Change of Directors and officers

February 19, 2019
Name of listed company: Nissan Chemical Corporation
Stock Exchange: Tokyo
Code Number: 4021
URL: https://www.nissanchem.co.jp/eng/Representative: Kojiro Kinoshita, President
Inquiry to: Takeshi Matsuoka, General Manager of CSR & Public Relations Office, Corporate Planning Dept.

Nissan Chemical Corporation informs the changes of directors and officers as follows.

1.

Change of Directors and officers (as of April 1, 2019)1)
Directors and Executive officers

NameNew Position

Present Position

Retained Position
Director,
Senior Executive Vice President,

Responsibilities:Junichi
Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.
Miyazaki

Finance & Accounting Dept

Corporate Strategy & Coordination
Responsibilities:
Internal Audit Dept., Environment, Safety &Quality Assurance Dept.
Director,
Senior Executive Vice President,
Research & Development

Hiroyoshi Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

FukuroAdvanced Materials & Planning Dept.

Responsibilities:
Chemicals Div., Personnel Dept.

Pharmaceuticals Div.,
Research Planning Dept.,Intellectual Property Dept.
Director,
Katsuaki General Manager ofManaging Executive Officer,
MiyajiCSR & Public Relations Office
Head of Corporate Planning Dept.

TakashiResponsibilities:

Honda

Purchasing Dept.

Managing Executive Officer,
Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.

President,Nihon Hiryo Co., Ltd.

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

Managing Executive Officer

Executive Officer

HidenoriTakishita

Director,

Nobutomo

Head of

Tsuruzoe

Advanced Materials & Planning Dept.

ToshiroHead ofManaging Executive Officer

Executive Officer

MiyakeHironori

Biological Research Laboratories
Head of Personnel Dept.

Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.

Executive Officer,

General Manager ofYoshidaTakeshiMatsuoka Head ofInternal Audit Dept.

CSR & Public Relations Office

Executive Officer

2)

Associate Executive Officers

Name

New Position

NorioTanaka

Senior Managing Associate Executive Officer

Present Position

Retained Position
Deputy Head of Chemical ResearchLaboratories, General Manager ofSynthesis Research Dept., Chemical
Research Laboratories.

Managing Associate Executive Officer,

Seizo
Managing Associate Executive Officer
Kakimoto

Associate Executive Officer

Nobuhiro Associate Executive Officer,
Arita
Deputy Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.

Director of Nissei Corporation

Advanced Materials & Planning Dept.

Mitsunobu
Associate Executive Officer
Matsumura
Akihiro
Mouri

General Manager of Inorganic Materials
Dept., Performance Materials Div.
General Manager of Business Strategy
Dept.,Agricultural Chemicals Div.

Associate Executive Officer

General Manager ofPlanning and Development Dept.,
Agricultural Chemicals Div.

Satoshi
Associate Executive Officer
Kageshima
Hiroyuki
Senior Adviser
Narushima

Associate Executive Officer,
Head of Internal Audit Dept.,

Tomohisa
President, Nissan Green & Landscape Co., Ltd.
Kobayashi

Associate Executive Officer,
General Manager of Sales Planning Dept.,
Agricultural Chemicals Div.

3)

Personnel Change

Name

New Position

Present Position

Retained Position

Kiyofumi General Manager of Semiconductor Materials Manager of Semiconductor Materials Dept.,
Wada
Dept., Performance Materials Div.
Performance Materials Div.
Eiji
General Manager of Sales Planning Dept.,
Komatsu Agricultural Chemicals Div.

Manager of Sales Planning Dept.,
Agricultural Chemicals Div.

ToshiakiMiyairi

General Manager
Personnel Dept.

ofSecretarialOffice,Mitsutaka General Manager of Secretarial Office, Personnel Manager of Basic
Namikai Dept.
Chemicals Div.

Chemicals

Dept.,

Kenji
KeyakiManager of Purchasing Dept.

Plant Manager of Nagoya Plant

Manager of Production Technology Dept.

Masahiro
Sun Agro Co., Ltd.
Kometani

Plant Manager of Nagoya Plant

ShinyaAraseGeneral
ManagerofSemiconductor
Materials Dept., Performance Materials Div.

Nissan Chemical Materials Research(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

2.

Change of Directors, Auditors and Officers（as of June 26, 2019）thA Director and Auditors are subjected to approval at the 149 general shareholders’ meeting scheduled on June 26, 2019.
1)
Director

Name

New Position

Present Position

Retained Position

Present Position

Retained Position

Outside Director
Hidehito(Chairman Emeritus , Hitachi High-Technologies
ObayashiCorporation)

2)

AuditorsName

New Position

Hiroshi
Full-time Auditor
Onitsuka

Executive Officer,
Head of Chemical Research Laboratories

Yasuyuki
RetiredNakajima

Full-time Auditor

3)
Name

NorioTanakaAssociate Executive Officer
New Position

Head of Chemical Research Laboratories

Present Position(As of April 1, 2019)
Deputy Head of Chemical ResearchLaboratories

Retained Position
Senior Managing Associate Executive
Officer,General Manager of Synthesis Research
Dept., Chemical Research Laboratories

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Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers(As of April 1, 2019)1.

Directors and Auditors

Representative Director,President & CEO

Kojiro Kinoshita

Director,
Senior Executive Vice President

Junichi Miyazaki

Director,
Senior Executive Vice President

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Director

Katsuaki Miyaji

DirectorTakashi Honda

DirectorHitoshi SuzukiDirector(*1)

Tisato Kajiyama

Director(*1)

Tadashi Ohe

Full-time Auditor

Yasuyuki Nakajima

Full-time Auditor(*2)

Norihiro Suzuki

Full-time Auditor(*2)

Shuichi TakemotoAuditor

Noriyuki Katayama(*2)(*1)Outside Director2.

(*2)Outside Auditor

Executive Officers

President

Kojiro Kinoshita

Senior Executive Vice President

Junichi Miyazaki

Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.
Corporate Strategy & Coordination
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Chairman of CSR Committee and Environment, Safety & Quality
Assurance Committee
Responsibilities: Internal Audit Dept., Environment, Safety & Quality
Assurance Dept.

Senior Executive Vice President

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Research & Development
Responsibilities: Chemicals Div., Pharmaceuticals Div.,
Research Planning Dept.,Intellectual Property Dept., Personnel Dept.

Managing Executive Officer

Katsuaki Miyaji

Head of Corporate Planning Dept., General Manager of CSR & Public
Relations Office
CRO (Chief Risk management Officer)
Chairman of Risk Management & Compliance Committee

Managing Executive Officer

Takashi Honda

Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.
President of HOKKAIDO SUN AGRO CO., LTD.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.S.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Agro Korea Ltd.
Chairman of Nissan Agro Tech India PVT.LTD.
Responsibilities: Purchasing Dept.

Managing Executive Officer

Hitoshi Suzuki

Head of Performance Materials Div.
Chairman of Nissan Chemical America Corporation
Representative Director of NCK Co., Ltd.

Managing Executive Officer

Shinsuke Yagi

Head of Production Technology Dept.
President of Nissan Engineering Corporation

Managing Executive Officer

Nobutomo Tsuruzoe

Head of Advanced Materials & Planning Dept.

Managing Executive Officer

Toshiro Miyake

Head of Biological Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Satoru Hamamoto

Deputy Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.

Executive Officer

Hiroshi Onitsuka

Head of Chemical Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Yuji Nishida

Plant Manager of Toyama Plant

Executive Officer

Hironori Yoshida

Head of Personnel Dept.

Executive Officer

Motoaki Ishikawa

Deputy Head of Performance Materials Div.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Materials Research(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer

Kazuhiko Ohrai

Head of Pharmaceuticals Div.

Executive Officer

Hajime Yoshida

Head of Chemicals Div.

Executive Officer

Yasushi Takako

Plant Manager of Sodegaura Plant

Executive OfficerHideyuki Endo

Head of Materials Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Masafumi Nomura

Plant Manager of Saitama Plant

Executive Officer

Takeshi Matsuoka

Head of Internal Audit Dept.

Directors and Executive Officers（as of June 26, 2019）thDirectors and Corporate Auditors subjected to resolution at the Board of Directors after the 149 general shareholders’ meetingscheduled on June 26, 20192.

Directors and Auditors

Representative Director,
President & CEO

Kojiro Kinoshita

Director,
Senior Executive Vice President

Junichi Miyazaki

Director,
Senior Executive Vice President

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Director

Katsuaki MiyajiDirectorTakashi Honda

Director

Hitoshi Suzuki

Director(*1)

Tisato Kajiyama

Director(*1)

Tadashi OheDirector(*1)

Hidehito Obayashi

Full-time Auditor(*2)

Norihiro Suzuki

Full-time Auditor(*2)

Shuichi Takemoto

Full-time Auditor

Hiroshi Onitsuka

AuditorNoriyuki Katayama(*2)(*1)Outside Director2.

(*2)Outside Auditor

Executive Officers

President

Kojiro Kinoshita

Senior Executive Vice President

Junichi Miyazaki

Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.
Corporate Strategy & Coordination
CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
Chairman of CSR Committee and Environment, Safety & Quality
Assurance Committee
Responsibilities: Internal Audit Dept., Environment, Safety & Quality
Assurance Dept.

Senior Executive Vice President

Hiroyoshi Fukuro

Research & Development
Responsibilities: Chemicals Div., Pharmaceuticals Div.,
Research Planning Dept.,Intellectual Property Dept., Personnel Dept.

Managing Executive Officer

Katsuaki Miyaji

Head of Corporate Planning Dept., General Manager of CSR & Public
Relations Office
CRO (Chief Risk management Officer)
Chairman of Risk Management & Compliance Committee

Managing Executive Officer

Takashi Honda

Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.
President of HOKKAIDO SUN AGRO CO., LTD.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Europe S.A.S.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Agro Korea Ltd.
Chairman of Nissan Agro Tech India PVT.LTD.
Responsibilities: Purchasing Dept.

Managing Executive Officer

Hitoshi Suzuki

Head of Performance Materials Div.
Chairman of Nissan Chemical America Corporation
Representative Director of NCK Co., Ltd.

Managing Executive Officer

Shinsuke Yagi

Head of Production Technology Dept.
President of Nissan Engineering Corporation

Managing Executive Officer

Nobutomo Tsuruzoe

Head of Advanced Materials & Planning Dept.

Managing Executive Officer

Toshiro Miyake

Head of Biological Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Satoru Hamamoto

Deputy Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.

Executive Officer

Yuji Nishida

Plant Manager of Toyama Plant

Executive Officer

Hironori Yoshida

Head of Personnel Dept.

Executive Officer

Motoaki Ishikawa

Deputy Head of Performance Materials Div.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.
Representative Director of Nissan Chemical Materials Research(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.

Executive Officer

Kazuhiko Ohrai

Head of Pharmaceuticals Div.

Executive Officer

Hajime Yoshida

Head of Chemicals Div.

Executive Officer

Yasushi Takako

Plant Manager of Sodegaura Plant

Executive OfficerHideyuki Endo

Head of Materials Research Laboratories

Executive Officer

Masafumi Nomura

Plant Manager of Saitama Plant

Executive Officer

Takeshi Matsuoka

Head of Internal Audit Dept.