{"id":37439,"date":"2025-05-12T15:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euglena.jp\/news\/?p=37439"},"modified":"2025-05-12T15:31:04","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T06:31:04","slug":"20250512-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euglena.jp\/news\/20250512-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and Euglena\u2019s Overseas SPC Conclude Preferred Shares Investment Agreement\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation and Euglena\u2019s Overseas SPC Conclude Preferred Shares Investment Agreement<\/strong> 
The Trust Bank supports Euglena\u2019s participation in the construction and operation of one of Asia\u2019s largest commercial biofuel plants in Malaysia with a sustainable investment of up to USD 30 million<\/em><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation<\/strong>
Euglena Co., Ltd.<\/strong>
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Tokyo, May 12, 2025 —<\/strong> Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation (The Trust Bank) and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Euglena) today announce that The Trust Bank has entered into a Preferred Shares Investment Agreement (the Investment Agreement) in which The Trust Bank invests up to USD 30 million in preferred shares issued by Euglena Sustainable Investment Limited (ESIL), Euglena\u2019s overseas special purpose company (SPC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) shows great promise as a measure to tackle climate change and is expected to be utilized to significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions compared to fossil fuels. To promote SAF, the Japanese government has set a 2030 target for SAF to comprise 10% of domestic aviation fuel consumption. By engaging in a project to construct and operate a biofuel manufacturing plant in Malaysia (the Project) through the investment in ESIL, The Trust Bank will support establishing SAF supply chain and contribute to Japan\u2019s decarbonization together with Euglena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Trust Bank, based on its corporate message \u201cConnecting People, Connecting the Future,\u201d is working to realize a sustainable future by addressing various social issues to ensure that the cherished aspirations of society and customers are carried forward into the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In response to the challenges facing Japan\u2019s energy and social infrastructure, The Trust Bank will play a role in accelerating the diffusion of new technologies through the supply of risk capital to new assets focusing on new technologies and businesses both in Japan and overseas. This investment agreement aims to promote SAF by supporting the securing of interests in domestic SAF, where supply shortages are anticipated in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Going forward, The Trust Bank aims to provide investment opportunities to diverse investors in domestic infrastructure, where investment opportunities are currently limited due to the sector\u2019s immaturity, by forming funds that invest in infrastructure facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Euglena has been promoting this project jointly with Malaysia\u2019s PETRONAS and Italy\u2019s Enilive with the aim of commercializing its biofuel business. In December 2024, Euglena acquired a 5% equity interest in a Malaysian joint venture (the Joint Venture) responsible for constructing and operating the biofuel manufacturing plant. Euglena has the right to increase its shareholding up to 15% under a shareholder agreement with the Joint Venture partners, and aims to do so soon by providing additional financial commitments on the basis of the Investment Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Investment Agreement establishes a financing facility (the Facility) in which ESIL will issue non-voting debt-like preferred shares, and The Trust Bank will invest up to USD 30 million in stages upon request from ESIL. Euglena already injected approximately USD 50 million into ESIL\u2019s common shares in 2024 and, by using ESIL\u2019s cash on hand and the Facility, plans to make phased cash contributions upon cash calls from the JV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. has acted as a financial advisor to Euglena on the structuring of the Facility and the documentation of the Investment Agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Comment from Hiroshi Kubota, President, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em>We support companies and projects that positively impact the environment and society through sustainable investment. This project will lead to the securing of <\/em>Japan\u2019s<\/em> interests in <\/em>SAF, linking<\/em> to the realization of a decarbonized soci<\/em>ety<\/em>. <\/em>We are<\/em> honored to be able to work with Euglena, wh<\/em>ich<\/em> is actively working on sustainability. Going forward, we will continue to use a variety of investment methods to fund foreign <\/em>projects<\/em> and new <\/em>sectors<\/em> that contribute to <\/em>addressing<\/em> social issues<\/em> in Japan<\/em>, with the aim of realizing a sustainable society.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Comment from Mitsuru Izumo, President and Representative Director, Euglena Co<\/strong>., Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em>Under our company<\/em>\u2019s<\/em> <\/em>purpose<\/em> of <\/em>\u2018M<\/em>aking <\/em>P<\/em>eople and the <\/em>E<\/em>arth <\/em>H<\/em>ealthier,<\/em>\u2019<\/em> we have been developing our healthcare and biofuel businesses centered on <\/em>spirits of <\/em>sustainability. <\/em>We have particularly been working to commercialize<\/em> <\/em>our<\/em> biofuels business, <\/em>with the support of <\/em>various partners. <\/em>We<\/em> <\/em>are<\/em> very <\/em>pleased<\/em> to be able to collaborate with Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, which is engaged in sustainable invest<\/em>ment<\/em>. Through Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation<\/em>\u2019s investment<\/em>, we will acquire a 15% equity stake in this project<\/em>, and b<\/em>y handling <\/em>around<\/em> 1<\/em>00,000<\/em> KL of biofuel<\/em>s per year<\/em>, will strive to <\/em>popularize biofuels and <\/em>promote<\/em> decarbonization <\/em>in Japan.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About the Trust Bank<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation, as a core member of MUFG, established in 1927,provides its customers with a wide range of comprehensive financial solutions leveraging unique and highly professional functions as a leading trust bank. Such financial solutions include real estate, stock transfer agency, asset management and investor services, and inheritance related services, in addition to banking operations. For more information, visit https:\/\/www.tr.mufg.jp\/english<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

About <\/strong>Euglena Co., Ltd.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2005, Euglena succeeded in establishing technology for the world\u2019s first large-scale outdoor cultivation of microalgae euglena<\/em>. Euglena\u2019s corporate philosophy is \u201cSustainability First\u201d. The company develops and sells foods and cosmetics using microalgae such as e<\/em>uglena<\/em> and c<\/em>hlorella<\/em>, manufactures and develops biofuels, and develops businesses in the sustainable agritech area utilizing unused resources. Since 2014, Euglena has been operating the Euglena GENKI Program to deliver cookies made with euglena<\/em> that have abundant nutrients to children in Bangladesh. https:\/\/euglena.jp<\/a>https:\/\/euglena.jp\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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