Press Release

Notice Regarding Change of Directors and Board Members
February 14, 2022
Listed exchanges: Tokyo

Listed company name: Earth Corporation

Code: 4985

URL

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

Representative Director: Katsunori Kawabata, President & Representative Director

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 onFeb 14, 2022, a resolution was passed to appoint the following officers. The changes in directors will be
submitted to the 98th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on Mar 25, 2022, and will beformally decided by resolution at the meeting.
1. Change of Directors[Director candidates]
Name

Appointment

Current title

TypeTatsuya Otsuka

Reappointment

Katsunori Kawabata

Reappointment

Yoshiyuki Furuya

Reappointment

Chairman of the Board
President & Representative Director of the Company, Earth GroupCEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors of each group company
Board Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer*

Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Genral Manager ofYoshinori Kawamura

ReappointmentOverseas Management Department, in charge of overseas*

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

Reappointment

Takeshi Shakata

Reappointment

Hideyuki Tamura

Reappointment

Outside Board Director

Harold George Meij

Reappointment

Outside Board Director

Naoko Mikami

NewAppointment

Administration Headquarters of the Company
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Director General of
Sales Headquarters of the Company

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*
*

(Note1) The candidates marked with an asterisk (*) will concurrently serve as Executive Officers.
(Note2) Hideyuki Tamura, Harold George Meij 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 andhave been designated as independent directors. Naoko Mikami likewise satisfies the requirements foroutside directors and the criteria for determining independence, and will be designated as an independent
director after assuming office.

[Retiring Director]
NameShuji Kimura

Current title
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, in charge of Manufacturing andProcurement of the Company(Note3) Shuji Kimura is scheduled to be appointed as an advisor.

[Directors after the change]
Promotion/NameNew

New appointment(tentative)

Appointment
Tatsuya Otsuka

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

Katsunori Kawabata

CEO & Chairman of the Board of Directors of each group company

Yoshiyuki Furuya

Board Director & Senior Managing Executive Officer
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Genral Manager of

Yoshinori Kawamura

Overseas Management Department, in charge of overseas businessof the Company
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Director General ofHisaaki Karataki

Administration Headquarters of the Company
Board Director & Managing Executive Officer, Director General ofTakeshi Shakata

Sales Headquarters of the Company

Hideyuki Tamura

Outside Board Director

Harold George Meij

Outside Board Director

Naoko Mikami

NewAppointment

Outside Board Director(Note4) The new position will be formally decided at the Board of Directors meeting following the 98th Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders.

2/5[Biography of Candidate for New Director]
NameProfileApril 1983

Joined Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

April 2007

Visiting Professor, Musashino University

January
2010

NaokoMikami

Joined C'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd., Tochigi factory, Senior Manager

April 2010

Factory Manager of C'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd.Tochigi Plant

June 2011

Executive Officer, Production Dept. of C'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd.

June 2012

Board Director, Production Dept. of C'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd.

June 2013

Board Director and Executive Officer of C'BON COSMETICS Co.,LtdApril 2017
June 2017
June 2019

Board Director and Executive Officer, in charge of Administration Headquarters ofC'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd
Managing Board Director and Executive Officer of C'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd
Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer ofC'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd

January

Representative Director, Executive Vice President and Executive Officer, in2020

charge of Product Development Division of C'BON COSMETICS Co.,Ltd

June 2021

Senior Advisor of YA-MAN LTD. (present)

June 2021

Outside Board Director of Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd. (present)

2. Executive Officer Appointment ( As of March 25, 2022)
Promotion/NameNew

New appointment

Current title

Appointment
Hiroyuki
Kubo
Akira
YamauchiShotaroOkada

Promotion
New
Appointment
New
Appointment
New

Shin Mukai

Appointment

Senior Executive Officer, General

Executive Officer, General Manager ofManager of Production Control Dept.

Production Control Dept.

Executive Officer, General Manager ofDirector General of Marketing General

Customer Service Dept.

Planning Headquarters

Executive Officer, General Manager ofSales Strategy Dept., SalesHeadquarters
Executive Officer, General Manager of
New Channel Dept. & BusinessPromotion Dept.

NewDaisuke Oda

Appointment

General Manager of Sales Strategy
Dept., Sales Headquarters

General Manager of New Channel
Dept. & Business Promotion Dept.

Executive Officer, Director General ofAssociate Director of Marketing

Marketing General Planning

General Planning Headquarters &Headquarters & General Manager ofGeneral Manager of Brand Marketing

Brand Marketing Dept.

Dept.

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[Executive Officer Structure after the Change]
NameYoshiyuki
FuruyaNew appointment(tentative)
Senior Managing Executive Officer

YoshinoriManaging Executive Officer, Genral Manager of Overseas Management Department, in charge ofKawamura

overseas business of the Company

HisaakiKaratakiTakeshiShakata
Koichi
Yasuhara
Isao Utsumi
Tsuyoshi
Mitsuzuka
TakayukiNagamatsu

Managing Executive Officer, Director General of Administration Headquarters of the Company
Managing Executive Officer, Director General of Sales Headquarters of the Company
Senior Executive Officer, Controller for Production Division Group Synergy
Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Products Quality Assurance Dept.
Senior Executive Officer, Director General of Group Management Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer, Director General of Research & Development Headquarters

HiroshiSenior Executive Officer, Director of overall product and marketing strategy & Director of Special

KijimaMission Strategy

ToshitakaOchi
HiroyukiMatsushita

Senior Executive Officer, Director General of Digital Business Strategy Headquarters
Senior Executive Officer, Associate Director of Administration Headquarters & General Managr ofGeneral Affairs Dept.

Norio

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

Human Resources Management Dept.

TakumiAdachiHiroyuki
Kubo
HideshiFujimoto
Nobuhito
HosakaIsao Goji

Senior Executive Officer, General Managr of Global Procurement Management Dept.
Senior Executive Officer, General Manager of Production Control Dept.
Executive Officer, General Budget Management with President
Executive Officer, Director of Overseas M&A & President, Earth Home Products (Malaysia) ,Ltd. &Director, Earth Home Products (Philippines) ,Ltd.
Executive Officer, General Manager of Corporate Planning Dept., Group Management
Headquarters

Yasunori

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

Sakamoto

Headquarters

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

SakuraiHeadquarters & Chief Manager of CSR/Sustainability Promotion Office

Akira Kaji

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

Hiroyuki
Taniguchi

Executive Officer, Associate Director of Sales Headquarters & Director of Sales Education

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JunHiramatsu
Koji
Kitamura
Masaharu
WadaTomokazu
Nohso
Kentaro Sato
Akira
YamauchiShotaroOkada
Shin Mukai
Daisuke Oda

Executive Officer, General Manager of R&E Dept., Sales Headquarters
Executive Officer, General Manager of Group Supply Chain Management Dept.
Executive Officer, President and chief executive officer of Earth Corporation Vietnam
Executive Officer, General Manager of China & Chairman, Earth Corporation (Shanghai)
Executive Officer, President & Representative Director of Earth (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Executive Officer, General Manager of Customer Service Dept.
Executive Officer, General Manager of Sales Strategy Dept., Sales Headquarters
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.

(Note5) Nobuya Shiratori is scheduled to assume the position of full time Audit & Supervisory Board Member ofBATHCLIN Corporation on March 4, 2022.

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