January 30, 2023

Notice Concerning Organizational Changes, Officer Changes and Personnel Changes
KH Neochem Co., Ltd. (TSE: 4189, President and CEO: Michio Takahashi, “KH Neochem”) hereby announcesthat it has decided to conduct the following organizational changes, officer changes and personnelchanges.
1. Effective the date of Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be Held in March 2023 Change ofCorporate Officers
New Position
Senior Corporate Officer
Head of Production Technology
Senior Corporate Officer
Head of Corporate Administration,
Public Relations, Legal and ComplianceCorporate Officer
Head of Human Resources

2. Effective April 1, 2023

Present Position
NameCorporate Officer
Toshihiro Ogata
Head of Production TechnologyCorporate Officer
Head of Corporate Administration, Isao Takahashi
Public Relations, Legal and Compliance
Head of Human Resources

Takatoshi Fujii

Organizational Changes, Change of Directors and Corporate Officers, andPersonnel Changes[Organizational Changes]
The following organizational changes will be implemented effective April 1, 2023.
(1) Strengthening of business strategy planning and promotion functions
 The Sales & Marketing and Business Development divisions will be integrated into a new Sales &Marketing division to enable the strong and integrated promotion of sales and investment strategy
planning for existing products, and of business strategy functions such as marketing. Also, inconnection with this, the function of new product development for existing businesses will beconsolidated into this new division.
 The function of new theme exploration will be integrated into Innovation Strategy division toaccelerate the study of themes for new business creation.
 A new Intellectual Property division will be established to strengthen the IP strategy planning
function, enhance the competitiveness of existing business, and accelerate the creation of newbusiness.
(2) Strengthening of production technology capabilities
 A new Technology Development Center will be established in order to further strengthen ourcompany's production technology capabilities, which are the source of our competitiveness, andalso to promote the improvement of our manufacturing technology by consolidating theknowledge on production technology that is dispersed in each division, with a view to introducing
new technology, such as for carbon neutrality.
 We will newly establish an Plant Engineering department specifically as a maintenance,management and improvement function for the facilities at the Yokkaichi Plant, and the current
Production and Plant Engineering department will be abolished.
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In connection with the consolidation and transfer of functions described in (1) and (2) above, the R&D
Center will be abolished.
(3) Promotion of organizational and cultural reforms at the Yokkaichi Plant
 A new Planning, Project Management department will be established to strengthen theorganizational operation functions within the plant by supervising cross-plant projects andcarrying out special tasks such as organizational culture reform.
 We will newly establish a Production Control, General Administration department specializing inmanagement work for plant operation.
 In connection with the consolidation and transfer of functions as above, Project Management,
Production Control, General Administration department will be abolished.
Present and New Organization Charts (Overview of function transfer)
PresentOrganization

New Organization（Effective April 1, 2023）
Integration

Business Development

Sales & Marketing
Development for existing businesses

Sales & Marketing
The study of themes for new business creation

Innovation Strategy

Innovation Strategy
Development of new technologies such as for carbon neutrality
Technical support for production technology

TechnologyDevelopment Center

R&D Center
IP strategy planning and execution

Intellectual Property

Yokkaichi Plant

Project Management,
Production Control,General
Administration

Production andPlant Engineering

Supervising cross-plant projects
Carrying out special tasks

Planning, ProjectManagement

Yokkaichi Plant

Specializing in management work for plant operation

Production
Engineering

Consolidating the knowledge on
production technology
Promoting the improvement of ourmanufacturing technology

Plant Maintenance

Plant MaintenanceElectrical
Instrumentation

Electrical
Instrumentation

Production
Control, General
Administration

Plant Engineering

Specializing in maintenance, management and improvement for the facilities*Please refer to the attached sheet (page 5) for the corporate organization chart effective April 1, 2023.

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[Change of Directors and Corporate Officers](1) Change of Directors*It is planned that this will be formally decided at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders tobe held in March 2023 and at the subsequent Board of Directors meeting.
New Position

Present Position

Board Director

Board Director

Senior Corporate Officer

Senior Corporate Officer

Name

In charge of Production Planning and In charge of Purchasing, Production
Engineering,Intellectual

Property, Planning and Engineering, Plants andPlants and Environment, Safety, and Environment,

Safety,Quality Assurance

Assurance

Board Director

Board Director

Senior Corporate Officer

Senior Corporate OfficerandQuality

In charge of Corporate Planning, In charge of Corporate Planning,Purchasing, Business Development, BusinessDevelopment,

Toshihiro Matsuoka

Sales&Tatsuro Niiya

Sales & Marketing, Business Services, Marketing, Business Services, andand Logistics

Logistics

Board Director

Board Director

Senior corporate Officer

Senior corporate Officer

In charge of HR, IT Strategy, R&D and In charge of HR, IT Strategy, R&D,
Information Security

Yukihiro Isogai

Intellectual Property, and Information
Security(2) Personnel Changes
New Position

Present Position

Name

Head of Technology Development
CenterHead of Business Development

Toshihiro Inayama

Head of Intellectual Property

ManagerIntellectual Property Department, R&DCenterKenichi Hanasaki

Deputy General Manager andDepartment Head
Planning, Project Management,
Yokkaichi Plant

Head of R&D Center

Hiroshi Matsuoka

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Department Head
Department Head
Project
Management,
Production
Production
Control,
GeneralControl,
GeneralAdministration,Administration, Yokkaichi Plant
Yokkaichi Plant
Department Head
Department Head
Plant
Engineering
Department, Engineering Department, Yokkaichi
Plant
Yokkaichi Plant

Contact information for this matter
Public Relations
KH Neochem Co., Ltd.
kouhou@khneochem.co.jp

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Takeshi Iwasaki

Junya Koga

(Reference)
The corporate organization chart (effective April 1, 2023)

Internal Audit
Procurement
Accounting, FP&A, Finance and IR
Human Resources
Corporate Administration, Public Relations, Legal and Compliance
Information Technology
Business Development

Corporate Planning
President & Chief Exective Officer

Business Services and Logistics
Innovation Strategy
Technology Development Center
Intellectual Property
Production Planning and Engineering
Environment, Safety and Quality Assurance
Yokkaichi Plant
Chiba Plant

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Executive Structure (Effective April 1, 2023)[Directors]
Position in the Company

Name

Representative Director
President & Chief ExecutiveOfficer

Michio Takakashi

Board Director
Senior Corporate Officer

Toshihiro Matsuoka

Board Director
Senior Corporate Officer

Tatsuro NIiya

Board Director
Senior Corporate Officer

Masaya Hamamoto

Board Director
Senior Corporate Officer
Outside Director(Independent Director)
Outside Director(Independent Director)
Outside Director(Independent Director)

Responsibility in the Company

Yukihiro Isogai
Sayoko Miyairi
Jun Tsuchiya
Yuji Kikuchi[Auditors]
Full-time Audit &Supervisory Board Member

Tokuo Odo

Outside Audit & Supervisory
Board Member(Independent Audit &Kazuhiro KawaiSupervisory Board Member)
Outside Audit & Supervisory
Board Member(Independent Audit &Keiko Tamura

Supervisory Board Member)

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In charge of Production Planning andEngineering, Intellectual Property, Plants andEnvironment, Safety, and Quality Assurance
InchargeofCorporatePlanning,Purchasing, Business Development, Sales &Marketing, Business Services, and Logistics(In charge of Accounting and Finance,
Investor Relations, Public Relations, GeneralAffairs, Legal and Compliance, Internal Audit,
Risk Management, and Promotion of ESG
In charge of HR, IT Strategy, R&D andInformation Security

[Corporate Officer]
Position in the Company

Name

Responsibility in the Company

Senior Corporate Officer

Toshiaki Ogata

Head of Production Planning and Engineering

Senior Corporate Officer

Isao Takahashi

Corporate Officer

Akio Nakahashi

Corporate Officer

Yoshiaki Kondo

Head of Corporate Administration, Public
Relations, Legal and Compliance
General Manager, Chiba Plant
Head of Environment, Safety and Quality
Assurance

Corporate Officer

Hideki Shimizu

Head of Procurement

Corporate Officer

Akira Kamimura

Head of Accounting, FP&A, Finance and IR

Corporate Officer

Katsunori Sato

Seconded to Kurogane Kasei Co., Ltd.
(President & Chief Executive Officer)
Head of Sales & Marketing

Corporate Officer

Hideki Kurokawa

General Manager, Yokkaichi Plant

Corporate OfficerTakatoshi Fujii

Head of Human Resources

Corporate Officer

Atsushi Tokumitsu

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