Unicharm Group released its results of FY2020 Q3 and the subsequent first 9 months(Jan~Sep) on November 6. Sales were 534.5B-yen (+1.9%) and core operating income was 89.1B-yen(+30.4%), both all-time high! In Japan, while the market slowed down due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and back-lash of last-minute buying prior to the consumer-tax increase in 2019, sales of sanitary products including mask and wet tissue, mild & moderate degree products in HC and pet care products grew primarily due to the increase of mind of people in preventing infection which led to expand our sales and profit. In overseas market outside Japan, nevertheless the effect of COVID-19 and supply shortage caused by the fire outbreak at our plant in India, sales of high added-value products in FC in China and Hartz were strong and local sales of UGHI in Saudi Arabia as well as its export business consistently grew which contributed to our favorable results. Our full year plan in FY2020 is to achieve 760B-yen in sales and 100B-yen in core operating income. Even under such severe circumstances, let us all get together as one solid team to practice OODA-Loop for achieving the goal! In association with Mr. Kazuya Kondo, IR, Corporate Planning Office, Planning Division.