At the awarding ceremony on December 11, 2014, the Japan Investor Relations Association Chairman Sumi (Left) and Mitsui & Co. President and CEO Iijima

The Japan Investor Relations Association (JIRA) has awarded Mitsui & Co. an IR Special Award at the 2014 19th Annual IR Grand Prix Awards.

JIRA gives awards to publicly traded companies that deeply understand and proactively promote IR, earning high endorsement from their peers. The Special IR Award recognizes businesses that continuously strive to raise their level of IR and achieve exceptional results. Mitsui & Co. previously won JIRA's Best IR Award in 2008.

The judging committee said the following about Mitsui & Co.'s selection.

"Mitsui & Co. strives to fortify its investor relations activities continuously, and as part of its efforts has established a New Midium-term Management Plan that takes the investors' point of view into consideration and leverages the Company's communication with the capital market participants. By doing so, Mitsui & Co. has been able to bridge the gap between itself and the capital markets and improve the reputation of its investor relations activities.Amongst the Sogo-shosha (comprehensive trading firms), Mitsui & Co. is able to explain its position with regards to returns relative to investment and loan, and subsequent risks. In particular, the Company has received highly favorable evaluation for its explanations of its return on equity target and the uses of its cash flow. Mitsui & Co. also seeks to maintain fairness and consistency in the disclosure of information."

Mitsui & Co. continuously strives to strengthen two-way communication with its investors and shareholders, and to improve its disclosure of information.

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