May 15, 2015
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation
Notice Regarding Changes of Representative Directors, Appointment ofCandidates for External Directors, and Changes of Corporate Officers
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation hereby announces that at the Board of Directors
meeting held today, with the goal of improving its management efficiency andstrengthening corporate governance, it resolved as follows to make changes in its
representative directors on June 23, 2015, and to appoint candidates for external
directors, and make changes in its corporate officers.
Officially, the Company will determine these actions through the Annual Meeting ofShareholders scheduled to be held on June 23, 2015, and through the subsequentmeeting of the Board of Directors.
1. Reasons for the Changes and Appointments
With the goal of improving its management efficiency and strengthening corporate
governance, and to clarify management’s decision-making and supervisory function
from the execution of duties, the Company has decided to reduce the number ofdirectors and to accept the appointment of independent external directors.
2. Changes in Representative Directors
NameNew position
Tadashige
Executive Vice President andMaruyama
Representative Director,General Manager ofIndustrial Gases Division, &CSO
*CSO: Chief Sustainability
OfficerCurrent position
Vice President andRepresentative Director,
General Manager of Industrial
Gases Division, & CSO

3. Appointment of Candidates for External Directors
NameProfileAkio Yamada
April 1967:
Joined General Secretariat, Japan Fair Trade
Commission
June 1996:
Director General, Trade Practices
Department, Japan Fair Trade Commission
June 1997:
Director General, Investigation Bureau,
General Secretariat, Japan Fair Trade

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Commission
June 1998:
Director General, Economic Affairs Bureau,
General Secretariat, Japan Fair Trade
Commission
June 2000:
Secretary General, Japan Fair TradeCommission
December 2003: Commissioner, Japan Fair TradeCommission
April 2009:
Senior Advisor, Jones Day (Currentappointment)
June 2010:
Corporate auditor, Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.
March 2014:
Corporate auditor, The Yokohama RubberCo., Ltd. (Current appointment)
June 2014:
Managing Director, Watahan & Co., Ltd.
(Current appointment)
Up to the present date
April 1978:
Appointed as a Public Prosecutor assignedto Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office
July 1989:
First Secretary, Embassy of Japan inGermany
June 2000:
Director of the Criminal Affairs Division,Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
June 2001:Director of the General Affairs Division,
Criminal Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Justice
January 2003:
Director of Finance Division, Minister's
Secretariat of Ministry of Justice
April 2005:
Assistant Vice Minister of Ministry ofJustice (Responsible for General Policy
Integration)
December 2005: Chief Prosecutor, Fukui District Public
Prosecutors Office
June 2007:
Chief Prosecutor, Mito District Public
Prosecutors Office
October 2008:
Chief Prosecutor, Saitama District Public
Prosecutors Office
January 2010:
Director of the Public Security Department
in Supreme Public Prosecutors Office
December 2010: Superintending Prosecutor, Takamatsu HighPublic Prosecutors Office
June 2012:
Superintending Prosecutor, Hiroshima High
Public Prosecutors OfficeJuly 2014:
Retired as Superintending Prosecutor,
Hiroshima High Public Prosecutors OfficeOctober 2014:
Registered as an attorney
Up to the present date

Mitsuhiro
Katsumaru

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4. Changes in Corporate Officers
Name
New position
Shigeru Amada Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer, Memberof the Board
Deputy General Manager,
Industrial Gases Division
William J. Kroll Director, Senior Managing
Executive Officer(Responsible for U.S.
Business), Member of theBoard
General Manager of Global
Innovation Division
Chairman, Matheson TriGas, Inc.
HiroshiDirector, Senior Managing
KatsumataExecutive Officer, Memberof the Board
General Manager ofTechnological Affairs
Division
Masanori
Director (part time)
Karatsu

Yoshikazu
YamanoKinji Mizunoe

AkihikoUmekawa
Shin-ichiro
Hiramine

3RetiredContinues as President andRepresentative Director,
Taiyo Nippon Sanso Energy
Corporation
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager ofCorporate Administration
Division & CCO
CCO: Chief Compliance
OfficerManaging Executive Officer
General Manager of Kanto
BranchManaging Executive Officer
General Manager of LP
Gases Division

Current position
Senior Managing Director
Deputy General Manager,
Industrial Gases Division
Senior Managing Director
General Manager of Global
Innovation Division
Chairman, Matheson TriGas, Inc.

Senior Managing Director
General Manager ofTechnological Affairs
Division
Representative Director,
Senior Managing Executive
Officer, Mitsubishi ChemicalCorporation& Senior Managing
Executive Officer,
Mitsubishi Chemical
Holdings Corporation
Senior Managing Director
President and Representative
Director, Taiyo Nippon
Sanso Energy Corporation
Managing Director
General Manager ofCorporate Administration
DivisionManaging Director
General Manager of Kanto
BranchManaging Director
General Manager of LP
Gases Division

Name
Keiki Ariga

Yuki Hajikano
Jun Ishikawa
YoshihideKenmochi

4New position
Managing Executive Officer
General Manager ofDevelopment & Engineering
DivisionManaging Executive Officer
General Manager of Medical
DivisionManaging Executive Officer
General Manager of Human
Resources Division
Managing Executive Officer
Deputy General Manager ofIndustrial Gases Division

Current position
Managing Director
General Manager ofDevelopment & Engineering
DivisionManaging Director
General Manager of MedicalDivision
Managing Director
General Manager of Human
Resources Division
Managing Director
Deputy General Manager ofIndustrial Gases Division