For Immediate Release
February 29, 2016
Company Name: Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Representative: Toshiyuki Nakai, President
Securities Code: 6370, First Section of TSE
Contact: Hiroaki Mori,
General Manager of Corporate Planning Department,
Corporate Planning Division(Tel. +81-3-6743-5336)

Announcement of Changes in Representative Director and Other Directors
Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that a meeting of its Board of Directors on February 29, 2016 resolved to make thefollowing changes in representative directors and other directors. These changes will take effect on April 1, 2016. An informal decision
was also made to appoint new directors, which will take effect on June 29.
The appointment of the new directors that will take effect on June 29 is expected to be formalized at the 80th annual meeting ofshareholders scheduled for June 29, 2016, and the subsequent Board meeting.
1.Reason for Changes
The Kurita Group launched Competitive Kurita 2017 (CK-17), a 3-year medium-term management plan whichstarted in April 2015. To become a world-class, leading-edge company in water and the environment, we aremaking group-wide efforts to improve our competitiveness and solve the issues faced by our customers andsociety.
We view the beginning of the fiscal year ending March 2017, the second year of the medium -term management
plan, as an opportunity to renew our management with the aim of further accelerating measures for achieving
the plan. We will strive to make additional leaps and further develop our businesses by responding
appropriately to rapid environmental changes in Japan and the world with the flexible and agile management of
the younger generation.
2.Appointment of New President(1)Personnel changes
NameNew position
Michiya Kadota
President and Representative Director
Toshiyuki Nakai

Chairman and Director(2)Career summary of incoming president
See the Supplementary Material.
(3)Scheduled date of appointment
April 1, 2016

Current position
Director
General Manager of Administrative Division
President and Representative Director

3.Changes in representative directors (To take effect on April 1, 2016)(1) Changes in representative directors
Name
New position
Koichi Iioka
Executive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Chemicals Division
Kaoru Kajii
Director
Assistant to President(2) Career summary of incoming representative director
See the Supplementary Material.
4.Changes involving other directors(1) Promotion of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2016)
Name
New position
Takahito Namura Managing Director
General Manager of Research and Development
Division
Toshitaka
Managing Director
KodamaGeneral Manager of Facilities Division(2) Changes in responsibilities of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2016)
Name
New position
Kiyoshi Itou
Managing Director
General Manager of Administrative Division
Yoshio Yamada Director
General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals
Division
YouichiDirector
Kurokawa(President and Representative Director of Kuritaz
Co.,Ltd.)(3) Candidates for directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 29, 2016)
Name
New position
Ikuo Ishimaru
Director
General Manager of Global Quality Group,Facilities Division
Hirohiko Ejiri
Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division

Current position
Managing Director
General Manager of Chemicals Division
Executive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Division

Current position
Director
General Manager of Research and Development
Division
Director
General Manager of Facilities Group, Facilities
Division

Current position
Managing Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
Director
General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals
Division and General Manager of Osaka OfficeDirector
Deputy General Manager of Facilities Division

Current position

Executive Officer
General Manager of Global Quality Group,
Facilities Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals
Division*See the Supplementary Material for career summaries of candidates for directors.

(4) Retirement of directors (Scheduled date of retirement: June 29, 2016)
Name
New position
Current position
Kaoru Kajii
AdvisorExecutive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Division
YouichiPresident and Representative Director of Kuritaz Director
Kurokawa
Co.,Ltd.
Deputy General Manager of Facilities DivisionSupplementary MaterialCareer summary of incoming presidentName: Michiya Kadota
Date of Birth: February 26, 1959
Date of Joining Kurita Water Industries Ltd.: April 1, 1983
Most recent education: March 1983
Graduated from Faculty of Letters, Kyoto University
Career summary:April 1983
April 2006
June 2013
June 2014

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Business Innovation Department, Corporate Planning Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division
Director
General Manager of Administrative Division (incumbent)

Number of shares held: 3,400* (As of January 31, 2016)*Includes shares held under the Shareholding Scheme for the purchase of the Company shares

Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director
Name/Career Summary

Date of Birth

Number ofshares held(unit: 100shares)

March 1975
April 1975
January 1998
June 2005

Koichi Iioka

June 2007

March 5, 1953
June 2009

June 2011
June 2013

Graduated from Department of Marine Science and Resources,
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Oil Project Group, Water Treatment Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of No.1 Chemicals I Group, Chemicals andMaintenance Services Division
DirectorGeneral Manager of 1st Group, Chemicals Division
DirectorGeneral Manager of Facilities for General Industry Group, 1stFacilities Division
Retired from Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
President and Representative Director of Kuritec Service Co. Ltd.
Managing Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Chemicals Division (incumbent)

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Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors
Name/Career Summary

Date of Birth

Number ofshares held(unit: 100shares)

March 1984
April 1984
April 2005
Ikuo Ishimaru
June 2013
August 27, 1961
April 2015

March 1985
Hirohiko Ejiri
October 6, 1962

April 1985
April 2005

Graduated from Department of Chemical and MechanicalEngineering, School of Engineering, Kyushu University
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of 3rd Production Management Group, Facilities
Production Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of Engineering Group, Facilities ProductionDivision
Executive Officer
General Manager of Global Quality Group, Facilities Division(Incumbent)
Graduated from Department of Marine Environmental Engineering,
Faculty of Fisheries, Tokyo University of Fisheries
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Representative of Kurita Europe GmbH2328

April 2011
April 2014

June 2014

General Manager of Industrial Complex Sales Department, 2ndGroup, Chemicals Division
Executive Officer
General Manager of Business Management Department,Chemicals DivisionExecutive Officer
General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals Division (incumbent)

The number of shares held by each is current as of January 31, 2016. They include shares held under the Shareholding Scheme for thepurchase of the Company shares.