Pola Orbis : Announcement Regarding Personnel Changes at POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. and its Subsidiary

	October 16, 2023
Company Name:	POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.
Representative:	Yoshikazu Yokote,
	Representative Director and President
TSE Code:	4927 (Prime Market)
Contact:	Naotaka Hashi, Corporate Officer,
	General Manager, Corporate
	Communications Div.
	TEL.: [phone]

Announcement Regarding Personnel Changes at

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. and its Subsidiary

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. hereby announces that it will implement the following personnel changes at POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. and its subsidiary as of October 16, 2023.

1. Personnel Changes at POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC. and its subsidiary (October 16, 2023)

POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.

Appointed

New position	Name	Current position
		Director and Corporate Officer in charge
		of Human Resources and Human Capital
Senior Corporate Officer	Takayuki Katagiri	Development Academy Project
(Part-time)	Manager of Human Capital Development
		Academy Project at POLA CHEMICAL
		INDUSTRIES, INC.

Takayuki Katagiri will also hold the post of Representative Director and President at POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Retiring

Current position	Name	New position
Senior Corporate Officer	Kazuya Kugimaru	-
(Part-time)

POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

Appointed

New position	Name	Current position
		Director and Corporate Officer in charge
Representative Director and		of Human Resources and Human Capital
Takayuki Katagiri	Development Academy Project
President
	Manager of Human Capital Development
		Academy Project
		Director and Vice President in charge of
Director (Part-time)	Naoki Kume	Finance, Legal and Administration at
		POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.

Takayuki Katagiri will also hold the post of Senior Corporate Officer (Part-time) at POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.

Naoki Kume will also hold the post of Director and Vice President at POLA ORBIS HOLDINGS INC.

Retiring

		Current position	Name	New position
	Representative Director and	Kazuya Kugimaru	-
	President
Brief Personal History of New Representative Director and President
POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.
Name:	Takayuki Katagiri
Birth:	Born on October 9, 1963 (age 60) in Okayama
Education:	Graduate School of Agrochemical Bioscience, Okayama University

Career Summary:

1989 Joined POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2004 Head of Cutaneous Drug Research Laboratories, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2010 Corporate Officer in charge of Responsible for Cutaneous Drug Research, Health Science R&D, and Quality Research, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2012 Director in charge of R&D Laboratories, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2015 Director in charge of Production Technology and Quality Assurance, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2018 Director and Corporate Officer in charge of Manufacturing and Production Technology, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2019 Director and Corporate Officer in charge of Quality Assurance and Procurement, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2020 Director and Corporate Officer in charge of Human Resources

General Manager of Human Resources Department, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.

2023 Director and Corporate Officer in charge of Human Resources and Human Capital Development Academy Project

Manager of Human Capital Development Academy Project, POLA CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, INC.