Showa Denko K.K. announced a partial amendment to its earlier news release entitled "Changes in Representative Director and Other Members of Management" issued at 3 p.m., November 29, 2019. While it was announced earlier that Kozo Isshiki would resign as Outside Director and be appointed as Outside Member of Audit & Supervisory Board at the General Meeting of Shareholders in late March 2020, it has been decided that he will remain Outside Director. It was also announced earlier that Kiyomi Saito would resign as Outside Member of Audit & Supervisory Board and be appointed as Outside Director at the same General Meeting of Shareholders, but it has been decided that she will remain Outside Member of Audit & Supervisory Board.