February 28, 2019
For Immediate Release
Company Name:
Representative:(Securities Code:Contact:（Tel:Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Michiya Kadota, President
6370, First Section of TSE）
Hisashi Tanabe,
General Manager of Corporate
Planning Department+81-3-6743-5492 )Announcement of Changes in Directors and Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that a meeting of its Board of Directors on February 28, 2019 resolved tomake the following changes in directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board. These changes will take effect onApril 1, 2019.
Also, the appointment of the new directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board will take effect on June 27. The
appointment of the new directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board that will take effect on June 27 is expected tobe formalized at the 83rd annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 27, 2019.

1. Changes in directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board(1) Promotion of director (To take effect on April 1, 2019)
NameNew position
Current position
Hirohiko Ejiri Managing Director
Director
Executive General Manager of Engineering Executive General Manager of Engineering
DivisionDivision(2) Changes in directors/responsibilities of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2019)
NameNew position
Current position
Toshitaka
Managing Director
Managing Director
KodamaExecutive General Manager of Solution Executive General Manager of Sales Division II
Business Division and Chief Business Officer and Chief Business Officer for Facility Operation
for Facility Operation
Yoshio Yamada Managing Director
Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Japan Sales Executive General Manager of Sales Division I
Business Division and Chief Business Officer and Chief Business Officer for Chemicalfor Chemical Operation
Operation
TakahitoDirector
Managing DirectorNamura
Deputy Executive General Manager of Solution Executive General Manager of Solution BusinessBusiness DivisionDivisionToshimi
Kobayashi

DirectorSenior General Manager of Administration
Group, Japan Sales Business Division
Yukihiko Mutou Director
Deputy Executive General Manager ofCorporate Planning and Control Division

Director
Senior General Manager of East Japan Sales
Group, Sales Division I
Director
Executive General Manager of Group
Administrative Division(3) Candidates for director (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2019)Name
New position
Keiko Tanaka Director (Part-Time)-Current position

Note: Ms. Keiko Tanaka is a candidate for an external director and will be registered as an independent officer.
See the Supplementary Material for Ms. Keiko Tanaka’s career summary(4) Retirement of director (Scheduled date of retirement: June 27, 2019)
NameNew position
Takahito
NamuraYukihiko Mutou Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board

Current position
Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Solution Business
Division
Director
Executive General Manager of Group
Administrative Division(5) Candidate for a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2019)
NameNew position
Current position
Yukihiko Mutou Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Director
Executive General Manager
Administrative Division
Note: See the Supplementary Material for Mr. Yukihiko Mutou’s career summaryof(6) Retirement of a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Scheduled date of retirement: June 27, 2019)
NameNew position
Current position
Shiro Hayashi Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board(Reference) Members of the Audit & Supervisory Board from June 27, 2019
NamePosition
Yukihiko Mutou
Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board(New Appointment)
Kenjiro Kobayashi(ContinuingMember of the Audit & Supervisory Boardappointment)
Shigekazu Torigai(Continuing
Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Part-Time)appointment)
Note: Mr. Kenjiro Kobayashi and Mr. Shigekazu Torikai are external members of the Audit & Supervisory
Board and are registered as independent officers.
The term of office of Mr. Yukihiko Mutou will expire at the close of the 87th annual meeting of shareholders.

GroupThe term of office of Mr. Kenjiro Kobayashi will expire at the close of the 84th annual meeting ofshareholders. The term of office of Mr. Shigekazu Torikai will expire at the close of the 85th annual meetingof shareholders.
<Supplementary Material>
Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors
Name/Career Summary

Date of Birth

Keiko Tanaka
May 24, 1960

Number ofshares heldApr. 1984
Apr. 2011
Apr. 2013
Sep. 2014
Oct. 2014
Apr. 2018
Jun. 2019

Joined Nissan Motor Corporation
Temporarily transferred from Nissan Motor Corporation toJATCO Ltd.
Executive Officer of JATCO Ltd.
Left Nissan Motor Corporation and JATCO Ltd.
Ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Uruguay
Executive Officer of Nissan Financial Services Co., Ltd. (currentpost)
Director (Part-Time) of Kurita Water Industries, Ltd. (scheduled)

0Career Summary of Candidate for Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Name/Career Summary

Date of Birth

Number ofshares heldOct. 1991
Jun. 2005

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department,
Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
Apr. 2012
General Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations
Department, Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries
Ltd
Apr. 2016
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of General Affairs Department, Administrative
Division
Apr. 2017
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Yukihiko Mutou
Manager of General Affairs4,300
June 19, 1959
Department, Group Administrative Division of Kurita Water
Industries Ltd
Apr. 2018
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Executive
General Manager of Group Administrative Division of Kurita
Water Industries LtdJun. 2018
Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., Executive General
Manager of Group Administrative Division, Kurita Water
Industries, Ltd. (current post)
Jun. 2019
Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board, Kurita Water
Industries Ltd (scheduled)*The number of shares held by each is current as of January 31, 2019. They include shares held under the Shareholding Scheme
for the purchase of the Company shares.