Press Release

Notice Regarding Change of Directors and Executive Officers
February 13, 2023
Listed exchanges: Prime Market

Listed company name: Earth Corporation

Code: 4985

URL

: https://corp.earth.jp/en/index.html

Representative Director: Katsunori Kawabata, Representative Director, President & CEO

Contact: Tsuyoshi Mitsuzuka ,Senior Executive Officer
Director General
Group Management Headquarters

Tel: +81-3-5207-7458

Earth Corporation (the “Company”) announces that its Board of Directors has resolved at a meeting held onFebruary 13, 2023, a resolution was passed to appoint the following officers. The changes in directors will
be submitted to the 99th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on March 24, 2023, and will
be formally decided by resolution at the meeting.
1. Change of Directors ( As of March 24, 2023 )[Director candidates]
Name
Tatsuya Otsuka

Appointment

Current title

Type
Reappointment

Chairman of the Board
Representative Director, President & CEO of the Company, Earth

Katsunori Kawabata

Reappointment

Group CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors of each groupcompany

Yoshiyuki Furuya

Reappointment

Board Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer, Executive
Assistant to the President*

Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Genral Manager of
Yoshinori Kawamura

Reappointment

Overseas Management Department, in charge of overseas*

business of the Company
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Director General of

Hisaaki Karataki

Reappointment

Takeshi Shakata

Reappointment

Hideyuki Tamura

Reappointment

Outside Board Director

Harold George Meij

Reappointment

Outside Board Director

Naoko Mikami

Reappointment

Outside Board Director

Administration Headquarters of the Company
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Director General of
Sales Headquarters of the Company(Note1) The candidates marked with an asterisk (*) will concurrently serve as Executive Officers.

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(Note2) Mr. Hideyuki Tamura, Mr. Harold George Meij, Ms. Naoko Mikami meet the requirements for outside
directors as stipulated in Article 2, Item 15 of the Companies Act. They also meet the criteria for
independence set forth by the Company and have been designated as independent directors.

[Directors after the change]
Promotion/NameNew

New appointment(tentative)

Appointment
Tatsuya Otsuka

Chairman of the Board
Representative Director, President & CEO of the Company, Earth

Katsunori KawabataGroup CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors of each groupcompany
Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, Assistant to theYoshiyuki Furuya

President, in charge of general management

Yoshinori Kawamura

Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Overseas
Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge ofHisaaki Karataki

Administration Division,
Director General of Administration Headquarters of the Company
Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Sales andTakeshi Shakata

Marketing Department, Director General of Sales Headquarters of theCompany

Hideyuki Tamura

Outside Board Director

Harold George Meij

Outside Board Director

Naoko Mikami

Outside Board Director(Note3) The new position will be formally decided at the Board of Directors meeting following the 99th Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders.

2. Changes in Auditors ( As of March 24, 2023)[Directors after the change]
Name

Appointment

Current title

TypeYasuhiko Murayama

Reappointment

AuditorYukako Ikukawa

Reappointment

Outside Auditor(Note4) Ms. Yukako Ikukawa satisfies the requirements for an outside corporate auditor as stipulated in Article 2,
Item 16 and Article 335, Paragraph 3 of the Companies Act. In addition, she meets the criteria forindependence set forth by the Company and is designated as an independent director.

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[Directors after the change]
Promotion/NameNew

Current title

Appointment
Yasuhiko Murayama

AuditorShoji Kono

Outside Auditor

Yukako Ikukawa

Outside Auditor

3. Executive Officer Appointment ( As of March 24, 2023)-

Most Senior Executive Officer

The scope of responsibility of directors shall cover the entire business of the Company, and apersonnel structure shall be established to clarify the scope of responsibility of each director, andeach director other than the Chairman and President shall be positioned as the highest-ranking
executive officer and be called the most senior executive officer.
-Executive Officer (Senior Managing Executive Officer / Managing Executive Officer)
The purpose of this position is to make them take on a higher level of responsibility than senior
executive officers and executive officers, and they shall be positioned as officers in the Articles ofIncorporation and, like directors, shall be in a position to execute business operations under acontract of delegation.
Promotion/NameNew

New appointment

Current titleAppointment
YoshiyukiFuruya

Most Senior Executive Officer, Assistant
Promotion

to the President, in charge of generalmanagement

Senior Managing Executive Officer,
Executive Assistant to the PresidentManaging Executive Officer, Genral

Yoshinori
Kawamura

Promotion

Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge

Manager of Overseas Managementof Overseas

Department, in charge of overseas
business of the Company

Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge
HisaakiKarataki

Promotionof Administration Division,
DirectorGeneralofAdministration

Headquarters of the Company
Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge
TakeshiShakata

Promotionof Sales and Marketing Department,
Director General of Sales Headquartersof the CompanyTakayuki
Nagamatsu

Promotion

Managing Executive Officer, Director
General of Administration Headquartersof the Company
Managing Executive Officer, Director
General of Sales Headquarters of theCompany

Managing Executive Officer, Director

Senior Executive Officer, Director

General of Research & Development

General of Research & Development

Headquarters

Headquarters

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Promotion/NameNew

New appointment

Current title

Appointment
Managing Executive Officer, in Charge

Senior Executive Officer, Director ofof Cross-Company Strategy,

overall product and marketing strategy

President's Special Assignment& Director of Special Mission Strategy

Managing Executive Officer, Director

Senior Executive Officer, DirectorGeneral of Digital Business Strategy

General of Digital Business Strategy

Headquarters

Headquarters

Senior Executive Officer, General

Senior Executive Officer, General

Managr of Global Procurement

Managr of Global Procurement Control

Management Dept.

Dept.

Hiroyuki

Senior Executive Officer, Director

Senior Executive Officer, General

Kubo

General of Production Control Dept.

Manager of Production Control Dept.

Senior Executive Officer,

Executive Officer,

Director General of Global

Director General of Global

Management Headquarters

Management Headquarters& President of Earth (Thailand) Co.,

& President of Earth (Thailand) Co.,

Ltd.

Ltd.

& Director of EARTH HOMECARE& Director of EARTH HOMECAREPRODUCTS（PHILIPPINES）,INC.

PRODUCTS（PHILIPPINES）,INC.

Senior Executive Officer, Associate

Executive Officer, Associate Director of

Director of Sales Headquarters &Sales Headquarters & Director of Sales

Director of Sales Education

Education

Hiroshi
KijimaToshitaka
Ochi

Promotion

Promotion

TakumiAdachi

KentaroSato

Hiroyuki
Taniguchi
MikakoKawaguchi
HideshiFujimoto
Koji
Kitamura

Promotion

Promotion

New
Appointment

Executive Officer, in charge of ProductStrategy with the President
Executive Officer, General Budget
Management with President, & Outside
Director, Earth Pet Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer, General Manager ofGroup Supply Chain Management
Dept.
Executive Officer, in charge of All-China

Masaharu

Strategy, General Manager of China &WadaChairman, Earth Corporation(Shanghai)

Koichi
Yasuhara

General Manager, ResearchLaboratories, Research & Development
Headquarters
Executive Officer, General Budget
Management with President
Executive Officer, General Manager ofGroup Supply Chain Control Dept.
Executive Officer, Executive Officer,
President and chief executive officer ofEarth Corporation Vietnam, General
Manager of China & Chairman, EarthCorporation (Shanghai)
Senior Executive Officer, Controller for-Production Division Group Synergy
Senior Executive Officer, General

Isao Utsumi-Manager of Products QualityAssurance Dept.

(Note5) Mr. Koichi Yasuhara is scheduled to be appointed as an advisor after retiring from the position of Senior

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Executive Officer.
[Executive Officer Structure after the Change]
Name

New appointment(tentative)

Yoshiyuki

Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, Assistant to the President, in charge of general

Furuyamanagement

Yoshinori
Kawamura

Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Overseas

Hisaaki

Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Administration Division,Karataki

Director General of Administration Headquarters of the Company

Takeshi

Board Director & Most Senior Executive Officer, in charge of Sales and Marketing Department,

Shakata

Director General of Sales Headquarters of the Company

TakayukiNagamatsu

Managing Executive Officer, Director General of Research & Development Headquarters

HiroshiManaging Executive Officer, in Charge of Cross-Company Strategy, President's Special

KijimaAssignment

Toshitaka
Ochi
Tsuyoshi
Mitsuzuka

Managing Executive Officer, Director General of Digital Business Strategy Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer, Director General of Group Management Headquarters

Hiroyuki

Senior Executive Officer, Associate Director of Administration Headquarters & General Managr ofMatsushita

General Affairs Dept.

Norio

Senior Executive Officer, Associate Director of Administration Headquarters & General Managr ofHoriyama

Human Resources Management Dept.

TakumiAdachiHiroyuki
Kubo
KentaroSatoHiroyuki
Taniguchi

Senior Executive Officer, General Managr of Global Procurement Management Dept.
Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Production Control Dept.
Senior Executive Officer,
Director General of Global Management Headquarters & President of Earth (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
& Director of EARTH HOMECARE PRODUCTS（PHILIPPINES）,INC.
Senior Executive Officer, Associate Director of Sales Headquarters & Director of Sales Education

HideshiExecutive Officer, General Budget Management with President, & Outside Director, Earth Pet Co.,

Fujimoto

Ltd.

Isao Goji

Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Group ManagementHeadquarters

Yasunori

Executive Officer, General Manager of Group Business Management Dept., Group Management

SakamotoHeadquarters

YoshiakiExecutive Officer, General Manager of Group Business Development Dept., Group Management

SakuraiHeadquarters & Chief Manager of MA-T Business Center

Akira Kaji

Executive Officer, General Manager of Information System Dept., Administration Headquarters

Jun

Executive Officer, General Manager of CSR & Sustainability Promotion Dept., GroupHiramatsuManagement Headquarters5/6

NameKoji
Kitamura

New appointment(tentative)
Executive Officer, General Manager of Group Supply Chain Management Dept.

Masaharu

Executive Officer, in charge of All-China Strategy, General Manager of China & Chairman, EarthWada

Corporation (Shanghai)

Tomokazu
Nohso
Akira
YamauchiShotaroOkada
Shin Mukai
Daisuke Oda
MikakoKawaguchi

Executive Officer, General Manager of BARTH Business Department
Executive Officer, General Manager of Customer Service Dept.
Executive Officer, Managing Director of EARTH HOME PRODUCTS（MALAYSIA）SDN.BHD.
Executive Officer, General Manager of New Channel Dept. & Business Promotion Dept.
Executive Officer, Director General of Marketing General Planning Headquarters & General
Manager of Brand Marketing Dept.
Executive Officer, in charge of Product Strategy with the President- END -

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