Kuraray Co., Ltd. has selected a list of candidates for the offices of director and corporate auditor, which will be presented to the annual general meeting of shareholders scheduled for late June, 2005. The Company has also selected an executive officer, who will take his post following the conclusion of the general meeting of shareholders.
1. Changes in Directors and Corporate Auditors
- (1) Changes in Responsibilities of Directors
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Position | Name | New Position | Position as of April 1 |
Director and Senior Executive Officer | Seiji Wajiki | Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer | Responsible for Chemicals and Medical Products Sector |
Director and Senior Executive Officer | Osamu Asaba | Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer | Responsible for Fibers and Textiles Sector |
- (2) Retiring Directors
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Position | Name | Position as of April 1 |
Managing Director | Tetsuzo Kimura | Assistant to the President, Kuraray Trading Co., Ltd. (Slated to become president of Kuraray Trading in late June ) |
- (3) Changes in Corporate Auditors
- None. (All corporate auditors will continue in office or be reappointed.)
2. Changes in Executive Officers
- (1) New Executive Officer
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Position | Name | New Position | Position as of April 1 |
Managing Director | Junsuke Tanaka | Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer | Responsible for Specialty Resin and Film Sector |
- (2) Outgoing Executive Officer
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Position | Name | Position as of April 1 |
Director and Senior Executive Officer | Nobusuke Takeuchi | Director, Responsible for Technology Division, Plant Manager |
3. Complete list of directors, corporate auditors, and executive officers.
(As of late June , 2005. '' indicates a change in position. Others either continued in office or were reappointed.)
| Representative Director and Chairman | Hiroto Matsuo |
| Representative Director and President | Yasuaki Wakui |
| Senior Managing Director | Koichi Kushida |
| Managing Director | Tsutomu Yabuta |
| Managing Director | Katsumi Ohashi |
| Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer | Junsuke Tanaka |
| Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer | Seiji Wajiki |
| Managing Director and Senior Executive Officer | Osamu Asaba |
| Director | Nobusuke Takeuchi |
| Corporate Auditor (Statutory) | Akira Matsuzawa |
| Corporate Auditor (Statutory) | Tatsuya Nakano |
| Corporate Auditor (Non-statutory) | Kazuhide Kashiwabara |
| Corporate Auditor (Non-statutory) | Ichiro Kobayashi |
| Corporate Auditor (Non-statutory) | Toshimitsu Kitagawa |
| Senior Executive Officer | Noriaki Yoshimura |
| Senior Executive Officer | Toshihiro Tomii |
| Senior Executive Officer | Yoichi Ninagawa |
| Senior Executive Officer | Fumio Ito |
| Senior Executive Officer | Shiro Kataoka |
| Executive Officer | Kanji Shimoda |
| Executive Officer | Hiroaki Yoshino |
| Executive Officer | Toshihide Sakai |
| Executive Officer | Susumu Gotanda |
| Executive Officer | Noboru Yanagita |
| Executive Officer | Kenzo Sawada |
| Executive Officer | Hideo Tomita |