December 18, 2014
Kuraray Co., Ltd.
Announcement of Changes in Executive Personnel
Kuraray Co., Ltd. announces the following changes in executive personnel.
1. Changes in Director Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in March 2015)
New position
Director and Primary
Executive Officer
Director and Senior Executive
Officer
Director and Senior Executive
Officer―(Scheduled to be appointed
Standing Corporate Auditor )―Name
Nobuo Fujii
Yukiatsu Komiya
Hiroaya Hayase
Keiji Murakami

Yuichi Kawarasaki

Current position
Director and Senior
Executive OfficerSeniorExecutive OfficerSenior
Executive Officer
Director and Primary
Executive Officer

Remarks
Change ofpositionNew
appointment
Newappointment
Resignation

Director and Senior Resignation
Executive Officer(Reference)
Kuraray previously announced the following changes in representative director positions in November
2014. (Scheduled effective date: January 1, 2015)
New Position
Representative Director and Chairman
Representative Director and President

Name
Fumio Ito
Masaaki Ito

Current Position
Representative Director and President
Director and Senior Executive Officer

2. Changes in Corporate Auditor Positions(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in March 2015)
New position
Standing Corporate Auditor

NameKeiji Murakami―

Mitsuaki Manabe

Current position
Remarks
Director and Primary New
Executive Officer
appointment
Standing Corporate Resignation
Auditor

3. Changes in Executive Officer Positions (Excluding Those Concurrently Posted as Directors)(Scheduled effective date: General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in March 2015)
New position
Executive Officer

Name
Takashi Nakajima

Executive Officer

Hirohide Hayashi―Shuichi Takemoto

1

Current position
Associate ExecutiveOfficer
Associate ExecutiveOfficer
Executive Officer

RemarksNewappointment
Newappointment
Resignation

4. Directors, Corporate Auditors and Executive Officers after Changes◎ Indicates a new appointment※ Indicates a change in position
No mark indicates either a continuation in office or a reappointment to that office.
Representative Director and Chairman

Fumio Ito

Representative Director and President

Masaaki Ito

Representative Director and Primary
Executive Officer※ Director and Primary Executive Officer

Setsuo Yamashita

Director and Senior Executive Officer

Kazuhiro Tenkumo

Director and Senior Executive Officer

Kunio Yukiyoshi

Director and Senior Executive Officer

Sadaaki Matsuyama

Director and Senior Executive Officer

Kazuhiko Kugawa◎ Director and Senior Executive Officer

Yukiatsu Komiya◎ Director and Senior Executive Officer

Hiroaya Hayase

Nobuo Fujii

External Director

Takafusa Shioya

External Director

Tomokazu Hamaguchi

Standing Corporate Auditor

Yoichi Ninagawa◎ Standing Corporate Auditor

Keiji Murakami

External Corporate Auditor

Mie Fujimoto

External Corporate Auditor

Yoshimitsu Okamoto

External Corporate Auditor

Mikio Nakura

Executive Officer

Matthias Gutweiler

Executive Officer

Masanori Onodera

Executive Officer

Kazuhiro Nakayama

Executive Officer

Kenichi AbeExecutive Officer

Yoshimasa Sano

Executive Officer

George Avdey

Executive Officer

Hitoshi Toyoura

Executive Officer

Yukinori Yamane

Executive Officer

Akira Omura

Executive Officer

Tsugunori Kashimura◎ Executive Officer

Takashi Nakajima◎ Executive Officer

Hirohide Hayashi

25. Career Summary of New Directors and New Corporate Auditors(1) New Directors
Name: Yukiatsu Komiya
Date of birth:
April 21, 1955
Educational background: Graduated from the Kyoto University Graduate School ofEngineering (Doctoral Degree) in March 1984
Career history:April 1984
Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
July 2011
General Manager of Kashima Plant
June 2012
Executive Officer
April 2013
April 2014

General Manager of Isoprene Chemical Division, Isoprene Company
President of Isoprene Company (current position)

June 2014

Senior Executive Officer (current position)

Name: Hiroaya Hayase
Date of birth:
February 28, 1956
Educational background: Graduated from Kobe University Graduate School of Engineering(Master’s Degree) in March 1980
Career history:
April 1980
Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
April 2010
April 2012
June 2012
April 2013

April 2014
June 2014

General Manager of Technology Division, Technology and Development
Unit
General Manager of Poval Resin Division, Resin Company
Executive Officer
General Manager of Poval Resin Division, Vinyl Acetate Company (currentposition) , General Manager of Production and Technology ManagementDivision, Vinyl Acetate Company
General Manager of International Business Planning Division, Vinyl
Acetate Company (current position)
Senior Executive Officer (current position)3

(2) New Standing Corporate Auditor
Name: Keiji Murakami
Date of birth:
November 22, 1950
Educational background: Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University School of Econoics inMarch 1973
Career history:
April 1973
April 2005

Joined Kuraray Co., Ltd.
President of EVAL Company, Specialty Resin and Film Sector

June 2006
April 2010

Executive Officer
President of Resin Company

June 2010
April 2013

Director and Senior Executive Officer
President of Vinyl Acetate Company (current position)

June 2013

Director and Primary Executive Officer (current position)4