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GUNZE LIMITED

Notice of Changes in President & Board Members

Osaka-Gunze Limited (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan, President: Atsushi Hirochi)[TOKYO:3002] is pleased to announce that the board of directors made a resolution to change the President & Board Members at its board of directors meeting held on May 14, 2021.
This matter is scheduled to be officially decided upon by resolutions of the ordinary general meeting of shareholders and the subsequent meeting of the board of directors that is scheduled to be held on June 25, 2021.

1. Change of Representative Director, President.

(1) Details of the change

NameNew titleCurrent title
Atsushi Hirochi Representative Director, Chairman Representative Director, President, President Corporate Officer
Toshiyasu Saguchi Representative Director, President, President Corporate Officer, General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department. Representative Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department

(2) Reasons for the change

Promoting the planning and execution of the next medium-term management plan under the new management structure.

(3) Name and career summary of the newly appointed President

a. New title
Representative Director, President, President Corporate Officer,General Manager of Corporate Strategy Department.
b. Name
Toshiyasu Saguchi.
c. Place of origin
Tokyo, Japan.
d. Date of Birth
November 14, 1961
e. Education
Graduated from Faculty of Education, Chiba University.
f. Career summary
March 1984
Joined Gunze Limited.
April 2012
Corporate Officer, President, Plastic film Company.
June 2014
Director and President, Plastic film Company.
April 2017
Senior Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department.
June 2018
Representative Director and Managing Corporate Officer,
General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department.
February 2019
Member of Nomination Committee and Compensation Committee.
June 2020
Representative Director and Senior Managing Corporate Officer, General Manager, Corporate Strategy Department.
g. Number of the company’s shares owned
4,391 shares

2. Change of other Board members

(1) Candidate for new Director

NameNew titleCurrent title
Ryoji Kawanishi Director, President, Apparel Company Corporate Officer, President, Apparel Company

(2) Candidate for new Audit & Supervisory Board Member

NameNew titleCurrent title
Tomio Suzuki Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member Corporate Officer, General Manager, Personnel & General Affairs Department
Shinichiro Morita Audit & Supervisory Board Member Corporate Officer, General Manager, Medical Division General Manager, QOL Research Center

(3) Resignation

NameCurrent title
Hiroshi Mizunuma Standing Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Katsuhiko Mizoguchi Audit & Supervisory Board Member

For further information, please contact:

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Gunze Limited
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TEL: 81-6-6348-1314 (Makoto Ogura)
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https://www.gunze.co.jp/english/

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