TDK Announces Changes of Directors, Company Auditors and Corporate Officers

Apr. 26, 2013

TDK Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make the following changes to its Directors, Company Auditors and Corporate Officers. The appointments of Directors and Company Auditors are subject to Shareholder approval at the General Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 27, 2013. The appointments of Corporate Officers are subject to Board approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors following the General Shareholders Meeting.

1. Directors (new appointment and resignation)

   Director Candidate
    

   Makoto Sumita

   Chairman & CEO of INNOTECH CORPORATION, Director of IT Access Co., Ltd.

   Retiring Director
    

   Ryoichi Ohno

   Senior Officer of Prudential Holdings of Japan, Inc.

2. Company Auditors (new appointment and resignation)

   Company Auditor Candidate
    

   Kazunori Yagi

   Company Advisor of Yokogawa Electric Corporation,
   Company Auditor of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp.,
   Outside Company Director of JSR Corporation

   Retiring Company Auditor
    

   Makoto Sumita

   Chairman & CEO of INNOTECH CORPORATION, Director of IT Access Co., Ltd.

3. Corporate Officers (changes in corporate officer positions and resignation)

   Changes in Corporate Officer Positions
    

    

   New Position

   Former Position

   Shinya Yoshihara

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Junji Yoneyama

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Kaoru Matsuoka

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Noboru Saito

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Retiring Corporate Officers
    

   Shinichi Araya

   Senior Vice President

   Takaya Ishigaki

   Corporate Officer

   Masataka Kajiya

   Corporate Officer

New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 27, 2013 will be as follows.

Directors

Representative Director	Takehiro Kamigama
Director	Atsuo Kobayashi
Director	Hiroyuki Uemura
Director	Junji Yoneyama
Director	Kenichi Mori* (Visiting Professor at Tokyo University of Science Graduate School of Innovation Studies)
Director	Yukio Yanase* (Advisor of ORIX Corporation, Outside Director of Ubiteq, INC.)
Director	Makoto Sumita* (Chairman & CEO of INNOTECH CORPORATION, Director of IT Access Co., Ltd.)

* Outside Directors

Company Auditors

Company Auditor	Noboru Hara
Company Auditor	Osamu Yotsui
Company Auditor	Osamu Nakamoto* (Representative of Nakamoto Law Office, Outside Company Auditor of Foster Electric Company, Limited, Outside Company Auditor of Value Commerce Co., Ltd.)
Company Auditor	Koichi Masuda* (Advisor of The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Outside Company Auditor of Regional Economy Revitalization Corporation of Japan, Outside Company Auditor of NKSJ Holdings, Inc. Outside Director of Eisai Co., Ltd., Outside Company Auditor of The Daishi Bank, Ltd. Outside Company Auditor of Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.)
Company Auditor	Kazunori Yagi* (Company Advisor of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Company Auditor of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp., Outside Company Director of JSR Corporation.)

*Outside Company Auditors

Corporate Officers

President and CEO	Takehiro Kamigama
Executive Vice President	Raymond Leung
Executive Vice President	Atsuo Kobayashi
Executive Vice President	Hiroyuki Uemura
Senior Vice President	Seiji Osaka
Senior Vice President	Yoshiaki Hirota
Senior Vice President	Shinya Yoshihara
Senior Vice President	Junji Yoneyama
Senior Vice President	Kaoru Matsuoka
Senior Vice President	Noboru Saito
Corporate Officer	Robin Zeng
Corporate Officer	Takakazu Momozuka
Corporate Officer	Mitsuru Nagata
Corporate Officer	Joachim Zichlarz
Corporate Officer	Joachim Thiele
Corporate Officer	Keiichi Imamoto

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