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Nitto Denko Announces Top Management Change

1.31.2008

Japan’s leading diversified materials company Nitto Denko Corporation (Nitto Denko) has unofficially decided at its Board of Directors Meeting held on January 31, 2008, to make the following change of representative directors.

In the reshuffle to be effective April 1, 2008, Mr. Masamichi Takemoto, currently President & Rep. Director as well as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Operating Officer (COO), will become Chairman & Rep. Director as well as CEO.

Succeeding to Mr. Takemoto as President & Rep. Director as well as COO, will be Mr. Yukio Nagira, who is currently Board Director and Senior Executive Corporate Vice President in charge of Opticals Business.

In explaining the planned change, Nitto Denko spokesman said as follows:

Having contributed significantly to growing Nitto Denko Group’s business and enhancing Corporate Brand Value, our current Medium-term Corporate Plan, or “One-NITTO Dream Plan”, which has been promoted by Mr. Takemoto as president, will come to a close at the end of this Fiscal Year 2007 ending March 31, 2008.

Nitto Denko finds it a suitable timing to have the change take place at the implementation of the next Mid-term Plan beginning FY 2008 now being formulated, under the leadership of Mr. Nagira as the new president, in order to pursue the Global Excellent Company status from a new perspective while promoting sustainable growth at the same time.

Mr. Nagira’s personal profile is as follows:

Name:	Yukio Nagira
Age:	60
Education:	Graduated from Dept. of Engineering, Tottori University, majoring in Industrial Chemistry in 1971
Career Background:	Apr. 1971	Entered Nitto Denko Thereafter mainly engaged in optical films-related assignments.
	Apr. 2000	Board Member and Executive in charge of Opticals Business
	Jun. 2001	Managing Director
	Jun. 2003	Board Member & Exec. Corp. Vice President in charge of Corporate Sector
	Jun. 2004	Board Member & Deputy COO
	Jun. 2007	Board Member & Sr. Exec. Corp. VP in charge of Opticals Business

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