Notice on Personnel Change in Representative Directorship

February 21, 2018

At its meeting on February 21, 2018, the Board of Directors of Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC) decided on the following personnel change in its Representative Directorship.

1 Reason for change

Change in the management structure.

2 Description of change

(1) New Representative Director

New position

Name

Current position

Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer

Yasuhiro Sato

Director and Managing Executive Officer

(2) Retiring Representative Director

Position after retirement

Name

Current position

Director

Kunio Kawa

Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer

3 Personal history of new Representative Director

See the attachment.

4 Scheduled date of personnel change

April 1, 2018

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Attachment

Personal history of new Representative DirectorName

New position Place of birth Date of birth Education Personal historyYasuhiro Sato

Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Okayama Pref.

August 23, 1957 (age 60)

Keio University Faculty of Law (completed)

March 1980 Completes the Keio University Faculty of Law. April 1980 Joins MGC.

June 2003 General Manager of Corporate Communications Division, Group Manager of General Affairs Department, Administrative & Personnel

Center.

June 2007 General Manager of Internal Audit Division, Corporate Communications Division.

June 2009 Group Manager of Accounting Department, Finance & Accounting Center.

June 2012 Executive Officer, and General Manager of Finance & Accounting Center,

Group Manager of Accounting Department, Finance & Accounting Center.

June 2013

April 2015

June 2015

Executive Officer, and General Manager of Finance & Accounting Center. Managing Executive Officer, and Administrative Management of Risk Management, Administrative Management of Internal Audit Division, Purchasing & Logistics Center, General Manager of Tokyo Techno Park. Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Administrative Management of Risk Management, Administrative Management of Internal Audit Division, Purchasing & Logistics Center, General Manager of Tokyo Techno Park.

April 2016

Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Deputy Chairman of Compliance Committee, Administrative Management of Risk Management, Administrative Management of Internal Audit Division, Purchasing & Logistics Center.

April 2017

Director, Managing Executive Officer, and Chairman of Internal Control Promotion Committee, Administrative Management of Compliance, Administrative Management of Risk Management, Administrative Management of Internal Audit Division, Corporate Planning Division, Administrative & Personnel Center, Purchasing & Logistics Center.

Number of MGC shares held: 12,094 (as of September 30, 2017)

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