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Personnel change of Directors March 2, 2005
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At
the Nomination Committee on February 25, 2005, and the Board Meeting on
March 1, 2005, Japan Air Gases Ltd. has made an informal decision of
personnel change of the Directors as follows. Selection and appointment of
the Directors will be formally approved at the General Shareholders’ Meeting on March 22, 2005. Following this event,
selection and appointment of the Chairman of the Board and Executive
Officers will be formally approved at the Board Meeting on the same day.
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Planned personnel change（As
of March 22, 2005）
Newly appointed director
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Director
(external)
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Jean-Pierre DUPRIEU(*)
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Promotion
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Director,
Chairman of the Board
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Toyofumi SHIMOHATA
(Currently
Director, Senior Vice-President)
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Retirement
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Director,
Chairman of the Board
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Yasuo SATO
(to be appointed Director, Senior
Advisor of Air Liquide Japan)
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Director
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Toshinobu IWASAKI
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Director
(external)
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Colin KENNEDY
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以 上
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* Personal history of the newly
appointed director
Name:
Jean-Pierre DUPRIEU
DOB:
April 13, 1952
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September 1976
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Joined AIR LIQUIDE S.A.
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July 1985
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Assistant to the CEO of the Group
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January
1995
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Director Operations for the supervision of various
subsidiaries
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May
1996
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Group Vice President in charge of Northern Europe
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July 2002
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Senior Vice President in charge of Northern &
Central, Mediterranean Europe, Middle East, Africa, Member of the Air
Liquide Group’s Executive
Committee
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January 2005
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AIR LIQUIDE Japan, Ltd., in the position of Senior
Vice President in charge of Asia-Pacific, member of the Air Liquide Group’s Executive Committee
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Japan
Air Gases Ltd. (Headquarter: Tokyo, Capital: 10,509 million yen, CEO and
President Guy SALZGEBER) was established in January 2003, on the purpose to
integrate industrial and medical gas business of Japan Air Liquid Ltd.
(established in 1907) and Osaka Sanso Kogyo Ltd. (established 1934) and
operates business activities in Japanese market. Parent companies of Japan
Air Gases Ltd. are 2 worldwide leading companies in the industrial and
medical gas business, Air Liquid group (France 55%) and BOC group (U.K.
45%). Utilizing parent companies’
global technology and experiences, Japan Air Gases Ltd. is able to supply
most advanced solutions.
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Contact: Tanaka, Masakazu;
Toyoyama, Shun, Communication Dept. Communication Group, Japan Air Gases Ltd.
TEL：03-3536-2642 URL：http://www.japanairgases.co.jp/
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