Hidetaka Shirozume

Adeka is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of chemical and food products. The Company operates in three business segments. The Chemical Product segment offers information and electric chemical products, such as ultrapure semiconductor materials, light curing resin, recording materials, electronic circuit board etching systems and chemicals; functional chemical products, such as additives, fire retardant, interfacial active agents and kitchen cleaning agents, as well as general chemicals, such as propylene glycols and others. The Food Product segment offers margarine, shortening, chocolate fat, cooking oil and fat, whip cream, frozen puff pastry, mayonnaise and dressings, among others. The Others segment involves in design, construction and management of facility plants, facility maintenance, logistics, storage, car leasing, real estate and insurance agency businesses. As of March 31, 2014, the Company had 38 subsidiaries and 16 associated companies.