February 8, 2022

Company name: Ube Industries, Ltd.

Representative:

Masato Izumihara

President and Representative Director

Security code:

4208 (shares listed on First Section of Tokyo

Stock Exchange and Fukuoka Stock Exchange)

Contact:

Osamu Akutagawa

General Manager, General Affairs Department

Tel: +81-3-5419-6110

Ube Industries Announces Organizational and Personnel Changes

Ube Industries, Ltd. has announced that the company's Board of Directors resolved today on the following changes to its internal organization, executive officers and their assignments.

Regarding the change of Representative Director, please refer to 'Ube Industries Announces Change of Representative Director' we announced today.

Company name: Ube Industries, Ltd.

I. Change in Internal Organization

Date of Issue: April 1, 2022

(1) Companies

- Construction Materials Company and Machinery Company will be abolished.

  1. Chemicals Segment
  1. Synthetic Rubber Div. will be changed the name to Elastomer Div.
  2. Engineering Plastics & Fine Chemicals Div. will be changed the name to Performance Polymers & Chemicals Div.
  3. Production Div. will be changed the name to Production & Technology Div.
  4. Specialty Products Div.
  • Establish Electronic and Industrial Materials Business Office and Production & Technology Supervisory Dept. e) Performance Polymers & Chemicals Div.
  • Establish Production & Technology Supervisory Dept.

f) Pharmaceutical Div.

  • Establish Production & Technology Supervisory Dept. g) Production & Technology Div.
  • Ube-FujimagariFactory will be integrated into Ube Chemical Factory.
  • Establish UBE Electronic and Industrial Materials Factory, Power Management Dept., General Affairs＆

Administration Dept. and Maintenance Supervisory Dept.

  • Production Technology Center will be changed the name to Production Technology Dept. h) Research & Development Div.
  • Strategic Core Technology Research Laboratory will be changed the name to Ube Research Laboratory.
  • Frontier Technology Research Laboratory will be changed the name to Chiba Research Laboratory.

(3) Head Office

- Establish Group Management Dept.

  • Integrate Accounting Dept. with Finance & Investor Relations Dept., and the name after the integration will be changed to Accounting & Finance Dept.
  • Establish DX Promotion Office.
  • Integrate Equipment Purchasing Dept. with Logistics Dept., and the name after the integration will be changed to Purchasing & Logistics Dept.
  • Eliminate Osaka Branch.

Ⅱ. Changes in Executive Personnel

Newly appointed Executive Officer (as of April 1, 2022)

Name

New Position

Current Position

Masahiro Naiki

Executive Officer, General

General Manager, Engineering

Manager, Research &

Plastics Development Dept.

Development Div., with

responsibility for development

section and Intellectual Property

Dept.

Newly promoted Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2022)

Name

New Position

Current Position

Yuki Nishida

Senior Managing Executive

Managing Executive Officer,

Officer, Assistant to the

General Manager, Engineering

President, General Manager,

Plastics & Fine Chemicals Div.

Production & Technology Div.

and DX Promotion Office, with

responsibility for Information

Systems Dept.

Hisaaki Yokoo

Managing Executive Officer,

Senior Executive Officer,

General Manager, Elastomer

General Manager, Synthetic

Div., President and

Rubber Div., President and

Representative Director of UBE

Representative Director of UBE

Elastomer Co. Ltd.

Elastomer Co. Ltd.

Masayoshi Ota

Managing Executive Officer,

Senior Executive Officer,

General Manager, Performance

General Manager, Research &

Polymers & Chemicals Div.

Development Div., with

responsibility for development

section and Intellectual Property

Dept.

Bruno de Bièvre

Senior Executive Officer,

Executive Officer, President of

President of UBE

UBE CORPORATION

CORPORATION EUROPE S.

EUROPE S. A. U. with

A. U. with responsibility for

responsibility for Atlantic

Atlantic region

regional chemical business

Watchara

Senior Executive Officer,

Pattananijnirundorn

President and CEO of UBE

Chemicals (Asia) Public

Company Limited, with

responsibility for Asia region

Yoichi Funayama

Senior Executive Officer,

General Manager,

Pharmaceutical Div.

Executive Officer, President and CEO of UBE Chemicals (Asia) Public Company Limited, with responsibility for Asia regional chemical business

Executive Officer, General Manager, Pharmaceutical Div.

Changes to assignments (as of April 1, 2022)

Name

New Position

Hideo Tamada

Senior Managing Executive

Officer, CRO, CCO, with

responsibility for Risk

Management Dept., Human

Resources Dept., General Affairs

Dept. and Legal Dept.

Current Position

Senior Managing Executive Officer, CRO, CCO, with responsibility for Risk Management Dept., Human Resources Dept., General Affairs Dept., Legal Dept., Equipment Purchasing Dept., and Logistics Dept.

Masayuki Fujii

Managing Executive Officer,

CFO, with responsibility for

Group Management Dept.,

Corporate Planning Dept. and

Accounting & Finance Dept.

Hidetsune Miura

Senior Executive Officer, with

responsibility for Environment &

Safety Dept., Quality Assurance

Dept., Purchasing & Logistics

Dept. and Ube Corporate Service

Dept.

Futoshi Takase

Executive Officer, Deputy

General Manager of Production

& Technology Div. and General

Manager of Ube Chemical

Factory

Managing Executive Officer, CFO, with responsibility for Corporate Planning Dept., Accounting Dept. and Finance & Investor Relations Dept.

Senior Executive Officer, with responsibility for Environment & Safety Dept., Quality Assurance Dept. and Ube Corporate Service Dept.

Executive Officer, General Manager, Ube Chemical Factory with responsibility for Ube- Fujimagari Factory, Production Div.

Stepping down as Executive Officer (as of March 31, 2022)

Makoto Koyama, Senior Managing Executive Officer, President of Construction Materials Company (to continue as a Director from April 1 and to be appointed as the President and Representative Director of Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation as of April 1)

Yukio Hisatsugu, Managing Executive Officer, President of Machinery Company (to continue as the Chairman of the Board and Director of UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, Ltd., which will change its trade name on April 1)

Genji Koga, Managing Executive Officer, Assistant to the President in Chemical Business, General Manager, Production Div., with responsibility for Information Systems Dept. (to be appointed as the President and Representative Director of UBE EXSYMO CO., LTD. as of April 1)

Hiroshi Nishida, Senior Executive Officer, President and Representative Director of Ube Material Industries, Ltd. (to be appointed as a Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation as of April 1)

Yoshiaki Ito, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Production & Technology Div., with responsibility for Material Recycle Div. and development section, Construction Materials Company (to be appointed as the President and Representative Director of Ube Material Industries, Ltd as of April 1)

Yuzo Hanamoto, Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Energy Div., Construction Materials Company (to be appointed as a Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation as of April 1)

Shigeru Ouchi, Executive Officer, General Manager, Cement Div., Construction Materials Company, Director and Managing Executive Officer of UBE-MITSUBISHI CEMENT CORPORATION (to be appointed as a Managing Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation as of April 1)

Mitsuo Ono, Executive Officer, General Manager, Planning & Control Dept., Construction Materials Company (to be appointed as a Senior Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation as of April 1)

Hironori Miyauchi, Executive Officer, President and Representative Director of UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION,Ltd. (to continue as the President and Representative Director of UBE MACHINERY CORPORATION, Ltd., which will change its trade name on April 1)

Hiroaki Kojima, Executive Officer, with responsibility for Governance Control Dept., QA Dept. and EHS Dept., Construction Materials Company (to be appointed as a Senior Executive Officer of Mitsubishi UBE Cement Corporation as of April 1)

Reference: New Director Organization (Effective as of April 1, 2022)

1. Director

Job Title

Name

Job Title

Name

Chairman of the

Yuzuru Yamamoto

Director, Audit and

Atsushi Yamamoto

Board and Director

Supervisory Committee

Member

President and

Masato

Izumihara

Outside Director, Audit

Takashi Shoda

Representative

and Supervisory

Director

Committee Member

Director

Makoto Koyama

Outside Director, Audit

Tadahiko Fukuhara

and Supervisory

Committee Member

Director

Masayuki Fujii

Director (Outside

Keikou

Terui

Director)

Director (Outside

Tetsuro

Higashi

Director)

2. Executive Officer

Position

Name

Duty

President

Masato Izumihara

CEO

Senior Managing

Hideo Tamada

CRO, CCO, with responsibility for Risk Management

Executive Officer

Dept., Human Resources Dept., General Affairs Dept.

and Legal Dept.

Yuki Nishida

Assistant to the President, General Manager, Production

& Technology Div. and DX Promotion Office, with

responsibility for Information Systems Dept.

Managing

Masayuki Fujii

CFO, with responsibility for Group Management Dept.,

Executive Officer

Corporate Planning Dept. and Accounting & Finance

Dept.

Keiichi Nagata

General Manager, Specialty Products Div.

Hisaaki Yokoo

General Manager, Elastomer Div., President and

Representative Director of UBE Elastomer Co. Ltd.

Masayoshi Ota

General Manager, Performance Polymers & Chemicals

Div.

Senior Executive

Hidetsune

Miura

With responsibility for Environment & Safety Dept.,

Officer

Quality Assurance Dept., Purchasing & Logistics Dept.

and Ube Corporate Service Dept.

Bruno de Bièvre

President of UBE CORPORATION EUROPE S. A. U.

with responsibility for Atlantic region

Watchara

President and CEO of UBE Chemicals (Asia) Public

Pattananijnirundorn

Company Limited, with responsibility for Asia region

Yoichi Funayama

General Manager, Pharmaceutical Div.

Executive Officer

Masarou Suehiro

With responsibility for Auditing Dept.

Futoshi Takase

Deputy General Manager of Production & Technology

Div. and General Manager of Ube Chemical Factory

Masahiro Naiki

General Manager, Research & Development Div., with

(newly appointed)

responsibility for development section and Intellectual

Property Dept.

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