Gun Ei Chemical Industry Names Directors for Upcoming Shareholders Meeting

TOKYO, May 14 (Pulse News Wire) – Gun Ei Chemical Industry CO.,LTD. (4229.T) announced today that its board meeting held on May 14 determined candidates for directors and auditors for the upcoming 109th ordinary shareholders' meeting scheduled for June 26, 2026.

Key appointments include: - Reappointment of Chairman Yoshikazu Arida and President Kichiro Arida. - Reappointment of Director and Executive Officer Kunihiko Maruyama. - Reappointment of Director and Executive Officer Mitsuhito Arai. - New appointment of Director and Senior Executive Officer Takeshi Tsuji, currently Manufacturing Department Manager. - Reappointment of External Director Yasujii Omura.

Additionally, the company named Kazuhisa Kotani as a candidate for external director and auditor. Notably, retiring from their positions will be External Director and Auditor Yoshiichi Hirasawa. Newly appointed Director Takeshi Tsuji joined the company in April 1995, serving as Unit Leader of Fine Materials and Plant Manager of Shiga Factory. He was promoted to Executive Officer and Manufacturing Department Head in March 2021, and became Senior Executive Officer and Manufacturing Department Head in July 2025. External Director and Auditor Tomohiro Murata, born on June 17, 1968, began his career at Daiwa Securities in April 1991 and moved to Daiwa Research Institute in July 1994.

Since September 1996, he has served as Managing Director, External Director at Yamaden Corporation since June 2015, and Executive Officer at Fukuden Electric Corporation since June 2018.