Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors : Ultrapure water supply, Water Treatment Facilities & Chemicals : The Kurita Group

2014

April 30, 2014

Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that a meeting of its Board of Directors on April 30, 2014 resolved to make the following changes in representative director and other directors. These changes are expected to be formalized at the 78th annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 27, 2014, and the subsequent Board meeting.

1. Changes involving representative directors

(1) Personnel changes

Name	New position	Current position
Kaoru Kajii	Executive Managing Director General Manager of Facilities Division and Executive Officer overseeing China and General Manager of Global Business Group, Facilities Division	Managing Director General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division
Tetsuo Saeki	Advisor	Executive Senior Managing Director General Manager of Administrative Division

(2) Scheduled date of appointment

June 27, 2014

(3) Incoming representative director’s career summary

See the Supplementary Materials

2. Changes involving other directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2014)

(1) Candidates for directors

Name	New position	Current position
Toshitaka Kodama	Director General Manager of Domestic Sales Group I and General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division	Executive Officer General Manager of Global Business Group, Facilities Division
Yoshio Yamada	Director General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division and General Manager of Osaka Office	Executive Officer General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division and General Manager of Osaka Office
Michiya Kadota	Director General Manager of Administrative Division and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division	Executive Officer General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division

*See the Supplementary Materials for career summaries of candidates for directors.

(2) Changes in responsibilities of directors

Name	New position	Current position
Takahito Namura	Director General Manager of Research and Development Division	Director General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals Division

(3) Retirement of directors

Name	Position after retirement	Current position
Motoyuki Yoda	President and Representative Director of Kurita Analysis Service Co. Ltd.	Director General Manager of Domestic Sales Group I, Facilities Division

Supplementary Materials

Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director

Name/ Date of Birth	Career Summary	Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares)
Kaoru Kajii July 29, 1951	March 1974　Graduated from Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Niigata University April 1974　Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd. June 2005　Director General Manager of Operations Control & Procurement Division April 2006　Director General Manager of Facilities Group, 1st Facilities Division April 2009　Director General Manager of Facilities Production Division June 2009　Managing Director General Manager of Facilities Production Division June 2011　Managing Director General Manager of Research and Development Division June 2013　Managing Director General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division (Incumbent) June 2014　Executive Managing Director General Manager of Facilities Division and Executive Officer overseeing China and General Manager of Global Business Group, Facilities Division (Planned)	264

Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors

Name/ Date of Birth	Career Summary	Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares)
Toshitaka Kodama February 3, 1955	March 1977　Graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology April 1977　Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd. April 2000　General Manager of Environmental Sales Department I, Environmental Water Treatment Division April 2011　Executive Officer General Manager of Water Treatment Facilities Group, Facilities Division April 2012　Executive Officer Assistant to General Manager of Facilities Division and Executive Officer overseeing China June 2013　Executive Officer General Manager of Global Business Group, Facilities Division (Incumbent) June 2014　Director General Manager of Domestic Sales Group I and General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division (Planned)	25

Name/ Date of Birth	Career Summary	Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares)
Yoshio Yamada June 18, 1958	March 1982　Graduated from Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Shinshu University April 1982　Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd. April 2004　General Manager of Paper and Pulp Project, 1st Chemicals Group, Chemicals and Maintenance Service Division June 2011　Executive Officer General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department, Chemicals Division June 2013　Executive Officer General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division and General Manager of Osaka Office (Incumbent) June 2014　Director General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division and General Manager of Osaka Office (Planned)	35

Name/ Date of Birth	Career Summary	Number of shares held (unit: 100 shares)
Michiya Kadota February 16, 1959	March 1983　Graduated from Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature, Kyoto University April 1983　Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd. April 2006　General Manager of Business Process Reengineering Department, Corporate Planning Division June 2013　Executive Officer General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division (Incumbent) June 2014　Director General Manager of Administrative Division and General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division (Planned)	11

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