February 21, 2017
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Change of Directors, Corporate Auditors and Officers
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. informs the change of directors, corporate auditors and officers as follows.

１． Change of Directors and Officers（as of April 1, 2017）１）Directors
Name

New Position

Present Position

Retained Position
Director,

Hiroyoshi
FukuroSenior Managing Executive Officer

R&D
Pharmaceuticals Div.

R&D(Material Science)Intellectual Property Dept.

Head of Performance Materials
Div., Advanced Materials &Planning Dept.

KatsuakiMiyaji

Director,
Research Planning Dept.

Managing Executive Officer
Head of Corporate Planning Dept.
Director,Senior Managing Executive Officer
Head of Agricultural Div.

Kiminori

R&D(Agrochemicals &Hirata

Pharmaceuticals), Pharmaceuticals

DirectorDiv., Research Planning Dept.,Intellectual Property Dept.,
Purchasing Dept.
Managing Executive Officer

TsuneoHead of Chemicals Div.,

Higuchi

Director

Personnel Dept.

２）Executive Officers
Name

New Position

Hidenori

Managing Executive Officer

Takishita

Chemicals Div., Purchasing Dept.

Present Position
Executive Officer

Retained Position
Head of Personnel Dept.

Executive Officer
TakashiManaging Executive Officer

Honda

Head of Agricultural Div.,

Deputy Head of Agricultural Div.,
General Manager of Planning &Development Dept., AgriculturalDiv.

Takeshi
Iwata
ToshiroMiyakeManaging Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Executive Officer

Associate Executive Officer

Plant Manager of Toyama Plant
Head of Biological ResearchLaboratories

HajimeExecutive Officer

General Manager of Basic

YoshidaHead of Chemicals Div.

Chemicals Dept., Chemicals Div.

３）Associate Executive Officers
Name

New Position

Present Position

Retained Position
Deputy Head of Chemicals

NorioManaging Associate Executive

TanakaOfficer

Research Laboratories
Associate Executive Officer

General Manager of Synthesis
Research Dept., Chemicals
Research Laboratories

Satoshi
Furukawa
SeizoKakimoto

Associate Executive OfficerGeneral Manager of Toxicology &Deputy Head of Biological

Environmental Science Dept.,

Research Laboratories

Biological Research Laboratories
Manager of Advanced Materials &Associate Executive Officer

Planning Dept.

４）Personnel Changes
Name

New Position

Present Position

Kazuhiro

General Manager of Business

Manager of Nissan Butsuryu Co.,

Nobuhara

Strategy Dept., Chemicals Div.

Ltd.

Satoshi

General Manager of Planning &Kageshima

Developing Dept., Agricultural Div.

TakeshiMatsuoka

TakashiMatsumotoManager of Planning &Development Dept., AgriculturalDiv.

General Manager of CSR & Public

Senior Manager of Corporate

Relations Office, Corporate

Planning Dept.

Planning Dept.※General Manager of Administration
Office, Chemicals ResearchLaboratories
General Manager ofRikimaru

Semiconductor Materials

Sakamoto

Research Dept., Materials
Research Laboratories

Retained Position

General Manager ofSemiconductor Materials
Research Dept., Materials
Research Laboratories
Manager of Semiconductor
Materials Research Dept.,
Materials Research Laboratories※Establish CSR & Public Relations Office in Corporate Planning Dept. on April 1, 2017.

５）President of Affiliate Company
Name
HiroyukiMotoyama

New Position
President, Nissei Corporation

Present Position
Managing Director,
Nissei Corporation

Retained Position２． Director and Corporate Auditors（as of June 28, 2017）
Directors and Corporate Auditors are subject to approval at the 147th general shareholders’ meeting scheduled onJune 28, 2017.
１）Directors
Name
HidenoriTakishita
Takashi
Honda
Kiminori
HirataTsuneoHiguchi

New Position

Present Position(As of April 1, 2017)

Retained Position
Managing Executive Officer

Director

Head of Personnel Dept.
Chemicals Div., Purchasing Dept.
Managing Executive Officer

Director

Head of Agricultural Div.,

RetiredDirector

RetiredDirector

２）Corporate Auditors
NameShuichi
Takemoto
Sumio
Kondo

New Position

Present Position(As of April 1, 2017)
Director, Vice President

Corporate Auditor

Mizuho Private WealthManagementRetired

Corporate Auditor

Retained Position