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discrepancy between this translated document and the Japanese original, the original shall prevail.

February 26, 2021
Company name: Tokuyama Corporation
Representative name: Hiroshi Yokota,President and Representative Director(Code No. 4043, First Section TSE)
Contact: Taro Kobayashi, General Manager
Corporate Communications & Investor Relations Dept.
TEL: +81-3-5207-2552
Notice concerning Changes of Representative Directors
It is hereby notified that Tokuyama Corporation (the “Company”) resolved the changes of Representative
Directors at the meeting of the Board of Directors on February 26, 2021.
1. The change of Representative Directors (Scheduled April 1, 2021)(1) Reason for change
It was decided to put into effect a new management system starting April 1, 2021.
(2) Representative Directors to be newly nominatedCurrent title

Name

New title

Hideo Sugimura

Representative Director

Director

Hiroshi Nomura

Representative Director

Director(3) Representative Director to retire
Name

New title

Hideki Adachi

Director

Current title
Representative Director(4) Profile of Representative Director to be newly nominated
Name:

Hideo Sugimura

Birth date: October 22, 1959
Origin:

Shunan city, Yamaguchi, JAPANEducation: Kyushu University, Fukuoka, JAPANBA in Law
Career:April 1984

Joined Tokuyama Soda Co., Ltd. (current Tokuyama Corporation)

April 2004
April 2007

Temporary transferred to Tokuyama Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Senior Chief, ERP Promotion Div. of the Company
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May 2009

Senior Chief, ISAAC Promotion Div.

August 2011

Temporary transferred to Excel Shanon Corporation

December 2014 General Manager, Management Support Center
April 2015

Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

April 2017Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

June 2017

Director, In charge of Corporate Planning Div., General & Personnel Affairsand Secretarial Dept., Managing Executive Officer, General Manager,
Corporate Planning Div.

April 2019

Director, In charge of Corporate Planning, General & Personnel Affairs andSecretarial Dept., Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, CorporatePlanning Div.

June 2019

Director, In charge of Corporate Planning, Corporate Social Responsibility,
General & Personnel Affairs, Procurement & Logistics and Secretarial Dept.,
Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div.

April 2020

Director, In charge of Corporate Planning, Corporate Social Responsibility,
General & Personnel Affairs, Procurement & Logistics and Secretarial Dept.,
Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Planning Div. andProcurement & Logistics Div. (To present)
Number of Company Shares Owned: 2,803 shares (as of January 31, 2021)
Name:

Hiroshi Nomura

Birth date: September 30, 1957
Origin:Hagi city, Yamaguchi, JAPANEducation: Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, JAPANME in Chemical Engineering
Career:April 1983

Joined Tokuyama Soda Co., Ltd. (current Tokuyama Corporation)

April 2012
January 2013

Leader, Specialty Products Planning Group
Senior Chief, T.M. Business Structural Reform Project Group,
Specialty Products Planning Group

April 2014

Deputy Executive Officer, temporary transferred to Tokuyama Malaysia Sdn.
Bhd.

March 2015

Deputy Executive Officer, General Manager, Specialty Products Business

April 2015

Div.
Executive Officer, General Manager, Specialty Products Business Div.

March 2016

Executive Officer, General Manager, Specialty Products Business Div.

May 2017

Temporary transferred to Tokuyama Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.
Executive Officer, General Manager, Specialty Products Business Div.

April 2018

Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Specialty Products Business

June 2019

Div.
Director, In charge of Specialty Products, Managing Executive Officer,

General Manager, Specialty Products Business Div. (To present)
Number of Company Shares Owned: 2,200 shares (as of January 31, 2021)

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