Nissan Chemical : Change of Directors and Officers

Change of Directors and Officers

	February 22, 2022
Name of listed company: Nissan Chemical Corporation	Stock Exchange: Tokyo
Code Number: 4021	URL: https://www.nissanchem.co.jp/eng/
Representative: YAGI Shinsuke, President

Inquiry to: MIYAZAWA Tomoe, General Manager of CSR & Public Relations Office, Corporate Planning Dept.

Nissan Chemical Corporation informs the changes of directors and officers as follows.

1. Change of Directors and Officers (as of April 1, 2022)

1. Directors and Executive Officers

Name	New Position	Present Position	Retained Position
YAGI		Responsibilities: Chemicals Div.,	Representative Director, President
	COO
Shinsuke		Production Technology Dept.
	Production Technology
		Senior Executive Vice President
		CFO
		Corporate Strategy & Coordination
MIYAZAKI		Chairman of CSR Committee, and
	Environment, Safety & Quality Assurance	Director
Junichi
	Committee
		Responsibilities: Internal Audit Dept., Finance
		& Accounting Dept., Environment, Safety &
		Quality Assurance Dept.
			Director
			President of NC Agro Hakodate
			Corporation
			Representative Director of Nissan
	Senior Executive Vice President		Chemical Europe S.A.S.
HONDA	Life Science Business	Senior Managing Executive Officer	Representative Director of Nissan
Takashi	Research & Development of Life Science Field	Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.	Chemical Agro Korea Ltd.
	Responsibilities: Intellectual Property Dept.		Chairman of Nissan Agro Tech
			India PVT.LTD.
			Chairman of Nissan Bharat
			Rasayan PVT.LTD.
			Responsibilities: Purchasing Dept.
MIYAKE	Retire	Senior Managing Executive Officer
Toshiro	Head of Biological Research Laboratories
		Managing Executive Officer
		Research & Development
SUZUKI		Head of Planning and Development Div.	Director
Hitoshi		Responsibilities:
		Pharmaceuticals Div.,
		Intellectual Property Dept.
YOSHIDA		Managing Executive Officer
	CRO	Director
Hironori
	Head of Corporate Planning Dept.

					Chairman of Risk Management & Compliance
					Committee
					Responsibility: Personnel Dept.
									Head of Performance Materials
									Div.
									Chairman of Nissan Chemical
									America Corporation
ISHIKAWA	Senior Managing Executive Officer						Representative Director of NCK
Research & Development of		Managing Executive Officer		Co., Ltd.
Motoaki
Performance Materials Field						Representative Director of Nissan
									Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.
									Representative Director of Nissan
									Chemical Materials Research
									(Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
ENDO	Managing Executive Officer		Executive Officer
Hideyuki	Head of Planning and Development Div.		Head of Materials Research Laboratories
	Managing Executive Officer
	CRO
MATSUOKA	Head of Corporate Planning Dept.		Executive Officer
Chairman of Risk Management & Compliance
Takeshi	Head of Chemicals Div.
Committee
	Responsibilities: Internal Audit Dept.,
	Chemicals Div., Personnel Dept.
					Executive Officer
SATO	Managing Executive Officer		Deputy Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.,
Yuji	Head of Agricultural Chemicals Div.		Head of International Operations, Agricultural
					Chemicals Div.
	Managing Executive Officer
	CFO
	Head of Sustainability Promotion & IR Dept.
	(*1)
DAIMON	Chairman of Sustainability Promotion		Executive Officer
Hideki	Committee(*1), and Environment, Safety &		Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.
	Quality Assurance Committee
	Responsibilities: Finance & Accounting Dept.,
	Digital Transformation Dept. (*2),
	Environment, Safety & Quality Assurance Dept.
MATSUMURA	General Manager of	Healthcare Business	General Manager of Life Science Materials
Mitsunobu	Development	Dept.,	Planning	and	Development Dept., Planning and		Executive Officer
	Development Div.(*3)			Development Div.(*4)
OKIKAWA	Executive Officer				Associate Executive Officer
			General Manager of Business Strategy Dept.,
Toshiaki	Head of Chemicals Div.
		Chemicals Div.
NAKAGAWA					General	Manager	of Digital	Technology	Head of Production Technology
Executive Officer				Promotion	Office,	Production	Technology
Akihiro				Dept.
				Dept.(*5)
ISHIWATA	Executive Officer				Head of Pharmaceuticals Div.
Norihisa	Head of Healthcare Div.(*6)

(*1) Establish the Sustainability Promotion& IR Dept., and CSR Committee is renamed Sustainability Promotion Committee.

(*2) Establish Digital Transformation Dept. consisting of Digital Strategy Office and Information Systems Office.

(*3) Establish the Healthcare Business Development Dept. within the Planning and Development Div.

(*4) Dissolve the Life Science Materials Development Dept., Planning and Development Div.

(*5) Dissolve Digital Technology Promotion Office, Production Technology Dept.

(*6) The Pharmaceuticals Div. is renamed Healthcare Div.

1. Associate Executive Officers

Name		New Position			Present Position		Retained Position
TANAKA			Senior Managing Associate Executive
	Retire	Officer , Head of Chemical Research
Norio
		Laboratories
MITA		Head of Chemical Research Laboratories	Deputy Head of Chemical Research	Senior Managing Associate
Takeshi		Laboratories						Executive Officer
TSURUZOE			Managing Associate Executive Officer
	Retire	Deputy Head of Materials Research
Nobutomo			Laboratories
			Associate Executive Officer
YANAGI		Retire	Deputy Plant Manager of Toyama Plant
Hideki		General Manager of Engineering Dept.,
			Toyama Plant
TAKAHASHI		President of Sun Agro Co., Ltd.	Associate Executive Officer
Takeshi			Head of Purchasing Dept.
TANIMOTO		President of Nippon Phosphoric Acid Co., Ltd.	Associate Executive Officer
	Head	of	Environment,	Safety	& Quality
Kenji		(as of July 1, 2022)
	Assurance Dept.
ARITA		Managing Associate Executive Officer	Associate Executive Officer
	Deputy Head of	Finance	&	Accounting
Nobuhiro		Head of Finance & Accounting Dept.
	Dept.
NIHIRA			General	Manager		of	Information &
	Head of Materials Research Laboratories	Communication Materials	Development	Associate Executive Officer
Takayasu
		Dept., Planning and Development Div.
YOKOYAMA		Head of Environment, Safety & Quality Assurance	General	Manager	of	Analysis	Research	Associate Executive Officer
Tatsuro		Dept.	Dept., Chemical Research Laboratories
KOMATSU		General Manager of Sales Department-Japan, Sales	General Manager of Sales Planning Dept.,
	Sales	&	Marketing	Japan,	Agricultural	Associate Executive Officer
Eiji		& Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.(*1)	Chemicals Div.
SAITO		Associate Executive Officer	General Manager of Fine Chemicals Dept.,
Masato		Head of Purchasing Dept.	Chemicals Div.
ABE		Associate Executive Officer	General Manager of Information Systems
Hideyuki		Head of Digital Transformation Dept.	Office, Finance & Accounting Dept.(*2)
NAKAYAMA											General Manager of Business
	Associate Executive Officer									Strategy Dept.,
Masato											Agricultural Chemicals Div.
NIKI		Associate Executive Officer	General Manager of Agricultural Chemicals
	Research Dept., Chemical Research
Toshio		Head of Biological Research Laboratories
	Laboratories
WATANABE		Associate Executive Officer	General Manager of Research Management
Hisayuki		Deputy Head of Internal Audit Dept.	Dept., Planning and Development Div.

(*1) Dissolve Sales Planning Dept., and establish Sales Department-Japan and Roundup Sales Department within Sales & Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.

(*2) The Information Systems Office (Joho system shitsu in Japanese) is renamed to Information Systems Office (Joho system tokatsushitsu in Japanese)

1. Personnel Change

Name		New Position			Present Position		Retained Position
KASAI	General Manager of Fine Chemicals Dept.,				General Manager of Planning and
Yoshinori	Chemicals Div.								Development Dept., Chemicals Div.
WATANABE	General Manager of Business Strategy Dept.,		Fine Chemicals Dept., Chemicals Div.
Seiji	Chemicals Div.
OTSUKA	General Manager of Planning and	Development	Planning and Development	Dept.,
Yoshikazu	Dept., Performance Materials Div.			Performance Materials Div.
SHINOZAKI	General Manager of Sapporo Sales Office,		General Manager of Sapporo Sales Office,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Yasunao	Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
WASHIZAKI	General Manager of Sendai Sales Office,		General Manager of Sendai Sales Office,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Taisuke	Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
HAYASHI	General Manager of Tokyo Sales Office,		General Manager of Tokyo Sales Office,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Kazuya
Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
KUWANO	General Manager of Nagoya Sales Office,		General Manager of Nagoya Sales Office,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Osamu
Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
MUKAIDE	General Manager of Osaka Sales Office,		General Manager of Osaka Sales Office,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Seiji
Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
NODA	General Manager of Fukuoka Sales Office,		General Manager of Fukuoka Sales Office,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Isamu
Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
YAGI	General Manager of	Turf & Non-crop Dept. ,		General Manager of Turf & Non-crop Dept. ,
Sales Department-Japan, Sales & Marketing Japan,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Masahisa
Agricultural Chemicals Div.				Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
AIBA	General Manager of Roundup Sales Department ,	Sales Planning Dept., Sales	& Marketing
Sales & Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals
Tomoyuki	Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
Div.
SUDO	General	Manager	of	Sapporo	Roundup	Dept.,	Roundup Group Leader, Sapporo Sales
Roundup	Sales Department ,	Sales & Marketing	Office, Sales Planning Dept., Sales &
Hiroyuki
Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.			Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
TERAGUCHI	General Manager of Sendai Roundup	Dept.,	Roundup Group Leader, Sendai Sales
Roundup	Sales Department , Sales & Marketing	Office, Sales Planning Dept., Sales &
Masahiro	Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.			Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
UNNO	General	Manager	of	Tokyo		Roundup	Dept.,	Roundup Group Leader, Tokyo Sales Office,
Roundup	Sales Department ,	Sales & Marketing	Sales Planning Dept., Sales & Marketing
Tomonada
Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.			Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
IWASAKI	General	Manager	of	Nagoya	Roundup	Dept.,	Roundup Group Leader, Nagoya Sales
Roundup	Sales Department ,	Sales & Marketing	Office, Sales Planning Dept., Sales &
Masanori
Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.			Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
TARU	General	Manager	of	Kinki		Roundup	Dept.,	Kinki Roundup Group Leader, Osaka Sales
Roundup	Sales Department ,	Sales & Marketing	Office, Sales Planning Dept., Sales &
Yutaka
Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.			Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
	General Manager of Chugoku & Shikoku Roundup	Chugoku & Shikoku Roundup Group Leader,
KOGA	Osaka Sales Office, Sales Planning Dept.,
Ryusuke	Dept.,	Roundup Sales Department , Sales &	Sales & Marketing Japan, Agricultural
	Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.		Chemicals Div.
MATSUNO	General Manager of Fukuoka Roundup	Dept.,	Roundup Group Leader, Fukuoka Sales
Roundup	Sales Department , Sales & Marketing	Office, Sales Planning Dept., Sales &
Tomohiko	Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.			Marketing Japan, Agricultural Chemicals Div.
										General Manager of Sales &
UCHIYAMA	Head of International Operations, Agricultural			Marketing, International
Gentaro	Chemicals Div.								Operations, Agricultural Chemicals
										Div.

NAITO	General Manager of	Business	Strategy Dept.,	General Manager of	Business Strategy
Takeshi	Healthcare Div.			Dept., Pharmaceuticals Div.
SHIGETA	General Manager of	Healthcare Products Sales	Pharmaceutical Research Dept., Chemical
Yukihiro	Dept., Healthcare Div.(*1)		Research Laboratories
NAKAMURA	General Manager of	Custom Chemicals Dept.,	General Manager of	Custom Chemicals
Shigeo	Healthcare Div.			Dept., Pharmaceuticals Div.
TAKAYAMA	General Manager of	Research	Management	General Manager of Advanced Materials
Research Dept., Materials Research
Yuuki	Dept., Planning and Development Div.
					Laboratories
ONO	General Manager of Information & Communication	General Manager	of	Planning and
Materials Development Dept., Planning and	Development Dept., Performance Materials
Go
Development Div.			Div.
KEYAKI	Deputy Plant Manager of Toyama Plant
General Manager of Engineering Dept., Toyama	Plant Manager of Nagoya Plant
Kenji
Plant
NAGURA	Plant Manager of Nagoya Plant		General Manager of 4th. Production Section,
Hiromichi		Production Dept., Toyama Plant
CHIKAMA	General Manager of Analysis Research Dept.,	Analysis Research	Dept., Chemical
Katsumi	Chemical Research Laboratories		Research Laboratories
TAMADA	General Manager of	Agricultural Chemicals
Research	Dept., Chemical Research	Production Technology Dept.
Yoshitake
Laboratories
SUGIURA	General Manager of	Advanced Materials	Display materials research	Dept., Materials
Research	Dept., Materials Research
Norio	Research Laboratories
Laboratories

(*1) Establish Healthcare Products Sales Dept. within Healthcare Div.

2. Change of Directors（as of June 28, 2022）

1. Directors and Auditors

The selection of the following Directors and Auditors shall be subject to resolution at the 152th general shareholders' meeting scheduled on June 28, 2022.

Name	New Position	Present Position		Retained Position
MIYAZAKI	Special Advisor	Director
Junichi
SUZUKI	Retire	Director
Hitosh
YOSHIDA	Managing Director of
Nippon Phosphoric Acid Co., Ltd.	Director
Hironori
(as of July 1, 2022)
			Senior Managing Executive Officer
			Head of Performance Materials Div.
			Research& Development of
			Performance Materials Field
			Chairman of Nissan Chemical
ISHIKAWA	Director		America Corporation
Motoaki			Representative Director of NCK Co.,
			Ltd.
			Representative Director of Nissan
			Chemical Taiwan Co., Ltd.
			Representative Director	of Nissan
			Chemical	Materials	Research