Ube Industries, Ltd. announced that the company's Board of Directors resolved on the following changes to its executive officers and their assignments. Changes in Executive Personnel - Newly appointed Executive Officer (as of April 1, 2022) - Masahiro Naiki - Current Position - General Manager, Engineering Plastics Development Dept. and New Position - Executive Officer, General Manager, Research & Development Div., with responsibility for development section and Intellectual Property Dept.; Newly promoted Executive Officers (as of April 1, 2022) - Yuki Nishida - Current Position - Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Engineering Plastics & Fine Chemicals Div. New Position - Senior Managing Executive Officer, Assistant to the President, General Manager, Production & Technology Div. and DX Promotion Office, with responsibility for Information Systems Dept.; Hisaaki Yokoo - Current Position - Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Synthetic Rubber Div., President and Representative Director of UBE Elastomer Co. Ltd. New Position - Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Elastomer Div., President and Representative Director of UBE Elastomer Co. Ltd.; Masayoshi Ota - Current Position - Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Research & Development Div., with responsibility for development section and Intellectual Property Dept. New Position - Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Performance Polymers & Chemicals Div.; Bruno de Bièvre - Current Position - Executive Officer, President of UBE CORPORATION EUROPE S. A. U. with responsibility for Atlantic regional chemical business. New Position - Senior Executive Officer, President of UBE CORPORATION EUROPE S. A. U. with responsibility for Atlantic region; Watchara Pattananijnirundorn - Current Position - Executive Officer, President and CEO of UBE Chemicals (Asia) Public Company Limited, with responsibility for Asia regional chemical business. New Position - Senior Executive Officer, President and CEO of UBE Chemicals (Asia) Public Company Limited, with responsibility for Asia region; and Yoichi Funayama - Current Position - Executive Officer, General Manager, Pharmaceutical Div. and New Position - Senior Executive Officer, General Manager, Pharmaceutical Div. Changes to assignments (as of April 1, 2022) - Hideo Tamada - 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. New Position - Senior Managing Executive Officer, CRO, CCO, with responsibility for Risk Management Dept., Human Resources Dept., General Affairs Dept. and Legal Dept. Masayuki Fujii - Current Position - Managing Executive Officer, CFO, with responsibility for Corporate Planning Dept., Accounting Dept. and Finance & Investor Relations Dept. New Position - Managing Executive Officer, CFO, with responsibility for Group Management Dept., Corporate Planning Dept. and Accounting & Finance Dept. Hidetsune Miura - Current Position - Senior Executive Officer, with responsibility for Environment & Safety Dept., Quality Assurance Dept. and Ube Corporate Service Dept. New Position - Senior Executive Officer, with responsibility for Environment & Safety Dept., Quality Assurance Dept., Purchasing & Logistics Dept. and Ube Corporate Service Dept. Futoshi Takase - Current Position - Executive Officer, General Manager, Ube Chemical Factory with responsibility for Ube-Fujimagari Factory, Production Div. New Position - Executive Officer, Deputy General Manager of Production & Technology Div. and General Manager of Ube Chemical Factory. 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).