April 27, 2023
For Immediate Release
Company Name
Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Representative
Hirohiko Ejiri, President(Securities code: 6370, Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market)
Contact
Makoto Touryuudani
General Manager of General Affairs
and Risk Management Department（TEL+81-3-6743-5068 )Announcement of Changes in Directors
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (hereinafter "Kurita") plans to transition to "Company with a Nominating Committee, etc.,"
subject to approval at the 87th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 29, 2023, as described in“Notice of Transition to a Company with a Nominating Committee, etc.” released on March 29, 2023.
Accordingly, Kurita announces that a meeting of the Board of Directors held today resolved to submit a proposal on thecandidates for Director to the General Meeting of Shareholders and submit a proposal on the candidates for executive officer
to the Board of Directors meeting to be held after the General Meeting of Shareholders. The details are as follows.
1．Candidates for Director (The proposal is planned to be submitted to the General Meeting of Shareholders)
NameMichiya Kadota

Hirohiko Ejiri

Shuji Shirode

Yukihiko Mutou

New Position
Director and Chairman
Director
President and Representative Executive
OfficerDirector
Managing Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Corporate
Control and Administration Division

Current Position
Chairman and Representative Director

President and Representative Director
Director
Executive General Manager of Corporate
Control and Administration Division

Director

Full-time member of the Audit &Supervisory Board

External Director

Full-time member of the Audit &Supervisory Board (External)

Keiko Tanaka※

External Director

External Director

Masahiro Miyazaki※

External Director

External Director

External Director―（New appointment）

Kenjiro Kobayashi※（New appointment）Yoshiko Takayama※（New appointment）

※Mr. 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.
Note: See the Supplementary Material for career summaries of new candidates for directors.
2．Retiring directors and member of the Audit & Supervisory Board（Scheduled date of retirement：
June 29, 2023）
Name
New Position
Current Position

Yasuo Suzuki

Senior Managing Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Regional
Management Division and Chief
Business Officer for General IndustriesManaging Director
Executive General Manager of Regional
Management Division and Chief
Business Officer for General Industries

Katsuya Amano

Executive Officer
Executive General Manager ofElectronics Industry Division and Chief
Business Officer for Electronics Industry

Director
Executive General Manager ofElectronics Industry Division and Chief
Business Officer for Electronics Industry

Yoshio Yamada―

Director
Assistant to President

Kenichiro Kamai―

External Director

Ryoko Sugiyama―

External Director

Kenjiro Kobayashi

External Director

Full-time member of the Audit &Supervisory Board (External)

Yukihiko Mutou

Director

Full-time member of the Audit &Supervisory Board

Toshiaki Tada―

Member of the Audit & Supervisory
Board（External）

3．Candidates for executive officer (The proposal is planned to be submitted to the Board of Directors meetingto be held after the conclusion of the General Meeting of Shareholders)
Name
New Position
Current Position
Hirohiko Ejiri

Director
President and Representative Executive President and Representative Director
Officer

Yasuo Suzuki

Senior Managing Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Regional
Management Division and Chief
Business Officer for General Industries

Shuji ShirodeDirectorDirector
Managing Executive Officer
Executive General Manager of Corporate
Executive General Manager of CorporateControl and Administration Division
Control and Administration Division

Director
Executive General Manager of Regional
Management Division and Chief
Business Officer for General Industries

Katsuya Amano

Kunihiro Kuse
Jordi VERDÉS
PrietoDirector
Executive General Manager ofElectronics Industry Division and Chief
Business Officer for Electronics Industry

Executive Officer

Executive Officer
Executive General Manager ofEngineering Division
Executive Officer
Head of EMEA & Americas Region
Regional Management Division

Executive Officer
Executive General Manager ofEngineering Division
Head of EMEA & Americas Region
Regional Management Division

4．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
MemberKenjiro Kobayashi

External Director

MemberMasahiro Miyazaki

External Director

MemberMichiya Kadota

Director and Chairman

Hirohiko Ejiri

Director
President and Representative Executive Officer

Member(2) Compensation Committee
Chairperson
Masahiro Miyazaki
MemberKeiko Tanaka

External Director
External Director

MemberYoshiko Takayama

External Director

MemberMichiya Kadota

Director and Chairman

Hirohiko Ejiri

Director
President and Representative Executive OfficerMember(3) Audit Committee
Chairperson

Kenjiro Kobayashi

MemberYoshiko Takayama

External Director
External Director

MemberYukihiko Mutou

Director

<Supplementary Material>
Career Summary of New Candidates for directors.
Name / Date of Birth

Career Summary

Number ofshares held*Oct. 1991
Jun. 2005
Apr. 2012

Yukihiko Mutou

Apr. 2014

June 19, 1959

Apr. 2016
Apr. 2018

63 years old

Jun. 2018
Apr. 2019
Jun. 2019

Name / Date of Birth

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Dept.,
Administrative Division
General Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations
Dept., Administrative Division
General Manager of General Affairs Dept.,
Administrative Division
Executive Officer of the Company
Executive General Manager of Group AdministrativeDivision
Director of the Company
Deputy Executive General Manager of Corporate
Planning and Control Division
Full-time member of the Audit & Supervisory Board(Current position)

Career Summary

9,500

Number ofshares held*

Apr. 1977
Apr. 2002
Jul. 2004

Kenjiro Kobayashi
October 1, 1953

Jun. 2006

Apr. 2007

69 years old
Apr. 2008
Nov. 2010
May 2013
Jun. 2016

Joined Japan Development Bank (currentDevelopment Bank of Japan Inc.)
General Manager of the New Business Division ofDevelopment Bank of Japan Inc.
Managing Director of CITIC Provident Management
Ltd.
Executive Officer and General Manager of Corporate
Strategy Planning Office of Johnson Diversey(current CxS Corporation)
General Manager of Corporate Strategy Planning
Division of Johnson Diversey
General Manager in charge of the Co-Creation
Business Promotion Project of City of Yokohama
Representative Director and Executive Vice Presidentof Japan Industrial Solutions Co., Ltd.
Director of Japan Industrial Solutions Co., Ltd.
Full-time member of the Audit & Supervisory Boardof Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Current position)

4,600

Name / Date of BirthCareer Summary

Number ofshares held*Apr. 1980
Dec. 1990

Dec. 1998
Dec. 1998
Jun. 2001
Mar. 2003
Jun. 2010
Oct. 2010

Yoshiko Takayama
August 9, 1956

Jun. 2015
Sep. 2015

66 years oldOct. 2015
Jan. 2022

Sep. 2022

Apr. 2023
Apr. 2023

Joined Bank of America N.A.
Vice President, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Toyo Branch
Senior manager, Thomson Financial Investor
RelationsAsia-Pacific Regional Director, Thomson Financial
Investor Relations
Managing Director, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd.
Managing Director/Board Member, J-Eurus IR Co.,
LtdDirector, International Corporate GovernanceNetworkDirector, Japan Corporate Governance Network(Current position)
Outside Director, AUTOBACS SEVEN Co., Ltd.
(Current position)
Member of the Council of Experts Concerning theFollow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s
Corporate Governance Code, Financial Services
Agency and Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc.(Currentposition)
Representative Directors, Japan Board Review Co.,
Ltd.
Memberrepresenting
Japan,
International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) Project
Committee (PC) 337, Guidelines for the promotion
and implementation of gender equality, Cabinet Officeand Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(Current position)
Member of the “Committee for Studying ScoringCriteria for Selecting Enterprises as NadeshikoBrands” operated by the Ministry of Economy, Tradeand Industry and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, FY2022
Vice Chairperson, J-Eurus IR Co., Ltd. (Currentposition)
Director, Japan Board Review Co., Ltd. (Currentposition)*The number of shares held is as of March 31, 2023. They include shares held under the Shareholding
Scheme for the purchase of the Company shares.

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