2024
April 26, 2024
Announcement Regarding the Candidates for Directors
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Head Office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo; President: Hirohiko Ejiri) announces that Nominating Committee held today resolved nomination of the candidates for directors to be proposed to the 88th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders (hereinafter "the General Meeting of Shareholders") to be held on June 27, 2024, and that a meeting of the Board of Directors held today decided the candidates of the members of the Nominating, Compensation and Audit Committees, which will be proposed at the Board of Directors meeting to be held after the General Meeting of Shareholders. The details are as follows.
1. Candidates for Directors (The proposal is planned to be submitted to the General Meeting of Shareholders)
| Name | New Position | Current Position |
|---|---|---|
| Michiya Kadota | Director and Chairman (*1) | Director and Chairman |
| Hirohiko Ejiri | Director President and Representative Executive Officer |
Director President and Representative Executive Officer |
| Shuji Shirode | Director Managing Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
Director Managing Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Corporate Control and Administration Division Chief Financial Officer (CFO) |
| Yukihiko Mutou | Director | Director |
| Kenjiro Kobayashi (*2) |
External Director | External Director |
| Keiko Tanaka (*2) |
External Director | External Director |
| Masahiro Miyazaki (*2) |
External Director | External Director |
| Yoshiko Takayama (*2) |
External Director | External Director |
- *1To be elected as the Chairman of the Board at the Board of Directors meeting after the General Meeting of Shareholders, subject to the approval for election at the General Meeting of Shareholders.
- *2Mr. Kenjiro Kobayashi, Ms. Keiko Tanaka, Mr. Masahiro Miyazaki and Ms. Yoshiko Takayama are candidates for external directors and will be registered as an independent director.
2. Candidates for Members of Each Committee (The proposal is planned to be submitted to the Board of Directors meeting to be held after the conclusion of the General Meeting of Shareholders)
（１）Nominating Committee
| Chairperson | Keiko Tanaka | External Director |
| Member | Kenjiro Kobayashi | External Director |
| Member | Masahiro Miyazaki | External Director |
| Member | Michiya Kadota | Director and Chairman |
| Member | Hirohiko Ejiri | Director, President and Representative Executive Officer |
（2）Compensation Committee
| Chairperson | Masahiro Miyazaki | External Director |
| Member | Keiko Tanaka | External Director |
| Member | Yoshiko Takayama | External Director |
| Member | Michiya Kadota | Director and Chairman |
| Member | Hirohiko Ejiri | Director, President and Representative Executive Officer |
（3）Audit Committee
| Chairperson | Kenjiro Kobayashi | External Director |
| Member | Yoshiko Takayama | External Director |
| Member | Yukihiko Mutou | Director |