Annual Meeting with Important Business Partners

Thank you very much to all the participants. It was very nice to have an opportunity to directly express our gratitude not only to the two award-winning companies but also other partners that participated in this meeting online. It is my hope that next year will be definitely the year all our partners will visit to participate so that we can talk face-to-face.

In the Sumitomo Electric Group 2030 Vision, we set forth our purpose: Based on the spirit of "contributing to the public benefit through business while striving to ensure mutual prosperity with our stakeholders," we will contribute to building a better society by pursuing Top Technology and innovation on a global scale, using the integrated capabilities of Sumitomo Electric Group." In pursuing this purpose, the presence of our partners is indispensable. We are constantly asking them to understand the needs and problems of customers with the use of their wide network. As a business partner, we would like to continue working with them.