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Progress toward the full-year plan is favorable, with sales expected to reach 87,000 million yen.\n\n### Outlook and Investor Impact\nCorporate investments, including new R&D expenditures, continue, with capital expenditure expected to reach around 5,000 million yen. Improvements in segment profitability and contributions from new materials are expected, and maintaining and enhancing the overseas ratio is key to growth. For FY2027 full-year targets, the trajectory remains toward 80,236 million yen to 87,000 million yen in sales. 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