This Notice is a translation of the original; “Kabushikibunkatsu oyobi Kabushikibunkatsu ni tomonau Teikan noIchibuhenkou ni kansuru Oshirase” written in Japanese, for convenience purpose only, and in the event of any
discrepancy, the original in Japanese shall prevail.
December 18, 2023
For Immediate Release
Company:
Representative:Contacts:

NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD.
Kazuhiro Noda, President andRepresentative Member of the Board(Code number: 4114, Prime Market,
Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Hiroaki Sakai, General Managerof General Affairs Dept.
(Tel: +81-6-6223-9111)

Notice Regarding Stock Split and Partial Amendment of Articles of Incorporation
NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (the “Company”) hereby announces that it has resolved, at the Board Meeting
held today to conduct a stock split and a partial amendment to its Articles of Incorporation with regards to the stocksplit. The details are described below.
1. Purpose of Stock Split
By conducting the stock split to lower the price of share-trading units, we intend to make shares more affordable
for investors, with a view to improving the liquidity of the Company’s stock and expanding its shareholder base.
2. Outline of Stock Split(1) Method of stock split
The record date of the stock split will be Sunday, March 31, 2024 (since this day falls on a non-business day ofthe shareholder registry administrator, the substantial record date will be Friday, March 29, 2024) . Each share ofcommon stock owned by a shareholder whose name appears or is recorded in the shareholder registry as of theend of the record date, will be split for 4 shares.
(2) Increase in the number of shares resulting from stock splita.

Total number of shares issued and outstanding before the stock
39,000,000 shares
split

b. Increase in the number of shares resulting from stock splitc.

Total number of shares issued and outstanding after the stocksplit

d. Total number of shares authorized after the stock split

117,000,000 shares
156,000,000 shares
508,800,000 shares(3) Schedulea. Public notice date of record date (Scheduled)

March 15, 2024 (Friday)

b. Record date

March 31, 2024 (Sunday)c. Effective date

April 1, 2024 (Monday)

1 / 2

3. Partial Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation(1) Reason for amendment
In conjunction with the above stock split, the Company will amend the total number of shares authorized to beissued described in Article 6 of its Articles of Incorporation with an effective date of April 1, 2024, pursuant to theprovisions of Article 184, Paragraph 2 of the Companies Act of Japan.
(2) Details of amendment
The details of the amendment are as follows.
(Amended portions are underlined.)
Current Articles of Incorporation

Amendment(Total number of shares authorized)(Total number of shares authorized)
Article 6. The total number of shares authorized Article 6. The total number of shares authorized shall
shall be 127,200,000.
be 508,800,000.
(3) Schedulea. Date of resolution of Board meeting

December 18, 2023 (Monday)b. Effective date

April 1, 2024 (Monday)

4. Others(1) Change in the amount of share capital
There will be no change in the amount of share capital as a result of the stock split.
(2) Dividends
As the stock split will take effect on April 1, 2024, the year-end dividend for the fiscal year ending March 31,
2024, which has a dividend record date of March 31, 2024, will be paid based on the shares before the stock split.

2 / 2