For Immediate Release

April 30, 2013
Company Name:

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

Representative:

Toshiyuki Nakai, President

Securities Code:6370, First Section of TSE and OSE

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, 2013 determined the followingchanges in representative director and other directors. These changes are expected to be formalized at the 77th annual meeting ofshareholders scheduled for June 27, 2013, and the subsequent board meeting.

1. Changes involving representative directors(1) Personnel changes
NameTetsuo Saeki

Kazufumi Moriuchi

New position

Current position

Executive Senior Managing Director

Managing Director

General Manager of Administrative Division

General Manager of Facilities Production Division

AdvisorExecutive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Division(2) Scheduled date of appointment
June 27, 2013(3) Incoming representative director’s career summary
See the Supplementary Materials

2. Changes involving other directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 27, 2013)(1) Candidates for directors
NameKouichi Iioka

New position

Current position

Managing DirectorPresident and Representative Director ofGeneral Manager of Chemicals Division

Kuritec Service Co. Ltd.

Seiji Nakamura＊1 Director (part-time)－＊1 Mr. Seiji Nakamura is a candidate for External Director (as set forth under the Japanese Companies Act) and is to be an
Independent Officer (as set forth under the Securities Listing Regulations of the TSE and the Regulations on Codes ofCorporate Conduct of the OSE)
* See the Supplementary Materials for career summaries of candidates for directors.

(2) Promotion of directors
NameKiyoshi Itou

New position
Director

Managing Director
General Manager

Current positionof Corporate Planning General Manager of Administrative Division

Division(3) Changes in responsibilities of directors
NameKaoru Kajii

New position
Managing Director

Current position
Managing Director

General Manager of Facilities Division and General Manager of Research and Development
General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply Division
Group, Facilities Division
Youichi Kurokawa

DirectorDirector

General Manager of Facilities Production General Manager of Corporate Planning Division
Division(4) Retirement of directors
NameShigeaki Takeda

Tetsuo Kai

Position after retirement

Current position

President and Representative Director ofManaging Director

Kuritaz Co., Ltd.

General Manager of Chemicals Division

President and Representative Director ofDirector

Kuritec Service Co. Ltd.

General Manager of Ultra Pure Water Supply
Group, Facilities Division

Heiju Maeda

President and Representative Director ofDirector

Land Solution Inc.

General Manager of Sales Group II, Chemicals
Division

Noriyuki Hayata－Director (part-time)Supplementary Materials
Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director
Name/Date of Birth

Career Summary
March 1974

Number of shares
held (unit: 100 shares)

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

April 1974

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

June 2003

General Manager of Eco-Solution Group, Facility Management
Services Division

June 2005

Director
General Manager of Global Business Group, Facility Management

Tetsuo Saeki
March 9, 1951

Services Division
April 2006

Director233

General Manager of Global Business Group, 1st Facilities Division
June 2007

Managing Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning Division

June 2011

Managing Director
General Manager of Facilities Production Division (Incumbent)

June 2013

Executive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Administrative Division （Planned）

Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors
Name/Date of BirthCareer SummaryMarch1975

Number of shares
held (unit: 100 shares)

Graduated from Department of Marine Science and Resources,
College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University

April 1975

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

January 1998

General Manager of Petroleum Project Group, Water Treatment
Division

June 2005

Executive Officer
General Manager of No.1 Chemicals I Group, Chemicals andMaintenance Services Division

Kouichi Iioka

June 2007

Director
General Manager of 1st Group, Chemicals Division

March 5, 1953
June 2009

Director
General Manager of Facilities for General Industry Group, 1stFacilities Division

June 2011Retired from Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
President and Representative Director of Kuritec Service Co. Ltd.
(Incumbent)

June 2013

Managing Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd
General Manager of Chemicals Division (Planned)142

Name/Date of Birth

Career Summary
March 1965

Graduated from Faculty of Economics, Keio University

April 1965

Joined Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

June 1992

General Manager of Finance Division of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

June 1994

Director andNumber of shares
held (unit: 100 shares)

General Manager of Accounting Division of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,Ltd.
June 1995

Director andGeneral Manager of Corporate Planning Division of Mitsui O.S.K.
Lines, Ltd.

Seiji Nakamura
April 28, 1942

June 1996

Managing Director of Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

June 1998

Senior Managing Director and Representative Director of Mitsui
O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

June 2000

Executive Vice President and Representative Director of Mitsui
O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.

(Blank below)

July 2003

President and Representative Director of MOL Ferry Co., Ltd.

April 2007

Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan

April 2012Retired from Member of the Policy Board of the Bank of Japan

June 2013

Director (part-time) of Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (Planned)30