Settlement Agreement Concluded with Hitachi in Relation to South African Projects

1. Outline of Settlement Agreement

(1) Hitachi's Obligations

・Hitachi will transfer to MHI its total shareholdings (35%) in Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), the company jointly established by MHI and Hitachi to conduct business mainly in thermal power systems.
・Hitachi will pay MHI the sum of 200 billion yen in March 2020.

(2) MHI's Obligations

・MHI shall, following completion of the payment and the share transfer described in (1) above, swiftly withdraw its pending request for arbitration previously submitted to The Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA).
・Upon completion of the abovementioned payment and share transfer, MHI shall waive any other claims held by MHI Group toward Hitachi concerning succession of the South African projects.

(3) Other Matters

Because the transfer of shares described in (1) above requires acquisition of approval from the authorities in multiple countries overseeing anti-monopoly laws, completion of the share transfer is expected to occur in around spring 2020. For these reasons, Hitachi and MHI shall jointly request to the JCAA that the aforementioned arbitration procedures be suspended swiftly after conclusion of the settlement agreement.

2. Overview of the Arbitration Request and Sequence of Events Resulting in Settlement

On July 31, 2017, MHI submitted an arbitration request to the JCAA seeking that Hitachi fulfill its obligation to pay ZAR 90,779 million (equivalent to approximately 774.3 billion yen when converted at a rate of 8.53 yen to 1 ZAR) as the price adjustment and other payments relating to succession of the South African projects. Subsequent to the request submission, arbitration procedures have gone forward within the JCAA; however, in consideration of various circumstances, including the points given below, MHI has decided to conclude the settlement agreement described above in order to achieve an early resolution of its dispute with Hitachi.

(1) Through pursuit of an early recovery of the "indemnification assets for South African projects" (approximately 550 billion yen) incorporated into MHI's Consolidated Statement of Financial Position, MHI will squeeze its total assets and achieve a more solid financial position. This will enhance MHI's capacity to undertake growth investments into the areas aligned with its growth strategy: namely, decarbonization / low-carbonization, electrification and intelligent systems; and will also drive achievement of TOP*, MHI's unique management indicator.

*Triple One Proportion = MHI Group Management Indicator that aims at a 1:1:1 balance between Net Sales (Scale of Business): Total Assets: Market Value.

(2) MHPS today generates more solid profits and cash flows than its global competitors, and by making MHPS a wholly owned subsidiary, MHI stands to raise its consolidated profits in its fundamental business.

(3) While maintaining MHPS's business execution capability strengthened through the joint venture with Hitachi, MHI will restructure its business to enable swift response to changes in the business environment, and MHI will implement innovative changes in its Power Systems business to respond to the megatrend toward decarbonization / low-carbonization, bringing together cross-domain and cross-SBU strengths of MHI Group.

(4) Corporate and other costs will be reduced by developmentally reorganizing overlapping functions between MHI and MHPS which has been kept in MHPS from the perspective of maintaining management independence during the period of its joint venture with Hitachi.

3. Impact of the Settlement on MHI's Financial Statement

(1) Cash flow: The 200 billion yen received from Hitachi will be added to this term's operating cash flow.
Hitachi currently has a loan of 70 billion yen extended to the MHPS subsidiary Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Africa Proprietary Limited. Upon conclusion of the settlement agreement, MHI shall take over the claim pertaining to said loan, by the same amount from Hitachi, with plans to swiftly recover said debt in its entirety.

(2) Financial position: With the 200 billion yen and shares of MHPS to be received under the settlement, the "indemnification assets for South African projects" in MHI's Consolidated Statement of Financial Position shall be recovered fully.

(3) Profit/loss: The difference between the "indemnification assets for South African projects" and the aggregate total of above 200 billion yen plus the fair valuation value of the MHPS shares shall be booked as net profit in FY 2019.

(4) Conversion of MHPS to wholly owned subsidiary: After the transfer of shares expected in around spring 2020, MHPS will become a wholly owned subsidiary of MHI. In line with this, profit attributable to owners of parent will increase in FY2019.

4. Impact on FY2019 Forecasts, etc.

Concerning FY2019 earnings and cash flow projections, we will give notification when reasonable new forecasts can be made, while various circumstances are being examined closely: not only the fair valuation value of MHPS shares pertaining to the settlement and the timing of the projected share transfer, but also the SpaceJet's asset value and the timing of the completion of acquisition of the CRJ business as we described in our press information of June 25, 2019 ("Mitsubishi Heavy Industries to Acquire Canadair Regional Jet Program from Bombardier Inc.").