The 3rd Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders

12CandidateNo. Hiroshi KomiyamalBorn December 15, 1944lBrief Personal History, and Position and Responsibilities at theCompanyReappointedIndependentDirector(Term ofOffice: 3 yearsand 3 months)Number ofCompany Shares Owned29,400 sharesof Common StockDecember1972July 1988April 2000April 2003April 2005March 2009April 2009Research Associate at the Department ofChemical Engineering, the Faculty ofEngineering of the University of TokyoProfessor at the Department of ChemicalSystem Engineering, the Faculty ofEngineering of the University of TokyoDean of the Graduate School ofEngineering, and Dean of the Faculty ofEngineering of the University of TokyoVice President of the University of TokyoPresident of the University of TokyoRetired as President of the University ofTokyoChairman of Mitsubishi ResearchInstitute, Inc.(to present)June 2009April 2010Important Concurrent Office:Outside Director of Nippon OilCorporation(until June 2010)Outside Director of the Company(to present)Chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc.●Reasons for having Mr. Komiyama as an Outside Director CandidateMr. Hiroshi Komiyama specializes in chemical system engineering, functional materials chemistry, and globalenvironment engineering, and has long been engaged in education and research at the University of Tokyo. In addition,he has advanced expertise and abundant experience in the management of a university, having served as President of theUniversity of Tokyo. Therefore, the Company assesses that he is qualified to provide the Company with instructions andadvice on its management, as well as supervising its management from an independent and objective perspective.Mr. Komiyama has not been involved in company management other than by holding office as an outside director oroutside corporate auditor; however, the Company assesses that he is qualified to appropriately perform duties as anoutside director due to the reasons above.12