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The period is the full-year consolidated fiscal year ending November 2026. In the cumulative third quarter period, a gain on sale of investment securities of 237 million yen has already been recorded as an extraordinary gain. The company plans to carry out improvements and relocation of wastewater structures over approximately two years, and intends to record about 500 million yen of capital investment as property, plant and equipment from the next fiscal year onward.","jir_summary":"### Impact and Response\nThis disclosure provides the outlook on the financial impact of the wastewater discharge incident at the Okayama plant. An extraordinary loss of approximately 300 million yen is expected to be recorded in the full-year consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending November 2026. In the cumulative third quarter period, a gain on sale of investment securities of 237 million yen has already been recorded as an extraordinary gain, and no revision to the full-year forecast is being made at this time due to the recording of the extraordinary loss. The company plans to systematically proceed with improvements and relocation of wastewater structures over about two years and intends to capitalize approximately 500 million yen of capital investment as property, plant and equipment from the next fiscal year onward.\n\n### Outlook and Impact on Shareholders\nWhile costs for wastewater countermeasures and soil and water quality investigation expenses are expected to be recorded, there are currently no plans to revise the full-year earnings forecast, and the financial impact including the extraordinary loss is expected to be limited. Investment in facilities for preventing recurrence and future financial planning are expected to mainly affect periods from the next fiscal year onward, and the company intends to provide appropriate information disclosure as needed.","jir_financial_highlights":"Extraordinary loss: 3 (Costs for wastewater equipment repairs, soil and water quality investigation and analysis fees, groundwater contamination countermeasures, etc. (including provision for countermeasure reserves))\nGain on sale of investment securities: 237 (Cumulative consolidated third quarter period)\nWastewater equipment improvement and relocation costs: Unknown (Planned to be carried out systematically over about two years)\nPlanned capital investment amount: 5 (To be capitalized as property, plant and equipment from the next fiscal year onward)\nFull-year consolidated earnings impact outlook: No change (No impact from recording the extraordinary loss)","jir_category":"","jir_hashtags":"#HokkoChemicalIndustryCoLtd, #IRDisclosure, #WastewaterDischargeResponse","jir_key_figures":"Extraordinary loss outlook: 3 hundred million yen (approx.)\nGain on sale of investment securities: 237 million yen\nWastewater equipment improvement and relocation costs: 5 hundred million yen (approx.; planned over about two years)","jir_meta_title":"Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. \u2014 Outlook on Earnings Impact and Countermeasures for Okayama Plant Wastewater Discharge\uff5cFiscal Year Ending November 2026","jir_meta_description":"Disclosure of an estimated extraordinary loss of approximately 300 million yen related to the Okayama plant wastewater discharge and a capital investment plan of about 500 million yen for recurrence prevention. A gain of 237 million yen was recorded in the third quarter. No revision to the full-year forecast at this time.","jir_og_title":"Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. \u2014 Outlook and Countermeasures for Wastewater Discharge Impact","jir_og_description":"Explanation of the outlook for an extraordinary loss related to the Okayama plant wastewater discharge and the planned capital investment. No change to the full-year forecast.","jir_og_image_url":"\/assets\/og\/company-general_ir.jpg","jir_chart_data_collection":"[]","ir_related_company":17590,"ir_release_date":"","ir_type":"","ir_is_new":false,"ir_document_url":"","jir_ir_type":"disclosure_update","footnotes":""},"sector":[],"importance":[],"class_list":["post-134759","ir_release","type-ir_release","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n