Shin Etsu Chemical : Notice of Change of Outside Director

April 25, 2024

4-1, Marunouchi 1-chome,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

Yasuhiko Saitoh

Representative Director / President

(Code No. 4063)

Contact:

Yoshimitsu Takahashi

Corporate Officer

TEL: [phone]

Notice of Change of Outside Director

Please be informed that, at the Board of Directors meeting held today, it was resolved to nominate the following candidate for a new Outside Director to be proposed at the 147th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 27, 2024.

1. Name and brief personal history of new candidate for Outside Director

Name		Brief personal history
(Date of birth)
	Apr., 2011 Director and President, Chief Executive Officer, Daiwa
		Securities Group Inc.
	Apr., 2017	Director and Chairman of the Board, Corporate
Takashi Hibino		Executive Officer, Daiwa Securities Group Inc.
(September 27, 1955)	Apr., 2024	Director and Chief Corporate Adviser, Daiwa
		Securities Group Inc. (to date)
		(Scheduled to retire from the position of Director as of
		June 21, 2024)

• Takashi Hibino satisfies the requirements for an Independent Officer as stipulated in the relevant rules and regulations of the Tokyo Stock Exchange, Inc. He will be reported to the Exchange as an Independent Officer.

2. Retiring Director

Outside Director, Toshihiko Fukui

He will retire from the Director position at the conclusion of the 147th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders scheduled to be held on June 27, 2024.