METAWATER : Changes of Directors and Executive Officers

	June 22, 2021
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Company	METAWATER Co., Ltd.
Representative	Kenji Yamaguchi, President and Representative Director
	(Securities code: 9551 First Section of Tokyo Stock Exchange)
Contact	Akira Kato, Director and Executive General Manager,
	Corporate Strategy Planning Division
	(Tel: [phone])

Changes of Directors and Executive Officers

With respect to the "Changes of Representative Directors" and "Prospective members of the Board and Election of Executive Officers" announced on March 26, 2021, METAWATER Co., Ltd. (the "Company") held its 48th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders on the date of this release, and the elections of 7 Directors and 1 Audit and Supervisory Board Member were approved. The Board of Directors subsequently elected Representative Directors and titles of Board Members. In addition, the Company also announced changes to the positions and duties of Executive Officers on June 22, 2021, as follows.

1. Changes to Officers

1. Director

Yasushi Nakamura

Kenji Yamaguchi

Akira Kato

Noboru Okuda

Kaoru Aizawa

Fumiko Kosao

Tsuneo Tanai

*2

*2

*1 *2

Chairman and Representative Director

President and Representative Director

Director

Director

Outside Director

Outside Director

Outside Director

2) Audit and Supervisory Board Members

Shigeru Hatsumata		Audit and Supervisory Board Member (not re-elected)
Kimihiko Uemura	*2	Outside Auditor (not re-elected)
Kazuo Takimoto	*2	Outside Auditor (not re-elected)
Taku Fukui	*1 *2	Outside Auditor

*1 New appointment *2 Independent officer

2. Election of Executive Officers

1. Changes to the positions of Executive Officers (as of June 22, 2021)

Name	New Title	Previous Position
Yasushi Nakamura	Chairman and Executive Officer	President and Chief Executive Officer
Kenji Yamaguchi	President and Chief Executive Officer	Executive Officer
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2) Changes to the duties of Executive Officers (as of June 22, 2021)

	Name	New Duties	Previous Duties
	Yasushi Nakamura	Public Relations		Responsible for Business Execution
				Executive General Manager, Business Strategy
	Kenji Yamaguchi	Responsible for Business Execution	Division
				Responsible for WBC Center
		Executive General Manager, Business	Executive General Manager, Sales & Marketing
	Masahiro Takagi	Strategy Division
		Division
		Responsible for WBC Center
	Susumu Kadowaki	Executive General Manager, Sales &	Deputy Executive General Manager, Sales &
	Marketing Division		Marketing Division
Executive Officer System
	Name	Position		Duties
	Yasushi Nakamura	Chairman and	Public Relations
	Executive Officer
		President and
	Kenji Yamaguchi	Chief Executive	Responsible for Business Execution
		Officer
		Vice President	Assistant to Person Responsible for Business Execution
		Executive General Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning Division
	Akira Kato	and Executive	Responsible for Corporate Administration Department, Affiliates
		Officer	Coordination Department, and Legal Department, Corporate
			Strategy Planning Division
		Senior Executive	Executive General Manager, Plant Engineering Division
	Noboru Okuda	Responsible for Product Center
	Officer
		Responsible for Quality Assurance Office
	Masashi Sakai	Senior Executive	Executive General Manager, PPP Division
	Officer
	Eiji Nakamura	Executive Officer	President and Representative Director, METAWATER SERVICE
	Co., Ltd.
			Deputy Executive General Manager, Corporate Strategy Planning
			Division
			Executive General Manager, HR & General Affairs Planning Office,
	Michio Fujii	Executive Officer	Corporate Strategy Planning Division
	Responsible for CSR Promotion Office, Corporate Strategy
			Planning Division
			Executive General Manager, Export Control Office
			Responsible for Risk Management
	Masahiro Takagi	Executive Officer	Executive General Manager, Business Strategy Division
	Responsible for WBC Center
			Executive General Manager, Financial Planning Office, Corporate
	Masayuki	Executive Officer	Strategy Planning Division
	Nakagawa	Responsible for Information Technology Planning Department,
			Corporate Strategy Planning Division
	Yoshito Ezure	Executive Officer	Deputy Executive General Manager, International Business Division
	Tsugio Kusano	Executive Officer	Executive General Manager, Plant Construction Division
	Responsible for Safety and Health Management Office
	Susumu Kadowaki	Executive Officer	Executive General Manager, Sales & Marketing Division
	Koichi Yamaguchi	Executive Officer	Deputy Executive General Manager, Plant Construction Division
	Responsible for Cost Engineering Center
	Ken Akikawa	Executive Officer	Executive General Manager, International Business Division
	Tatsuo Kato	Executive Officer	Deputy Executive General Manager, Plant Engineering Division
	Hiroyuki Nakano	Executive Officer	Executive General Manager, Service Solution Division
	Hajime Ito	Executive Officer	Deputy Executive General Manager, Plant Engineering Division

• Concurrent positions held by officers at Group companies in Japan and overseas have been omitted.
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