Nippon Paper Group, Inc. (President: Masatomo Nakamura) is pleased to announce that San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd. of the Group and Komine Nissho Co., Ltd. have made an unofficial decision to appoint on April 1 the following persons as directors of NP Trading Co., Ltd., recently established as a result of the merger of these two companies.

 

1.Executive Directors Toshio Yamamoto Currently President and Representative Director of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed President and Representative Director

Noriyuki Hanzawa Currently President and C. E. O of Komine Nissho Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Executive Vice President

 

2.Directors Atsushi Aoyagi Currently Senior Managing Director and General Manager of the Wholesaler Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Senior Managing Director and General Manager of the Wholesaler Division

 

Tomoo Tanaka Currently Senior Managing Director and General Manager of the Information Paper Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Senior Managing Director and Senior Assistant to the President

Shoji Inami Currently Director and Senior Executive Operating Officer of the Business Control Office of Komine Nissho Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Senior Managing Director and General Manager of the Information Paper Division

Kiyoto Tomihari Currently Managing Director and General Manager of the Administration Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Managing Director and General Manager of the General Affairs and Human Resources Division and the Corporate Planning Division

Iwao Sakamoto Currently Director and Executive Operationg Officer of the Corporate Administration Office of Komine Nissho Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Managing Director and General Manager of the Administration Division

Tetsuo Eguchi Currently Managing Director and General Manager of the Paper Business General Control Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Managing Director and General Manager of the Paper Sales Promotion Division

Yukikazu Takahashi Currently Managing Director and General Manager of the General Material and Chemicals Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Managing Director and General Manager of the General Material and Chemicals Division

Yukio Kanno Currently Managing Director and General Manager of the Functional Materials Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Managing Director and General Manager of the Functional Materials Division

Takao Monbayashi Currently Managing Director and General Manager of the Publishers and Direct Sales Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Managing Director and General Manager of the Publishers and Direct Sales Division

Katsutoshi Kawano Currently Director and Manager of the Kyushu Branch Office of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed a Director and Manager of the Kyushu Branch Office

Satoshi Tokuoka Currently Director and Manager of the Osaka Branch Office of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed a Director and Manager of the Osaka Branch Office

Yoshihiro Kurosawa Currently Director and General Manager of the Overseas Division of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Director and General Manager of the Overseas Division

Yutaka Koizumi Currently Director, Operationg Officer and General Manager of the Administration Division of Komine Nissho Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Director and Deputy General Manager of the Corporate Planning Division

 

3.Auditors Hiromasa Chida Currently Corporate Auditor of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Corporate Auditor

 

Yuichi Kato Currently Corporate Auditor of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Corporate Auditor

Masaru Motomura Currently Corporate Auditor of San-Mic Shoji Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Corporate Auditor

Kozo Uno Currently Corporate Auditor of Komine Nissho Co., Ltd.

To be appointed Corporate Auditor

 

A final decision has been made that the corporate name in English will be NP Trading Co., Ltd.