Social Contribution Activities

Kyowa Kirin Group Social Contribution Activities Policy

1. I.
   PURPOSE
   We at the Kyowa Kirin Group seek to fulfill our management philosophy, “The Kyowa Kirin Group companies strive to contribute to the health and well-being of people around the world by creating new value through the pursuit of advances in life sciences and technologies.” Under our management philosophy, we aim to achieve our vision of “make people (facing illness) smile." With this in mind, we conduct social contribution activities from the perspective of access to medicines and advancement of medical science for social issues that are not directly linked to financial gain. Additionally, communities and future generations are important stakeholders in our business. In our social contribution activities, we strive to address the social issues faced by communities and future generations, thereby fostering trust from stakeholders as a good corporate citizen. Based on these, the Kyowa Kirin Group will engage in social contribution activities in accordance with "IV. Guiding Principles."
2. II.
   SCOPE
   This Group Policy applies to every employee working in the Kyowa Kirin Group, regardless of country or region, or position or title, such as officer, employee, fixed-term employee or temporary staff, or full time or part time.
3. III.
   DEFINITIONS
   Our social contribution activities mean financial and non-financial support for initiatives in the priority areas. It is independent from financial gain.
4. Ⅳ.
   GUIDING PRINCIPLES

   1. 1.
      We focus the following three priority areas and will engage in social contribution activities:

      1. (1)
         Access to medicines
         We deem our mission is to deliver our products to as many patients as possible, as quickly as possible, for making people smile. Therefore, we will work on improving access to medicines, as outlined in the "Kyowa Kirin Group Policy on Access to Medicines".
      2. (2)
         Advancement of medical science
         The advancement of medical science is the foundation for making people smile. Therefore, we will support research and educational activities while appropriately communicating and collaborating with those contributing to these advancements.
      3. (3)
         Communities, future generations and environment
         Building trust with communities and future generations is essential for sustainable business activities. Therefore, we will engage in activities that contribute to communities, future generations and environment.
   2. 2.
      We will deploy leverage our resources effectively for our social contribution activities.
   3. 3.
      To effectively implement our activities, we will collaborate with external stakeholders as necessary.
   4. 4.
      We encourage our employees to participate in social contribution activities.
   5. 5.
      We will appropriately disclose to stakeholders our social contribution activities we have undertaken.