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Please note that the following is an unofficial English translation of Japanese original text of the Notice ofConvocation of the 78th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. The
Company provides this translation for reference and convenience purposes only and without any
warranty as to its accuracy or otherwise. In the event of any discrepancy between this translation and theJapanese original, the latter shall prevail.
Securities Code: 6370

June 6, 2014

Dear Shareholders
Toshiyuki Nakai
President and Representative Director

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
10-1, Nakano 4-chome, Nakano-ku, TokyoNOTICE OF CONVOCATION OF
THE 78th ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
We hereby provide notice that the 78th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
(the “Company”) shall be held as described below and request your attendance thereat.
If you are unable to attend on the day of the meeting, you may exercise your voting rights in writing or
via the Internet. Please review the attached REFERENCE DOCUMENTS FOR THE GENERALMEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS described hereinafter, and exercise your voting rights in one of theways below.
For your exercise of voting rights in writing, please indicate your approval or disapproval for each of the
proposals listed on the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise Form and return the form to the Company.
For your exercise of voting rights via the Internet, please read carefully the Guide to Exercise Voting
Rights via the Internet on page 44 of the Japanese original, and input your vote of approval or disapproval
for each of the proposals.
In whichever way you choose, you are requested to exercise your voting rights so that your mail orInternet results reach us no later than 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, 2014.

The time and date, place and objectives of this meeting, etc., are as described on page 2.
If you intend to attend the meeting, we request that you submit the enclosed Voting Rights Exercise
Form to the reception desk at the meeting.
Any persons other than the shareholders who are entitled to exercise their voting rights (e.g., proxies
who are not shareholders and companions, etc.) are not allowed to enter the place of this meeting.
The Company participates in the Electronic Voting Platform operated by ICJ, Inc.
If there are any corrections to the REFERENCE DOCUMEMNTS FOR THE GENERAL MEETINGOF SHAREHOLDERS, the Business Report, the Consolidated Financial Statements and/or the
Non-Consolidated Financial Statements, such corrections will be posted on the Company’s Web site(http://www.kurita.co.jp/).

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1. Time and Date:

10 a.m., Friday, June 27, 2014

2. Place:

10F Auditorium
Kurita Water Industries Ltd.,
Nakano Central Park East,
10-1, Nakano 4-chome, Nakano-ku, Tokyo

3. Objectives of the Meeting:
Reports:
1. Reports on Business Report and Consolidated Financial Statements, as well as
Results of the Audits of the Consolidated Financial Statements by the Accounting
Auditor and the Audit & Supervisory Board for the 78th Fiscal Year (From April 1,
2013, to March 31, 2014)
2. Reports on Non-Consolidated Financial Statements for the 78th Fiscal Year (FromApril 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014)
Agenda:Proposal No. 1:
Proposal No. 2:
Proposal No. 3:

Appropriation of Surplus
Election of Ten (10) Directors
Election of One (1) Substitute Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board

4. Other Matters regarding the Convocation of the General Meeting of Shareholders
If your voting rights are exercised in duplicate in writing and via the Internet:
The exercise of your voting rights that reaches the Company last shall be deemed valid.
Provided, however, that in the event your Voting Rights Exercise Form and your exercise via the Internet
reach the Company on the same date, the exercise of your voting rights via the Internet shall be deemedvalid.

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REFERENCE DOCUMENTS FOR THE GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
Proposals and References
Proposal No. 1: Appropriation of Surplus
1. Fiscal Year-End Dividends
The Company’s basic policy is to pay stable dividends on an ongoing basis.
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the Company proposes to distribute the year-end dividend as
described below to meet the continued support and expectations of shareholders while taking into
consideration earnings performance.
(1) Type of Property for Dividends:
Money(2) Allotment of Property for Dividends and Total Amount Thereof:¥22 per share of the Company’s common stock for a total of ¥2,621,596,318
The Company proposes that the year-end dividend per share be ¥22 per share, an increase of ¥1
per share from a year earlier.
The Company’s annual dividend for the fiscal year under review would be ¥44 per share,including ¥22 per share distributed as an interim dividend, an increase of ¥1 per share from ayear earlier.
(3) Effective Date of the Distribution of Surplus:
June 30, 2014
2. Other Matters Regarding the Appropriation of Surplus
For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the Company proposes to break partially into the generalreserve as described below in order to eliminate negative retained earnings brought forward, whicharose from the cancellation of treasury stock, and execute the distribution of dividends stably at thesame time.
(1) Item of Decreasing Surplus and its Amount
General reserve:¥17,600,000,000(2) Item of Increasing Surplus and its Amount
Retained earnings brought forward:¥17,600,000,000

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Proposal No. 2: Election of Ten (10) Directors
The term of office of all nine (9) current Directors will expire at the conclusion of the 78th Ordinary
General Meeting of Shareholders. Accordingly, the Company proposes the election of ten (10) Directors,
increasing the number of Directors by one (1) to strengthen the management system.
The candidates for Director are as follows:
Number of the
Name
Brief Personal History, Positions and Assignments
Shares of theNo.
(Date of Birth)in the Company and Significant Positions Concurrently Held
Company Held
Apr. 1979
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Jun. 2003
General Manager of Planning Dept., Corporate
Planning DivisionJun. 2005
Director
Apr. 2006
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
Toshiyuki Nakai Jun. 2007
General Manager of Sales Group II, Facilities
29,0001(August 1, 1954)
Divisionshares[Reappointment] Jun. 2009Retired from the position of Director, Kurita Water
Industries Ltd.
President and Representative Director, Kurita
Jun. 2009Engineering Co., Ltd.
President and Representative Director (Current
Jun. 2011
position)
Apr. 1974
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Apr. 2003
General Manager of Engineering Dept. I,
Operations Control and Procurement DivisionJun. 2005
Director
Jun. 2005
General Manager of Operations Control andProcurement Division
Kaoru Kajii
Apr. 2006
General Manager of Production Group, 1st26,4002(July 29, 1951)
Facilities Division
shares[Reappointment] Apr. 2009
General Manager of Facilities Production DivisionJun. 2009Managing Director (Current position)
Jun. 2011
General Manager of Research and Development
Division
Jun. 2013
General Manager of Facilities Division andGeneral Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply
Group, Facilities Division (Current position)
Apr. 1975
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Apr. 2001
General Manager of Petroleum & Steel Industries
Promotion Dept., Chemicals I Group, Chemical
Service DivisionJun. 2005
Executive Officer
Jun. 2005
General Manager of No. 1 Chemicals I Group,
Chemicals and Maintenance Services DivisionJun. 2007
Director
Kouichi Iioka
15,900General Manager of Facilities for General Industry
3(March 5, 1953) Jun. 2009
shares[Reappointment]Group, 1st Facilities DivisionJun. 2011Retired from the position of Director, Kurita Water
Industries, Ltd.
Jun. 2011
President and Representative Director, Kuritec
Service Co., Ltd.
Jun. 2013
Managing Director (Current position)
Jun. 2013
General Manager of Chemicals Division (Current
position)4

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Apr. 1979
Jun. 2003

4

Kiyoshi Itou
Jun. 2007(March 8, 1956) Jun. 2009
[Reappointment] Jun. 2009
Jun. 2013
Jun. 2013
Apr. 1977
Apr. 2000

5

Takahito
Apr. 2009
Namura(November 27, Apr. 2009
1953)
[Reappointment] Jun. 2011
Apr. 2012
Apr. 1984
Apr. 2006

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Apr. 2009
YouichiJun. 2009
Kurokawa(July 24, 1959)[Reappointment] Jun. 2011
Jun. 2011
Jun. 2013
Apr. 1977
Apr. 2000
Apr. 20067

Toshitaka
Kodama(February 3,
1955)
[New
appointment]

Jan. 2009
Dec. 2009

Apr. 2011
Apr. 2011
Apr. 2012
Jun. 2013
Apr. 1982
Apr. 2004

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Yoshio Yamada(June 18, 1958)[New
appointment]

Apr. 2009
Jun. 2011
Jun. 2011
Jun. 2013

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations
Dept., Administrative Division
Executive Officer
Director
General Manager of Administrative Division
Managing Director (Current position)
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division(Current position)
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Sales Dept. III, Chemicals I
Group, Chemical Service Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of 3rd Group, Chemicals
Division
Director (Current position)
General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals
Division (Current position)
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Planning Dept., Corporate
Planning Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of Planning and Coordination
Dept., Chemicals Division
Director (Current position)
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
General Manager of Facilities Production Division(Current position)
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Environmental Sales Dept. I,
Environmental Water Treatment Division
General Manager of Plant Marketing Dept. III,
Plant Group, 2nd Facilities Division
President of KURITEC (SHANGHAI) CO.,LTD.
General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply
Dept., Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, 2nd
Facilities Division
Executive Officer (Current position)
General Manager of Water Treatment Facilities
Group, Facilities Division
Assistant to General Manager of Facilities Division(overseeing China)
General Manager of Global Business Group,
Facilities Division (Current position)
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Paper and Pulp Project, No. 1
Chemicals I Group, Chemicals and Maintenance
Services Division
General Manager, 3rd Group, Chemicals Division
Executive Officer (Current position)
General Manager of Planning and Coordination
Dept., Chemicals Division
General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals
Division (Current position)

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17,100shares

8,700
shares3,900
shares2,500
shares

3,500
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Apr. 1983
Apr. 2006

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10

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Business Process
Reengineering Dept., Corporate Planning Division
Michiya Kadota
Apr. 2008
General Manager of Internal Auditing Dept.
(February 16,
Apr. 2012
General Manager of Finance and Accounting
1,100
1959)
Dept., Administrative Division (Current position)
shares[New
Jun. 2013
Executive Officer (Current position)
appointment](Significant Position Concurrently Held)
President and Representative Director, Kurita Sogo Service Co.,
Ltd. (Planned)
Apr. 1965
Joined Former Mitsui O. S. K. Lines, Ltd.
(currently Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.)
Jun. 1992
General Manager of Finance DivisionJun. 1994
Director
Jun. 1994
General Manager of Accounting Division
Seiji Nakamura Jun. 1995
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
Managing Director(April 28, 1942） Jun. 1996
Senior Managing Director and Representative[Reappointment] Jun. 1998
Director
3,700[Candidate forJun. 2000
Executive Vice President and Representative
sharesan External
Director
Director]
Jul. 2003
President and Representative Director, MOL Ferry[Independent
Co., Ltd.
Officer]
Apr. 2007
Member of the Policy Board of Bank of Japan
Apr. 2012Retired from Member of the Policy Board of the
Bank of Japan
Jun. 2013
Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Current
position)
Notes Concerning the Candidate for External Director· Mr. Nakamura had been active in a domain other than the Company’s business activities, and therefore
the Company’s judgment was that he would appropriately perform the duties of an External Director bytaking advantage of his valuable expertise and experience for the Company’s corporate management.
· His term of office as an External Director of the Company will be one (1) year as of the conclusion ofthis Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders.
· The Company has entered into an agreement with Mr. Nakamura that limits liability for damages
stipulated in Paragraph 1, Article 423 of the Companies Act in accordance with the provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation thereof based on the provisions of Paragraph 1, Article 427 of the Act. The
amount stipulated in Paragraph 1, Article 425 of the Act has been set as the maximum liability fordamages based on this agreement. The Company intends to continue this agreement in case this
proposal is approved at this Meeting and Mr. Nakamura is reappointed as an External Director of theCompany.
· The Company has notified the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. of the appointment of Mr. Nakamura as an
Independent Officer as set forth under regulations thereof. If Mr. Nakamura’s reappointment as anExternal Director is approved at this Meeting, he will remain in office as an Independent Officer of theCompany.

Notes:
1. No special interest exists between the Company and any of the above ten (10) candidates for Director.
2. Michiya Kadota plans to assume the position of President and Representative Director of Kurita Sogo Service
Co., Ltd. on June 26, 2014.

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Proposal No. 3: Election of One (1) Substitute Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board
To prepare for the case where the number of Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board of the Company
lacks in the number set forth by the relevant laws and regulations, the Company proposes that Yoshihiro
Tsuji be elected as a Substitute Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board.
The Audit & Supervisory Board has given its prior consent to this Proposal.
The candidate for Substitute Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board is as follows:
Number of the
Name
Brief Personal History andShares of the(Date of Birth)
Significant Positions Concurrently Held
Company Held
Apr. 1994
Registered as an attorney
Jun. 2001
Jointly established DAIICHI-CHUO LAW
Yoshihiro Tsuji
OFFICE (Current position)(June 7, 1961)
Jun. 2006
Substitute Member of the Audit & Supervisory[Candidate for a
0 shares
Board, Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Current
Substitute External
position)
Member of the Audit &Supervisory Board](Significant Positions Concurrently Held)
Attorney, DAIICHI-CHUO LAW OFFICE
Notes Concerning the Candidate for a Substitute External Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board· The Company judged that Mr. Tsuji would appropriately perform the duties of an External Member of the
Audit & Supervisory Board by taking advantage of his expertise and wealth of knowledge about corporate
legal affairs as an attorney for the Company’s audits.
· Mr. Tsuji had not previously engaged in corporate management in ways other than acting as an external
director or an external member of the Audit & Supervisory Board. However, the Company judged that hewould appropriately perform the duties of an External Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board in the
Company’s audits because he has expertise and sufficient insight in corporate legal affairs as an attorney.
· Mr. Tsuji satisfies the requirements of an Independent Auditor as set forth under the regulations of Tokyo
Stock Exchange, Inc.
Note: No special interest exists between the Company and the above candidate for Substitute Member of the
Audit & Supervisory Board.

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