February 28, 2020
For Immediate Release
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Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Michiya Kadota, President
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Shuichiro Kashimoto
General Manager of Corporate
Communications and CSR
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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, 2020
resolved to make the following changes in directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board. Thesechanges will take effect on April 1, 2020. Also, the appointment of the new directors and members of the Audit &Supervisory Board will take effect on June 29. The appointment of the new directors and members of the Audit &Supervisory Board that will take effect on June 29 is expected to be formalized at the 84th annual meeting ofshareholders scheduled for June 29, 2020.

1. Changes in directors and members of the Audit & Supervisory Board(1) Promotion of director (To take effect on April 1, 2020)
Name
New position
Current position
Yasuo Suzuki Managing Director
Director
Executive General Manager of Global Executive General Manager
Business Division and Chief Business Business Division
Officer for Global OperationofGlobal(2) Changes in responsibilities of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2020)
NameNew position
Current position
Toshitaka
Managing Director
Managing Director
KodamaExecutive General Manager of Digital Executive General Manager of Solution
Strategy Division
Business Division and Chief Business
Officer for Facility Operation
Hirohiko Ejiri Managing Director
Managing Director
Executive General Manager of Engineering Executive General Manager of Engineering
Division and Chief Business Officer for Division
Facility Operation
ToshimiDirectorDirector
Kobayashi
Senior General Manager of East Japan Senior General Manager of Administration
Group, Japan Sales Business Division
Group, Japan Sales Business Division(3) Resignation of director (Scheduled date of resignation: March 31, 2020)
Name
New position
Current position
Koichi Iioka
Senior Executive Officer
Chairman and Director
Chief Business Officer for Global Operation(4) Retirement of director (Scheduled date of retirement: June 29, 2020)
Name
New position
Current position
Toshitaka
Senior Executive Officer
Managing Director
KodamaExecutive General Manager of Digital Executive General Manager of Solution
Strategy Division
Business Division and Chief Business
Officer for Facility Operation(5) Candidate for a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Scheduled date of appointment: June 29, 2020)
Name
New position
Current position
Toshiaki Tada Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board―
Note: Mr. Toshiaki Tada is a candidate for an external member of the Audit & Supervisory Board and will be
registered as an independent officer.
See the Supplementary Material for Mr. Toshiaki Tada’s career summary.
(6) Resignation of a member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (Scheduled date of resignation: June 29, 2020)
NameNew position
Current position
Shigekazu―
Member of the Audit & Supervisory BoardTorikai(Reference) Members of the Board of Directors and Audit & Supervisory Board from June 29, 2020
NameMichiya Kadota(Reappointment)
Kiyoshi Itou(Reappointment)
Yoshio Yamada(Reappointment)
Hirohiko Ejiri(Reappointment)
Yasuo Suzuki(Reappointment)
Toshimi Kobayashi(Reappointment)
Tsuguto Moriwaki(Reappointment)
Ryoko Sugiyama(Reappointment)
Keiko Tanaka(Reappointment)

Position
President and Representative Director
Representative Director, Executive Senior Managing Director, Executive
General Manager of Corporate Planning and Control Division
Managing Director, Executive General Manager of Japan Sales Business
Division and Chief Business Officer for Chemical Operation
Managing Director, Executive General Manager of Engineering Division andChief Business Officer for Facility Operation
Managing Director, Executive General Manager of Global Business Division
and Chief Business Officer for Global Operation
Director, Senior General Manager of East Japan Group, Japan Sales Business
Division
Director (External director)
Director (External director)
Director (External director)

Kenjiro Kobayashi
Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (External member)(Reappointment)
Yukihiko Mutou
Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board(Continuing appointment)
Toshiaki Tada
Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board (External member)(New Appointment)
Note: Mr. Tsuguto Moriwaki, Ms. Ryoko Sugiyama and Ms. Keiko Tanaka are external directors and areregistered as independent officers.
Mr. Kenjiro Kobayashi is an external member of the Audit & Supervisory Board and has been registeredas an independent officer. Mr. Toshiaki Tada is an external member of the Audit & Supervisory Board andwill be registered as an independent officer.
The term of office of Mr. Kenjiro Kobayashi and Mr. Toshiaki Tada will expire at the close of the 88th
annual meeting of shareholders, and the term of office of Mr. Yukihiko Mutou will expire at the close of
the 87th annual meeting of shareholders.

<Supplementary Material>

Career Summary of Candidate for Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board
Name/ Date ofBirthToshiaki Tada
July 28, 1968
(51 years old)

Career SummaryApr. 1996 Registered as an attorney
Dec. 1996 Joined Hibiya Sogo Law Offices
Jul. 2002 Registered as an attorney, admitted in New York State, the U.S.A
Jan. 2005 Partner, Hibiya Sogo Law Offices (present)
Jun. 2012 Corporate Auditor, ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (present)*
Jun. 2020 Member of the Audit & Supervisory Board, Kurita Water Industries
Ltd. (scheduled)*Scheduled to retire in June 2020 at the expiration of his term

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