; the "Act") and related laws and regulations; the "Tender Offer"), upon the satisfaction (or waiver by the Offerors) of certain conditions, including the completion of the procedures and actions required by antitrust laws of Japan, the EU, China, Taiwan and Turkey because such procedures and actions are expected to take a certain period of time (For details, see "(II) Joint Tender Offer Agreement" under "(6) Matters concerning material agreements regarding the Tender Offer" under "1. Purposes of the Purchase" below. Such preconditions are hereinafter referred to as the "Conditions").