May 21, 2019
Company name: Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd.
Representative: Kentaro Sato, President(Code: 4095, Tokyo Stock Exchange, First Section)
Enquiries: Hiroyasu Tamura,
Director & General Manager of Administration Div.
(TEL. 03-3278-4333)
To whom it may concern

Notice of change of certified public accountant
Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd. announces that its Audit and Supervisory Committee, at a meeting held on May
13, 2019, decided the details of a proposal to be discussed at a General Meeting of Shareholders regarding thechange of certified public accountant responsible for audit certification under Article 193 Paragraphs 1 and 2 of
the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act, and at the meeting of the Board of Directors held on the same day
it was resolved that this proposal will be submitted to the General Meeting of Shareholders for the 134th Term tobe held on June 27, 2019.
Details
1. Date of change
June 27, 2019 (Scheduled date of the General Meeting of Shareholders for the 134th Term)
2. Overview of incoming and outgoing certified public accountants(1) Details of incoming certified public accountant①

NamePricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC②

AddressOtemachi Park Building, 1-1-1 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo③

Name of employees who
perform the work

Kousaku Kawahara
Nobuhiro Nasu
Tatsuya Chiba

Status of registration
under the Registration
System for Listed④

Company Audit Firms ofthe Japanese Institute ofCertified Public
AccountantsRegistered.

(2) Details of outgoing certified public accountant

①

Name

Crowe Toyo and Co.

②

Address

Kandamitoshirocho 7, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo③

Name of employees who
perform the work

Masanori Hokin
Akio Enokura
Hajime HIrai

3. Reasons for nominating the certified public accountant listed in 2(1) above as a candidate
The reasons for the nomination of PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC as a candidate audit firm are that,as the current firm has been conducting audits of our company for many years, it is anticipated that a changeof audit firm will allow an effective audit from a fresh perspective. In addition, based on our third mid-term
management plan, we initiated a search for an audit firm that has built a global audit organization, anddetermined that the candidate audit firm has the appropriate expertise, independence and quality controlsystem.
4. Latest date of appointment of outgoing certified public accountant
June 28, 2018
5. Opinions in audit reports prepared by the outgoing certified public accountant within last three years
Not applicable
6. Decision on change and reasons and background of the change
The term of Crowe Toyo & Co., the current audit firm of Nihon Parkerizing Co., Ltd., will expire at theconclusion of Nihon Parkerizing’s General Meeting of Shareholders for the 134th term to be held on June 27,
2019. Accordingly, the Audit and Supervisory Committee decided the details of a proposal to appoint
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata LLC as the incoming audit firm for the reasons listed in 3. above.
7. Opinions from the outgoing certified public accountant on the auditor’s report and other items mentioned withrespect to the reason and background stated in 6. above
The outgoing certified public accountant indicated that they have no particular opinion.
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