Notice on Executive Team for Integrated LP Gas Import and Wholesale Company
27/11/2014

Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. ("Cosmo Oil"; Keizo Morikawa, President), Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. ("Showa Shell"; Shigeya Kato, Chairman/Group CEO), Sumitomo Corporation (Kuniharu Nakamura, President), and TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. ("TonenGeneral"; Jun Mutoh, President) have concluded an integration agreement (see earlier notice dated August 5, 2014) under which the four corporate groups will carry out absorption-type spin-offs of their LP gas import and wholesale operations and prepare to integrate these businesses on April 1, 2015, with Cosmo Petroleum Gas Co., Ltd.(a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cosmo Oil) as the receiving company. The four full-time directors of this integrated company have now been informally selected, and this notice provides their names as well as a list of the company's principal business offices and the future schedule for integration.
It should be noted that this business integration is contingent on approval from the relevant authorities.

  1. Full-time directors

    Title Name Current position
    President and Representative Director Kazunori Yamamoto President, Enessance Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Executive Vice President and Director
    (in charge of overseas/supply operations)
    Shigeki Nara Assistant to General Manager,
    Energy Division, Sumitomo Corporation
    Executive Vice President and Director
    (in charge of sales operations)
    Toshiyuki Yokota Executive Officer, Crude & Product Trading Manager, Supply & Trading, TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
    Executive Vice President and Director
    (in charge of administrative operations)
    Yoshihiro Masuda Director and Head, Integration Task Force,
    Cosmo Petroleum Gas Co., Ltd.

    In addition to the above directors, four other (part-time) directors, one full-time corporate auditor, and three other corporate auditors are to be appointed (these appointments will be announced at a later date).

  2. Principal offices (planned)

    Head office and sales locations Head Office : Tokyo
    Sales locations : Sendai, Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Takamatsu, Fukuoka, Naha
    Seven LP gas import terminals Kashima, Chiba, Kawasaki, Hekinan (Aichi Prefecture), Yokkaichi, Sakai, Oita
    Four LP gas secondary terminals Shimizu, Sakaide, Matsuyama, Hiroshima
  3. Future schedule

    Conclusion of agreements on absorption-type company splitsDec 2014 - Jan 2015 (tentative)Effective date of business integrationApr 1, 2015 (tentative)
Inquiries on this matter should be directed to:
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. Public Affairs Division TEL: 03-5531-5793
  • Appendix1: Career summaries for four full-time directors

    Kazunori Yamamoto

    Age 63
    1974
    2004
    2006

    2007

    2011
    Joined Shell Sekiyu K.K. (now Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.)
    General Manager, Oil Tanker Division, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
    Executive Officer for Maritime Shipping, General Manager,
    Oil Tanker Division, and General Manager, Product Trade Division, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
    Managing Executive Officer for Maritime Shipping, General Manager,
    Oil Tanker Division, and General Manager, Product Trade Division, Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
    President, Enessance Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Shigeki Nara

    Age 60
    1978
    2003
    2006
    2008
    2012
    2014
    Joined Sumitomo Corporation
    Director and General Manager, Corporate Management Division, Sumisho LPG Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Director and General Manager, Administration Division, LNG Japan Corporation
    General Manager, LPG Business Department, Energy Division, Sumitomo Corporation
    General Manager, Energy Trade Department, Energy Division, Sumitomo Corporation
    Assistant to General Manager, Energy Division, Sumitomo Corporation
    Toshiyuki Yokota

    Age 59
    1980
    2001

    2004
    2005

    2012
    Joined Mobil Sekiyu K.K. (now EMG Marketing Godo Kaisha)
    Product Supply Coordination Division Manager, Product Coordination Dept.,
    TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
    Manager, Product Trading Dept., TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
    Operations Manager, Industrial & Wholesales, Fuels Marketing,
    ExxonMobil Yugen Kaisha (now EMG Marketing Godo Kaisha)
    Executive Officer, Crude & Product Trading Manager, Supply & Trading,
    TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K.
    Yoshihiro Masuda

    Age 54
    1983
    2011
    2013
    2014
    Joined Daikyo Oil Co., Ltd. (now Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd.)
    General Manager, Planning Division, Cosmo Petroleum Gas Co., Ltd.
    Director and General Manager, Supply Division, Cosmo Petroleum Gas Co., Ltd.
    Director and Head, Integration Task Force, Cosmo Petroleum Gas Co., Ltd.
  • Appendix2: Profile of integrated import and wholesale company (tentative)

    (1) Description of business Manufacture, storage, transport, sale and import/export of LP gas
    (2) Capital 11 billion yen
    (3) Settlement period December
    (4) Shareholders and ownership Cosmo Oil Co., Ltd. (25%), Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. (25%),
    Sumitomo Corporation (25%), TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. (25%)
    (5) Sales revenue Approx. 450 billion yen
    (6) Domestic sales volume
    (excluding LPG used as electric power and raw material)
    Approx. 3.7 million tons
    (7) Import volume Approx. 2.8 million tons
    (8) Overseas trading volume Approx. 1 million tons
    (9) Principal subsidiaries and affiliates Yokkaichi LPG Terminal Co., Ltd.
    Kashima LPG Joint Stockpiling Co, Ltd.
    Oita LPG Joint Stockpiling Co., Ltd.
    Hiroshima LPG Terminal Co., Ltd.


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