MR. TAKEMORI AND MR. SAKANASHI WERE PROMOTED TO OGAS VICE PRESIDENTS, AND MR. IMAI AND SIX OTHERS WERE PROMOTED TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS.

　Osaka Gas announced on the 7th that two executives, Keiji Takemori and Oki Sakanashi, will be promoted to executive vice president and chief operating officer as of April 1. Six executives, Toshiyuki Imai, Yasuhiro Tomoda, Shinichi Ueda, Hiroyoshi Fukutani, Kenji Morisaki and Junji Doi, have been promoted to chief executive officer. Six directors will be appointed as new chief executives: Katsmine Sato, Takeshi Sakakiya, Takahiro Noguchi, Nobuo Hatanaka, Yutaka Inaba and Motonao Okamoto. All dates are April 1. After the shareholders' meeting in June, Mr. Takemori and Sakanashi are expected to become representative directors and executive vice presidents, and Mr. Imai will be promoted to director. director and executive director.