February 27, 2018
For Immediate Release
Company Name:
Representative:(Securities Code:Contact(Tel:Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
Michiya Kadota, President
6370, First section of TSE）
Hiroaki Mori, General Manager ofCorporate Planning Department+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 27, 2018resolved to make the following changes in representative directors and other directors. These changes will take effect onApril 1, 2018. An informal decision was also made to appoint new directors, which will take effect on June 28.
The appointment of the new directors that will take effect on June 28 is expected to be formalized at the 82nd annual
meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 28, 2018, and the subsequent Board meeting.

1. Reason of the changes
Due to the changes of the new positions and responsibilities scheduled as of April 1, 2018

2. Changes in representative directors (To take effect on April 1, 2018)(1) Changes in representative directors
NameNew position
Kiyoshi Itou
Executive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division
Koichi Iioka
Chairman and Director
and in charge of the global business(2) Career summary of incoming representative director
See the Supplementary Material.

Current position
Managing Director
General Manager of Group Administrative
Division
Executive Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Global Business Divisionand in charge of the chemicals business3. Changes involving other directors(1) Promotion of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2018)
Name
New position
YoshioManaging Director
YamadaGeneral Manager of Sales Division I and incharge of the chemicals businessCurrent position
Director
General Manager of Sales Division I(2) Changes in responsibilities of directors (To take effect on April 1, 2018)
Name
New position
Current position
TakahitoManaging Director
Managing Director
NamuraGeneral Manager of Solution Business General
ManagerofResearchandDivision
Development Division
Hirohiko Ejiri Director
Director
General Manager of Group Engineering General Manager of Corporate Planning
Division
Division
Ikuo Ishimaru Director
Director(President and Representative Director of General Manager of Group Engineering
Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd.)
Division(3) Candidates for directors (Scheduled date of appointment: June 28, 2018)
NameNew position
Current position
ToshimiDirector
Executive Officer
Kobayashi
General Manager of East Japan Sales Group, Sales General Manager of Sales Group I, Sales Division
Division II
Yasuo Suzuki Director
Executive Officer
General Manager of Global Business Division General Manager of Operation Group, Global
Business Division
Yukihiko
Director
Executive Officer
Mutou
General Manager of Group Administrative General Manager of General Affairs
Division
Department, Group Administrative Division* See the Supplementary Material for career summaries of candidates for directors.

(4) Retirement of directors (Scheduled date of retirement: June 28, 2018)
NameNew position
Current position
Ikuo Ishimaru Kurita Engineering Co., Ltd.
Director
President and Representative Director
General Manager of Group
DivisionEngineeringSupplementary Material
Career Summary of Incoming Representative Director
Name/Career Summary
Date of Birth

April 1979
April 2000
June 2003

June 2007
Kiyoshi Itou
March 8, 1956

June 2009
June 2013
April 2016
April 2017

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Legal Department, Administrative
Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations
Department, Administrative Division of Kurita Water
Industries Ltd.
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations Department,
Administrative Division
Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General Managerof Administrative Division
Managing Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of Corporate Planning Division
Managing Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of Administrative Division
Managing Director of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of Group Administrative Division (currentposition)

Number ofshares held
(unit:100shares)

292

Career Summaries of Candidates for Directors
Name/
Date of Birth

Career Summary

April 1982
April 2005
Toshimi Kobayashi
April 2011
July 12, 1958
April 2017
December 1997
April 2005

Yasuo Suzuki
August 16, 1959

April 2011
April 2014
April 2017

Joined Kurita Seibi KK.
General Manager of Tokyo Sales Department II,
Maintenance Group, Customer Service Division of Kurita
Water Industries Ltd.
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of Maintenance Group, Facilities Division of Kurita
Water Industries Ltd.
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manager of Sales Group I, Sales Division I (current position)
Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Steel and Oil Process Department,
Chemicals Group I, Customer Service Division of Kurita
Water Industries Ltd.
Representative of Kurita Europe GmbH
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.,
Representative of Kurita Europe GmbH
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manger of Operation Group, Global Business Division(current position)

Number ofshares held
(unit:100shares)

34

18

October 1991
June 2005
April 2012
Yukihiko Mutou
June 19, 1959

April 2016

April 2017

Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Finance and Accounting Department,
Administrative Division of Kurita Water Industries Ltd.
General Manager of Personnel and Labor Relations
Department, Administrative Division of Kurita WaterIndustries Ltd.
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manger of General Affairs Department, AdministrativeDivision
Executive Officer of Kurita Water Industries Ltd., General
Manger of General Affairs Department, Group
Administrative Division (current position)

27

The number of shares held by each is current as of January 31, 2018. They include shares held under the Shareholding Scheme for thepurchase of the Company shares.