Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. hereby announces that Mr Kenji Yamagishi, a member of Pension Record Appraisal Central Independent Committee of Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, is a candidate for an outside auditor whose appointment will be proposed to the Company's 96th Annual General Meeting of shareholders which will be held on 28 March 2008.
The particulars of the candidate for new Auditor is as follows:
Name(Date of Birth)
Personal History and Representative Positions held in other organizations
Kenji Yamagishi(27 February 1948)
April 1973
Registered as Attorney at Law
April 1997
Vice Chairman, Tokyo Bar Association
April 2004
Secretary General, Japan Foundation of Bar Associations
July 2007
Committee Member, Pension Record Appraisal Central Independent Committee, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (to Present)
At the same time, Mr Akio Kioi, an outside auditor, will retire from his position due to expiration of the term of office at the Company's 96th Annual General Meeting of shareholders.