Kurita Water Industries : Announcement of Changes in Directors

April 27, 2022

For Immediate Release

Company Name Kurita Water Industries Ltd. Representative Michiya Kadota, President (Securities code: 6370, Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market)

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Announcement of Changes in Directors

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. is pleased to announce that a meeting of its Board of Directors on April 27, 2022 resolved to make the following changes in directors. It is expected to be formalized at the 86th annual meeting of shareholders scheduled for June 29, 2022.

1. Changes in directors Candidates for directors

Name	New position	Current position
Katsuya Amano	Director Executive General Manager of Engineering Division and Chief Business Officer for Facility Operation	Executive Officer Executive General Manager of Engineering Division and Chief Business Officer for Facility Operation
Masahiro Miyazaki *1	Director (part time)	－

*1 Mr. Masahiro Miyazaki is a candidate for an external director and will be registered as an independent officer. Note: See the Supplementary Material for career summaries of candidates for directors.

Career Summary of Candidate for Directors

Name / Date of Birth	Career Summary	Number of shares held
Katsuya Amano June 6, 1969 (52 years old)	April 1992 April 2014 April 2019 April 2021 April 2022	Joined Kurita Water Industries Ltd. General Manager of Sales Dept. II, Global Business Group, Facilities Division Senior General Manager of Electronics Industries Group, Japan Sales Business Division Executive Officer and Senior General Manager of Electronics Industries Group, Japan Sales Business Division Executive Officer and Executive General Manager of Engineering Division and Chief Business Officer for Facility Operation（incumbent）	900
Masahiro Miyazaki April 13, 1954 (68 years old)	April 1977 June 2002 July 2004 April 2007 April 2010 April 2014 April 2015 June 2015 April 2021	Joined Nissei Sangyo Co., Ltd. (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation) Deputy General Manager of Electronics Division, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (current Hitachi High-Tech Corporation) General Manager of Electronics Division, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Executive Officer, General Manager, Regional Branch Office for West Japan Area and Kansai Branch Office of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation President & CEO of Hitachi High Technologies America Inc. (current Hitachi High-Tech America Inc.) Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Division, Fine Technology Systems Business Division and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Representative Executive Officer, President and Chief Executive Officer and Director of Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Chairman Emeritus of Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (incumbent)	0

*The number of shares held is as of March 31, 2022. They include shares held under the Shareholding Scheme for the purchase of the Company shares.