May 17, 2018
Company name Nitta Gelatin Inc.
Representative Koichi Ogata,
Representative Director and President(Stock code: 4977; First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact
Toru Tamaoka,
Director and Executive Officer
Responsible for Administration Department
Phone Number +81-72-949-5381

Notice Regarding Change in Organization and Executive Officers
Nitta Gelatin Inc. hereby announces that at a Board of Directors’ meeting held on May 17, 2018, theCompany passed a resolution regarding various changes in its organization and executive officers,
with details as follows.
The appointment of members of the Board of Directors will be decided formally following theapproval of the Ordinary General Shareholders’ Meeting to be held on June 27, 2018.

1. Change in Organization (effective June 27, 2018)(1) To simplify the Head Office organization and centralize its administrative functions, theAdministration Department, Finance Department, Plant Management Center, and Systems
Solution Department will be consolidated under a newly established General Management
Division.
(2) To strengthen corporate planning functions and reorganize the adhesives business following acompany split, the Corporate Planning Department and adhesives business’ sales andmanufacturing divisions will be consolidated under a newly established Corporate Planning
Division.

2. Change in Personnel (effective June 27, 2018)[Candidate for newly appointed director]
Name
New position
Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of ManufacturingDiv.
Hidenori Takemiya General Manager of Global Production
Management Dept., Manufacturing
Div.

Norifumi Nagaoka

Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of General
Management Div.
Responsible for Collagen Casings
Promotion Dept.

Yoichiro Sakuma

Outside Director
1

Former position
Executive Officer
General Manager of Global Production
Management Dept., Manufacturing Div.
Executive Officer
General Manager of Collagen Casings
Promotion Dept., Manufacturing Div.
and Senior Vice President, Nitta CasingsInc.

[Director scheduled to resign]
NameNew position

Former position

Norimichi Soga

Director and Chairman, ExecutiveOfficer

Toru Tamaoka

Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of Adhesives Div.
Responsible for Administration Dept.,
Plant Management Center, Quality
Assurance Dept., and System Solutions
Dept.

Raymond Merz

Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of Manufacturing Div.

Mayumi Ishihara

Outside Director[Change in management]
Name

Koichi Ogata

Hiroshi Nitta

New position
Representative Director and President
Responsible for Corporate PlanningDiv.

Former position
Representative Director and President
General Manager of Corporate Planning
Dept. and Finance Dept.

Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of Research andDevelopment Center
Responsible for Quality Assurance
Dept.

Director and Executive Officer
General Manager of Research andDevelopment Center

3. Change in Appointment of Executive Officers (effective June 27, 2018)[Newly appointed executive officers]Name
New position
Executive Officer
General Manager of Administration
Yasuyuki Sanda
Dept., General Management Div.

Arifumi Hirata[Change in management]
Name
Takeo Yamaki

Former position
General Manager of Administration Div

Executive Officer
General Manager of Corporate
Planning Div.

Manager of Corporate Planning Dept.

New position
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager of Collagen Casings
Promotion Dept. and Senior Vice
President, Nitta Casings Inc.

Former position
Managing Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager of
Manufacturing Div. and General
Manager of Process & Product Dept.

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