April 24, 2015
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.

Changes of Director and Corporate Auditors
Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd. informs the changes of director and corporate auditors, which were resolved at the Board ofDirectors today.
1.

Outside Director (As of June 25, 2015)
NameCareer Summary(Date of Birth)
Tadashi Ohe Apr. 1969
（May 20, 1944） Apr. 1989

Qualified for attorney (to the present)
Instructor for the Legal Training and Research Institute of Japan(court representation in civil proceedings)
Mar. 1994 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Canon Inc. (to the present)
Jun. 2004 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Marui Group Co., Ltd. (to the present)
Jun. 2006 Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Kao Corporation
Jun. 2011 Director, JECO Co., Ltd. (to the present)(Important concurrent positions)
Attorney-at-law
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Canon Inc.
Audit & Supervisory Board Member of Marui Group Co., Ltd.
Director, JECO Co., Ltd.

2.

Corporate Auditors (As of June 25, 2015)
Name

3.

New Position

Present Position

Yasuyuki
Nakajima

Corporate Auditor

Associate Executive Officer
President, Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.

Kikuo
Takatsuki

RetiredCorporate Auditor

Personnel Change (As of June 25, 2015)
NameNew Position

Present Position

MotoakiIshikawa

General Manager of Business Strategy Dept.,
Performance Materials Div.

General Manager of Display Materials Research Dept.,
Materials Research Laboratories

Go OnoGeneral Manager of Display Materials Research Dept., Technical Manager of R&D Center,
Materials Research Laboratories
Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.

Reference
Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers, subjected to resolution at the Board of Directors after the 145th generalshareholders’ meeting scheduled on June 25, 2015
Representative Director,President & CEO

Kojiro KinoshitaDirector,Senior Executive Vice PresidentJunichi Miyazaki

Internal Audit Dept., Corporate Planning Dept.,
Finance & Accounting Dept.,
Environment, Safety & Quality Assurance Dept.

Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer

Kiminori Hirata

Head of Agricultural Div.
R&D (Agrochemicals & Pharmaceuticals),
Pharmaceuticals Div., Research Planning Dept.,Intellectual Property Dept., Purchasing Dept.

Director,
Senior Managing Executive Officer

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Head of Performance Materials Div.
R&D (Materials Science),
Advanced Materials & Planning Dept.

Director,
Managing Executive Officer

Tsuneo Higuchi

Head of Chemicals Div.
Personnel Dept.

Director,
Managing Executive OfficerKazuhiro Yagisawa

Head of Production Technology Dept.

Outside Director

Tisato Kajiyama

Outside Director

Tadashi Ohe

Corporate Auditor

Katsumi Akita

Corporate Auditor

Sumio Kondo

Corporate Auditor

Yasuyuki Nakajima

Corporate Auditor

Noriyuki Katayama

Executive Officer

Mitsuaki Sakashita

Head of Pharmaceuticals Div.

Executive Officer

Katsuaki Miyaji

Head of Materials Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Satoru Hamamoto

Deputy Head of Agricultural Div.

Executive Officer

Nobutomo Tsuruzoe

Head of Advanced Materials & Planning Dept.

Executive Officer

Junichi Watanabe

Head of Chemical Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Hidenori Takishita

Head of Personnel Dept.

Executive Officer

Takeshi Iwata

Plant Manager of Toyama Plant

Executive Officer

Shuichiro Dobashi

Head of Corporate Planning Dept.

Executive Officer

Hiroshi Onitsuka

Head of Research Planning Dept.

Executive Officer

Hitoshi Suzuki

Deputy Head of Performance Materials Div.

Executive Officer

Masataka Hatanaka

Plant Manager of Onoda Plant

Executive Officer

Yuji Nishida

Plant Manager of Sodegaura Plant

Executive Officer

Takashi Honda

Deputy Head of Agricultural Div.

Executive Officer

Hironori Yoshida

Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.