Press Releases

2007

May 31, 2007

Notice regarding transfer of directors

During the meeting of the board of directors on May 31, 2007, an informal decision was made to discuss the transfer of directors at the annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 28 and the following meeting of the board of directors.

1. Transfer of other directors

1)Newly-appointed director candidates

Name New position Current position
Ryouichi Ishigami Director General Manager of 3rd Group, Chemicals Division
General Manager of Osaka Branch
Genral Manager of Maintenance Group, 1st Facilities Division
Tetsuo Kai Director General Manager of 1st Plant Group, Facilities Division General Manager of Plant Group, 1st Facilities Division
Shigeaki Takeda Director General Manager of Global Business Group, Cemicals Division General Manager of Global Business Group, Cemicals Division
Kouichi Iioka Director General Manager of 1st Group, Cemicals Division General Manager of 1st Group, Cemicals Division

2)Retiring Directors

Name Current position Position after retiring
Hiroshi Saito Managing Director General Manager of 2nd Facilities Division To be appointed president and CEO of Kuritaz Co., Ltd.
Shigeto Tamura Director General Manager of Production Group, 2nd Facilities Division To be appointed Director of Kuritaz Co., Ltd.
Yoshinobu Watanabe Director General Manager of Geo-Environment Group, 1st Facilities Division To be appointed president and CEO of Kuritec Service Co. Ltd.
Norio Takahashi Director General Manager of 3rd group, Chemicals Division
General Manager of Osaka Branch
To be appointed president and CEO of Kurita Creation Co., Ltd.

3)To be promoted to director

Name New position Current position
Kazufumi Moriuchi Senior Managing Director General Manager of Facilities Division Managing Director General Manager of 1st Facilities Division
Toshiaki Deguchi Managing Director General Manager of Reseach and Development Division Director General Manager of Reseach and Development Division
Mitsuru Ogawa Managing Director General Manager of Administrative Division Director General Manager of Administrative Division
Tetsuo Saeki Managing Director General Manager of Corporate Planning Division Director General Manager of Global Business Group, 1st Facilities Division