May 6, 2016
For Immediate Release
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Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Michiya Kadota, President & CEO
6370, First Section of TSE
Hiroaki Mori,
General Manager of Corporate
Planning Department,
Corporate Planning Division+81-3-6743-5336 )Announcement of the Introduction of a Performance-linked Stock Compensation Plan for Directors
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (“the Company”) announces that a meeting of its Board of Directors on April 28, 2016
resolved to introduce a new performance-linked stock compensation plan (“the Plan”) utilizing a trust service forthe Company’s Directors (excluding Outside Directors), and to submit a proposal for the introduction of the Plan
to the 80th annual meeting of shareholders scheduled on June 29, 2016 (“the General Meeting of Shareholders”).
Details are as follows.

1. Purpose of Introduction of the Plan
(1) The Company currently pays compensation to Directors according to their assigned roles and contribution
under an “annual wage system.” The Company has now decided to introduce a performance-linked stockcompensation plan for Directors to increase motivation to work toward the Group’s continued medium- tolong-term growth as well as to contribute to increasing the value of the Company.
(2) The Plan would not only motivate the Directors to strive harder to accomplish their performance goals butalso help them share the benefits and risks of stock price fluctuations with the Shareholders because stock
price movements will impact the actual amount of remuneration to be received by the Directors under thePlan.
(3) Regarding the amount and details of Directors’ compensation under the Plan, the Company proposes paying
stock compensation to Directors that is separate from the maximum limit amount of Directors’ compensation(a maximum of 800 million yen annually; not including salary for employee who concurrently serve asDirector) approved at the 72nd annual meeting of shareholders held on June 27, 2008, and introduction ofthe Plan is subject to approval at the General Meeting of Shareholders.
2. Amount and Details of Compensation under the Plan
(1) Outline of the Plan
The Plan is a performance-linked compensation plan whereby the Company will grant points to Directors
according to their position and performance and, at the time of their retirement, will distribute to them such
number of shares of stock of the Company as would be equivalent to the cumulative number of points grantedto them.
In introducing the Plan, the Company will adopt a structure of a Stock Distribution Trust for Officers(hereinafter referred to as the “Trust”) that will be created with money the Company contributes.
(2) Persons eligible for the Plan
Directors (excluding Outside Directors; the same shall apply hereinafter.)(Note) Outside Directors are not eligible for the Plan, which is closely linked to business performance, on thegrounds that the role they should play is to exercise supervision of the Company’s management from anobjective perspective that is independent of business execution.

(3) Performance-linked benchmark
The Company will use net income attributable to owners of parent as the performance-linked benchmark,which will be linked to the number of points to be granted. Net income attributable to owners of parent is thefinal income earned through business activities in a given fiscal year and is directly linked to enhancement of
the Company’s value over the period. As such, the Company finds consolidated net income suitable as abenchmark for determining compensation of Directors, each of whom bears a responsibility for theenhancement of the enterprise value of the Group as a whole and the maximization of shareholder profits.
(4) Method of calculating points to be granted to each Director
The number of points granted to each Director will be the number calculated by dividing the amount set
according to the each Director’s position in the Officers’ Compensation Regulations and the consolidated net
income of the given fiscal year by the acquisition price of the Company stock by the Trust, taking one point torepresent one share of the Company’s stock;provided, however, that the aggregate number of points to begranted by the Company to Directors shall be up to a limit of eighty thousand (80,000) points for each fiscalyear.
(5) Timing for distributing shares, etc.
The timing for distributing shares of common stock of the Company, etc. to the Directors will be when they
retire from their office.
(6) Upper limit on the amount of Trust Money to be contributed to the Trust as a source of funds withwhich to acquire shares
During the period of the Trust (five years), the Company will create the Trust for the Directors fulfilling certain
specific requirements as Beneficiaries by contributing cash of up to a limit of eight hundred million yen(¥800,000,000) as funds for acquiring shares of common stock of the Company that need to be distributed toDirectors under the Plan. The Trust will use the money left in trust by the Company as the source of funds toacquire shares of common stock of the Company through the stock market.
Each time the period of the Trust expires, the period of the Trust may be extended on a case-by-case basiswith the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company to the fixed period not exceeding three years, inwhich case, the Company will contribute money of up to a limit of the amount obtained by multiplying thenumber of years of the extension of the trust period by one hundred and sixty million yen (¥160,000,000) to theTrust as funds for acquiring additional shares of common stock of the Company that would need to be
distributed to Directors under the Plan. The Company will continue to grant the points set forth in (4) above
and distribute shares of its common stock as prescribed in (7) below within the extended period of the Trust;provided, however, that where the Company does not continue to grant the points due to discontinuation of thePlan, etc., if, at the time of expiration of the period of the Trust, there is any Director who is granted points but
is not yet retired, the Company may extend the period of the Trust until such time as he/she is retired anddistribution of shares of common stock of the Company is completed.
(7) Distribution of shares of common stock of the Company to each Director
The number of shares of common stock of the Company to be distributed to each Director will be the numberof points granted to him/her; provided, however, that if any share split, reverse share split or any other eventfor which it would be considered reasonable to adjust the number of shares occurs with respect to the sharesof common stock of the Company, then the Company will make reasonable adjustments depending on theratio of such stock split or reverse stock split, etc.
Shares of common stock of the Company will be distributed from the Trust to each Director after he/she
performs the established beneficiary determination procedures at the time of his/her retirement; provided,
however, that a certain specific portion of such shares will be sold and converted into money within the Trust,and will be distributed in cash instead of the shares. If the shares of common stock of the Company left within
the Trust are converted into money such as when a tender offer is accepted and settled with respect to suchshares, the Company may make a distribution in money instead of the shares.

(8) Outline of the Trust(i) Name: Stock Distribution Trust for Officers(ii) Settlor: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
(iii) Trustee: Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited (proposed)(iv) Beneficiaries: Directors of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. meeting beneficiary requirements(v) Trust Administrator: The Company selects a third party who does not have any stake in the Company(proposed)(vi) Type of trust: Trust of money other than money trust (third-party-benefit trust)(vii) Conclusion date for the Trust Agreement: August 2016 (proposed)(viii) Date of money entrustment: August 2016 (proposed)(ix) Trust period: August 2016 (proposed) to August 2021 (proposed)
A. Structure of the Scheme[Settlor](2) Creation of trust (third-party-benefit trust) (money trust)

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

Stock market(3) Purchase price(3) Purchase of shares[Trustee]

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited(5) Grantingof points(1) Establishment ofstock distribution
regulations

Shares of common
stock of the Company

Money(4) Instruction not toexercise voting rights(6) Sale of shares(6) Sale proceeds(6) Shares or money

Trust Administrator[Beneficiaries](Note) Dotted lines denote the movements of shares.

Directors(1) The Board of Directors of the Company will establish Stock Distribution Regulations intended for its
Directors.
(2) The Company will create a stock distribution trust (third-party-benefit trust) for Directors as Beneficiaries.
When doing so, the Company will entrust the amount of money (limited to an amount within the purview
approved by the Shareholders’ Meeting) equivalent to that for the fund for acquiring shares to the Trustee.
(3) The Trustee will acquire, in one lump, a sufficient enough number of shares of common stock of theCompany that are expected to be distributed in future.
(4) Throughout the period of the Trust, the Company will appoint a Trust Administrator (to be limited to be aparty independent of the Company and its Directors and Corporate Auditors) who is responsible forprotecting the interests of the Beneficiaries who are covered by the Stock Distribution Regulations andsupervising the Trustee. Throughout the period of the Trust, the Trust Administrator will give instructions notto exercise any voting rights associated with the shares of common stock of the Company kept within theTrust.
(5) Pursuant to the Stock Distribution Regulations, the Company will grant points to Directors.
(6) The Directors fulfilling requirements prescribed in the Stock Distribution Regulation and the Trust
Agreement will receive, as Beneficiaries of the Trust, a distribution of shares of common stock of theCompany equivalent to the cumulative number of points from the Trustee. In certain specific cases set forthin advance in the Stock Distribution Regulations and the Trust Agreement, the Company will sell part of thedistributable shares kept within the Trust in the stock market and distribute money.

B. Creation of the Trust
The Company will create the Trust by contributing the funds necessary for the Trust to acquire, in advancefor a certain specific period of time, such number of shares of common stock of the Company as isreasonably expected to be required for distribution pursuant to (7) above. As discussed in Item D below, theTrust will acquire shares of common stock of the Company by applying the funds contributed by theCompany as a source of its funds.
C. Period of the Trust
The period of the Trust will be five years, starting in August 2016 (scheduled) and ending in August 2021.
As stated in (6) above, this period of the Trust may be extended.
D. Method of Acquisition by the Trust of Shares of Common Stock of the Company
The Company plans to have the Trust initially acquire shares of its common stock through the stock market
within the upper limit of the funds for acquiring shares of common stock of the Company as stipulated in (6)above, but will resolve at the Board of Directors meeting and disclose further details of the acquisition
method after obtaining approval at the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders.
If, during the period of the Trust, due to an increase in the number of Directors or any other cause, thepossibility that the number of shares of common stock of the Company kept within the Trust becomes shortof that corresponding to the number of points to be granted to the Directors during the period of the Trustarises, the Company may have the Trust acquire additional shares by leaving additional money in trust
within the scope of the upper limit on the Trust Money approved by the General Meeting of Shareholders as
stated in (6) above.
E. Exercise of the Voting Rights
Pursuant to the instructions of the Trust Administrator who will be independent of the Company and its
Directors and Corporate Auditors, the voting rights associated with the shares kept within the Trust will not
be exercised without exception, which will assure the neutrality of the Company’s management in relation
to exercise of the voting rights of such shares.
F. Handling of Dividends
Dividends on the shares of common stock of the Company kept within the Trust will be received by theTrust, and will be applied towards payment for acquisition of the shares of common stock of the Company,trust fees for the Trustee associated with the Trust, etc.
G. Handling of Trust Property at the Time of Termination of the Trust
Of the residual property left within the Trust at the time of termination of the Trust, pursuant to theprovisions of the Stock Distribution Regulations and the Trust Agreement, the Company plans to donate acertain amount of residual cash to specified public-service promotion corporations bearing no stake in theCompany and its Directors and Corporate Auditors.