Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation announced that board of directors resolved Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation resolved executive personnel changes. Effective April 1, 2015, Yoshimitsu Kobayashi appointed as Representative Director and Member of the Board, Chairman from Representative Director, Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. Effective April 1, 2015, Hitoshi Ochi appointed as Representative Director, Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer from Member of the Board.

Effective late June 2015, Yoshimitsu Kobayashi appointed as Member of the Board from Chairman from Representative Director and Member of the Board, Chairman. Hitoshi Ochi appointed as Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer (Representative Executive Officer) from Representative Director, Member of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer. Hiroaki Ishizuka appointed as Member of the Board and Vice Chairman from Member of the Board and Takumi Ubagai appointed as Member of the Board and Vice Chairman from Member of the Board.

Nominated Outside Directors: Taigi Ito, Certified public accountant, Hideko Kunii, Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Management (MOT), Shibaura Institute of Technology and Kazuhiro Wanatabe, Lawyer.