Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. announced that the Company determined the increase of representative at the meeting of the Board. Detail of the change: Scheduled date of the change is April 1, 2024. Representative Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of International Business Unit is NISHIBAYASHI Hitoshi (Present post - Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of International Business Unit).

Career of the new representative director, etc.: Born on May 31, 1963 . Career: April 1987 - Joined Kansai Paint, April 2015 - Deputy Head of Automotive Refinish, Decorative and Protective Coatings Business Div., April 2019 - Executive Officer, and Deputy General Manager of Corporate Business Development Div., June 2020 - Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Head of International Business Unit., July 2020 - Director of the Board, and Managing Executive Officer in charge of Corporate Planning & Finance, April 2021- Director of the Board, Managing Executive Officer, and Chief of International Business Unit (current).