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January 21, 2010 |
Asahi Kasei Corporation
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Change in Representative Directors
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| The Board of Directors of Asahi Kasei today adopted a resolution for a change in the company's Representative Directors, as shown below. |
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| Reason for the change |
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Further strengthening of the management team. |
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| Substance of the change |
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Current office |
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New office |
| Nobuo Yamaguchi |
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Chairman of the Board & Representative Director |
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Honorary Chairman & Representative Director |
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| Shiro Hiruta |
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President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer |
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Director, Senior Advisor |
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| Ichiro Itoh |
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Director, Vice-Presidential Executive Officer |
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Chairman of the Board & Representative Director |
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| Taketsugu Fujiwara |
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Director, Vice-Presidential Executive Officer |
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President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer |
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| Schedule |
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Assumption of the new offices as described above will be on April 1, 2010. Shiro Hiruta is scheduled to retire from the office of Director at the Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders to be held in the latter part of June 2010. |
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| Biographies |
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| Biography of the new Chairman of the Board |
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| Name: |
Ichiro Itoh |
| Date of birth (age): |
July 6, 1942 (67) |
| Birthplace: |
Tokyo |
| Education: |
March 1966, B.A., Economics, The University of Tokyo |
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Career: |
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| April 1966 |
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joined Asahi Kasei |
| May 1997 |
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General Manager, Cashmilon Division |
| June 2000 |
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General Manager, Department of Corporate Planning & Control |
| June 2001 |
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Asahi Kasei Director |
| February 2003 |
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Managing Director |
| June 2003 |
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Director, Primary Executive Officer |
| April 2006 |
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Director, Vice-Presidential Executive Officer |
| April 2010 |
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Chairman of the Board & Representative Director (scheduled) |
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| Biography of the new President |
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| Name: |
Taketsugu Fujiwara |
| Date of birth (age): |
February 19, 1947 (62) |
| Birthplace: |
Ehime |
| Education: |
March 1969, B.S., Engineering, Kyoto University |
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Career: |
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| April 1969 |
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joined Asahi Kasei |
| June 1998 |
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Asahi-Schwebel Co., Ltd. President & Representative Director |
| June 2000 |
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Asahi Kasei Director |
| June 2001 |
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President, Electronics Company |
| April 2003 |
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President, Chemicals & Plastics Company |
| June 2003 |
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Senior Executive Officer |
| October 2003 |
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Asahi Kasei Chemicals Corp. President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer |
| April 2009 |
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Asahi Kasei Vice-Presidential Executive Officer |
| June 2009 |
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Director, Vice-Presidential Executive Officer |
| April 2010 |
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President & Representative Director, Presidential Executive Officer (scheduled) |
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