For Immediate Release

April 30, 2014
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 April 30, 2014 resolved to make thefollowing changes in representative director and other directors. These changes are expected to be formalized at the 78th annual
meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 27, 2014, and the subsequent Board meeting.

1. Changes involving representative directors(1)Personnel changes
NameNew position

Kaoru Kajii

Executive Managing Director

Current position
Managing Director

General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of Facilities Division andExecutive Officer overseeing China and General General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply
Manager of Global Business Group, Facilities Group, Facilities Division
Division
Tetsuo Saeki

AdvisorExecutive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Administrative Division(2) Scheduled date of appointment
June 27, 2014(3) Incoming representative director’s career summary
See the Supplementary Materials

2. Changes involving other directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2014)(1) Candidates for directors
NameToshitaka Kodama

New position
Director

Current position
Executive Officer

General Manager of Domestic Sales Group I and General Manager of Global Business Group,
General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Facilities Division
Group, Facilities Division
Yoshio Yamada

Director

Executive Officer

General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals

Michiya Kadota

Division and General Manager of Osaka Office

Division and General Manager of Osaka OfficeDirector

Executive Officer

General Manager of Administrative Division and General Manager of Finance and Accounting
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division
Department, Administrative Division* See the Supplementary Materials for career summaries of candidates for directors.
(2) Changes in responsibilities of directors
Name
Takahito Namura

New position
Director

Current position
Director

General Manager of Research and Development General Manager of Sales Group I, Chemicals
Division

Division(3) Retirement of directors
Name
Motoyuki Yoda

Position after retirement

Current position

President and Representative Director ofDirector

Kurita Analysis Service Co. Ltd.

General Manager of Domestic Sales Group I,
Facilities DivisionSupplementary Materials
Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director
Name/Date of Birth

Number of shares

Career SummaryMarch 1974

held (unit: 100 shares)

Graduated from Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty ofEngineering, Niigata University

April 1974

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

June 2005

Director
General Manager of Operations Control & Procurement Division

April 2006

Director
General Manager of Facilities Group, 1st Facilities Division

April 2009

Director
General Manager of Facilities Production Division

Kaoru Kajii

June 2009Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Production Division

July 29, 1951
June 2011

Managing Director
General Manager of Research and Development Division

June 2013

Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of Ultra
Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division

June 2014(Incumbent)

Executive Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Division and Executive Officer
overseeing China and General Manager of Global Business Group,
Facilities Division（Planned）

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Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors
Name/Date of Birth

Number of shares

Career Summary
March1977

held (unit: 100 shares)

Graduated from Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty ofEngineering, Shibaura Institute of Technology

April 1977

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

April 2000

General Manager of Environmental Sales

Department

I,

Environmental Water Treatment Division
April 2011

Executive Officer
General Manager of Water Treatment Facilities Group, Facilities

Toshitaka Kodama
February 3, 1955Division
April 201225

Executive Officer
Assistant to General Manager of Facilities Division and Executive
Officer overseeing China

June 2013

Executive Officer
General Manager of Global Business Group, Facilities Division(Incumbent)

June 2014

Director
General Manager of Domestic Sales Group I and General Manager of
Ultra Pure Water Supply Group, Facilities Division (Planned)

Name/Date of Birth

Career Summary
March1982

Number of shares
held (unit: 100 shares)

Graduated from Department of Industrial Chemistry, Faculty ofEngineering, Shinshu University

April 1982

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

April 2004

General Manager of Paper and Pulp Project, 1st Chemicals Group,
Chemicals and Maintenance Service Division

June 2011

Executive Officer

Yoshio Yamada

General Manager of Planning and Coordination Department,

June 18, 1958

Chemicals Division
June 2013

Executive Officer
General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division and General
Manager of Osaka Office

June 2014(Incumbent)

DirectorGeneral Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals Division and General
Manager of Osaka Office(Planned)35

Name/Date of BirthCareer Summary
March1983

Number of shares
held (unit: 100 shares)

Graduated from Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Literature,
Kyoto University

April 1983

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

April 2006

General Manager of Business Process Reengineering Department,
Corporate Planning Division

Michiya Kadota

June 2013

February 16, 1959

Executive Officer
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department,
Administrative Division

June 2014(Incumbent)

Director
General Manager of Administrative Division and General Manager ofFinance and Accounting Department, Administrative Division(Planned)(Blank below)

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