• Nippon Paint Holdings will reorganize its Japan subsidiaries effective Jan. 1, 2027, splitting Nippon Paint Surf Chemicals into two operating units.
• Automotive surface-treatment functions at Surf Chemicals, excluding production, will move to Nippon Paint Automotive Coatings.
• General industrial surface-treatment operations, including all production for surface-treatment agents, will transfer to Nippon Paint Industrial Coatings.
• Surf Chemicals will be dissolved following the transfers.
• Consolidated earnings impact is expected to be immaterial.

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