May 13, 2014
To whom it may concern,
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation

Notice Regarding Changes of Representative Directors
At the board of directors’ meeting held on May 13, 2014, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation(“Taiyo Nippon Sanso” or “the Company”) resolved changes of Representative Directors asof June 27, 2014 and announces as follows:
1. Reason for Transfer
In order to restore its management structure with the goal of swiftly responding to rapid
structural changes in the environment surrounding the Company and to quickly improve
profitability, in October 2012, the Company worked diligently to solve the pressing issues itwas facing. As a result of restructuring unprofitable divisions, reducing its workforce, andother measures taken within the Group as a whole, the Company was able to quickly restore
profitability in the previous fiscal year.
In order to achieve its medium- to long-term vision, which has as its first step the three-year
medium-term business plan that was announced today, the Company sought to further raise
corporate value and globalize under the new management structure.
2. Changes of Representative Directors on June 27, 2014
NameNew position
Shotaro Yoshimura
Chairman and Representative
Director
Shinji Tanabe
Vice Chairman andRepresentative Director,
Supervising - Technological
Affairs, Development andEngineering, and On-site andPlant divisions
Kunishi Hazama
Vice Chairman andRepresentative Director,
Supervising - Industrial Gases
and Medical divisions
Yujiro Ichihara
President and Representative
Director, CEO

Tadashige Maruyama

Hiroshi Taguchi

Vice President andRepresentative Director,
General Manager of Industrial
Gases division
Member of the Board,
Executive Advisor

Current position
Executive Director (part time)
President and Representative
Director

Vice President andRepresentative Director, General
Manager of Industrial Gases andElectronics divisions
Vice President,
Member of the Board,Supervising - Corporate
Administration and International
Business Planning divisions
Vice President,
Member of the Board,
General Manager of Business
Administration division
Chairman and Representative
Director

3. Profile of New Representatives
Name:
Shotaro Yoshimura
Date of birth: February 13, 1949
Education:
Faculty of Economics, Kyoto University
Major career:
April, 1972
Joined Mitsubishi Chemical Industries Limited (presentMitsubishi Chemical Corporation)
June, 2003
Executive Officer, General Manager, Consolidated
Management Department, Mitsubishi ChemicalCorporationOctober, 2005 Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate
Management Office, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
Corporation,
Executive Officer, General Manager, Consolidated
Management Department, Mitsubishi ChemicalCorporation
April, 2006
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical
Holdings Corporation,
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical
Corporation
June, 2006
Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer,
Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation,
Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer,
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
April, 2009
Representative Director, Member of the Board,
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical
Holdings Corporation,
Member of the Board, Managing Executive Officer,
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
June, 2010
Representative Director, Member of the Board, Senior
Managing Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical
Holdings Corporation
Member of the Board, Senior Managing ExecutiveOfficer, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
April, 2012
Representative Director, Member of the Board, Deputy
Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
Corporation,
Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc.
June, 2012
Member of the Board, Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation(present)
April, 2014
Member of the Board, Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings
Corporation (present)
Number of shares owned: None
Name:
Yujiro Ichihara
Date of birth: November 13, 1951
Education:
Faculty of Business and Commerce, Keio University2

Major career:April, 1974
Joined Nippon Sanso Corporation
October, 2004 Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation Manager ofSecretary’s Office
June, 2005
Corporate Officer, Deputy General Manager ofBusiness Planning and General Affairs divisions,Manager of Secretary’s Office, Manager of Corporate
Audit Office
June, 2008
Executive Corporate Officer, General Manager ofGeneral Affairs division, Manager of Internal Control
SystemJune, 2010
Managing Director, General Manager of General
Affairs division, Manager of Internal Control System
June, 2012
Senior Managing Director, General Manager ofCorporate Administration division, Manager of InternalControl SystemApril, 2013
Senior Managing Director, General Manager ofCorporate Administration division, Manager ofBusiness Planning Department, Manager of Internal
Control SystemJune, 2013
Vice President, Member of the Board, General Managerof Corporate Administration division, Manager ofInternal Control System
April, 2014
Vice President, Member of the Board, Supervising Corporate Administration and International Business
Planning divisions (present)
Number of shares owned: 60,000 shares

Name:
Tadashige Maruyama
Date of birth: September 9, 1950
Education:
Faculty of Commercial Sciences, Hiroshima Shudo University
Brief personal record:April, 1973
Joined Taiyo Sanso Co., Ltd.
June, 2004
Taiyo Toyo Sanso Co., Ltd. Corporate Officer, General
Manager of Osaka BranchOctober, 2004 Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation Corporate Officer,
General Manager of Kansai BranchJune, 2007
Executive Corporate Officer, Deputy General Managerof Industrial Gases division, Manager of Industrial
Gases division
June, 2008
Executive Corporate Officer, General Manager ofKanto BranchJune, 2009Managing Director, General Manager of Kanto BranchJune, 2010
Senior Managing Director, Managing Director ofBusiness Administration division
June, 2013
Vice President, Member of the Board, ManagingDirector of Business Administration division (present)
Number of shares owned: 26,000 shares3