Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd. resolved at the Board of Directors' meeting held on February 23, 2015 to change its Executive Officers. The company announced promotion of Yoshihiro Nomura to Executive Vice President and Executive Officer and Hisashi Maruyama to Vice President and Executive Officer effective as of April 1, 2015.

Yoshihiro Nomura currently serves as Senior Vice President and Executive Officer and Hisashi Maruyama currently serves as Executive Officer. The company announced appointments of Mitsuo Katayose, Hiroyuki Takei, Hiroyuki Morishima, Hiroyuki Yamashita, and Masato Yoshida as Executive Officers effective as of April 1, 2015. Katayose currently serves as General Manager, Plastic Components Business Sector, Automotive Products Business Headquarters.

Takei currently serves as General Manager, Domestic Marketing & Sales Operations, Marketing & Sales Operations. Morishima currently serves as General Manager, Advanced Integrated Materials Business Sector, Advanced Performance Materials Operational Headquarters. Yamashita currently serves General Manager, China Marketing & Sales, Marketing & Sales Operations.

Yoshida currently serves as General Manager, Tsukuba Research Laboratory, New Business Development Headquarters. The company also announced retirement of Shigeru Ito currently Vice President and Executive Officer, schedule to be appointed Adviser of Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd., effective on April 1, 2015.

The company announced retirement of Akira Kaneko Currently Executive Officer, schedule to be appointed Adviser of Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd., effective on April 1, 2015. The company announced retirement of Masami Yamamori currently Executive Officer, schedule to be appointed Corporate Officer of Hitachi Chemical Co.

Ltd., effective on April 1, 2015. The company also announced retirement of Itsuo Watanabe currently Executive Officer, schedule to be appointed Corporate Officer for Innovation of Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd., effective on April 1, 2015.

All retirements are effective as of March 31, 2015.