FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2010

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Mr. Shinichi Hirabayashi
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MITSUI USA GIVES $50,000 TO AID RELIEF EFFORTS OF THE FEBRUARY 27 EARTHQUAKE IN CHILE AND MITSUI USA MATCHES ALL EMPLOYEE DONATIONS DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR

New York- Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc. (Mitsui USA) announced today a $50,000 cash donation on behalf of its Americas operations to support the relief efforts needed after an earthquake struck central Chile.

Mitsui USA’s donation, part of a 10 million yen donation announced by Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Mitsui USA’s parent company in Japan, will be donated to the Chile Relief and Development Fund of the American Red Cross. Additionally, Mitsui USA will make a special dollar-for-dollar match for Mitsui USA’s and its qualified group companies’ employee donations for relief operations in Chile.