TDK Announces Changes of Directors and Corporate Officers

Apr. 28, 2015

TDK Corporation today announced that its Board of Directors has resolved to make the following changes to its Directors and Corporate Officers. The appointments of Directors are subject to Shareholder approval at the General Shareholders Meeting to be held on June 26, 2015. The appointments of Corporate Officers are subject Board approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors following the General Shareholders Meeting.

1. Directors (new appointment and retirement)

   《Director Candidate》
    

   Noboru Saito

   Senior Vice President,
   General Manager of Corporate Strategy HQ

   Kazuhiko Ishimura

   Chairman of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

   《Retiring Director》
    

   Junji Yoneyama

   Director, Senior Vice President,
   In charge of Corporate Systems Reformation

   Yukio Yanase

   Special Advisor of ORIX Corporation,
   President of OGI Holdings Co., Ltd.

2. Company Auditors (new appointment and retirement)

   《Company Auditor Candidate》

   Junji Yoneyama

   Director, Senior Vice President,
   In charge of Corporate Systems Reformation

   Toru Ishiguro

   Partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC

   Kiyoshi Fujimura

   Outside Company Auditor of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

   《Retiring Company Auditor》

   Noboru Hara

    

   Osamu Nakamoto

   Representative of Nakamoto Law Office,
   Outside Company Auditor of Foster Electric Company, Limited,
   Outside Company Auditor of Value Commerce Co., Ltd.

   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 Daishi Bank, Ltd.,
   Outside Company Auditor of Sumitomo Riko Co., Ltd.
   Governor of Japan Exchange Regulation

3. Corporate Officers (changes in corporate officer positions, new appointment and retirement)

   《Changes in Corporate Officer Positions》
    

    

   New Position

   Former Position

   Joachim Zichlarz

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Shigenao Ishiguro

   Senior Vice President

   Corporate Officer

   Norbert Hess

   Member of the Management Board of EPCOS AG

   Michael Pocsatko

   Division Head of China Sales Division of Electronic Components & Marketing Group

   Hong Tian

   General Manager of China HQ of Corporate Strategy HQ

   Tetsuji Yamanishi

   General Manager of Finance & Accounting Group

   Junji Yoneyama

   Director, Senior Vice President,
   In charge of Corporate Systems Reformation

New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 26, 2015 will be as follows.

Directors* Outside Directors

Representative Director	Takehiro Kamigama
Director	Atsuo Kobayashi
Director	Hiroyuki Uemura
Director	Noboru Saito
Director	Makoto Sumita* (Chairman & CEO of INNOTECH CORPORATION, Director of IT Access Co., Ltd. Chairman of INNOTECH FRONTIER, Inc.)
Director	Kazumasa Yoshida* (Outside Director of Onkyo Corporation, Outside Director of Gibson Brands, Inc., Outside Director of CYBERDYNE Inc.)
Director	Kazuhiko Ishimura* (Chairman of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.)

Company Auditors* Outside Company Auditors

Company Auditor	Osamu Yotsui
Company Auditor	Junji Yoneyama
Company Auditor	Kazunori Yagi* (Company Advisor of Yokogawa Electric Corporation, Outside Company Auditor of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp., Outside Director of JSR Corporation, Outside Director of OYO Corporation)
Company Auditor	Toru Ishiguro* (Partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC)
Company Auditor	Kiyoshi Fujimura* (Outside Company Auditor of Ajinomoto Co., Inc.)

Corporate Officers

President and CEO	Takehiro Kamigama
Executive Vice President	Atsuo Kobayashi
Executive Vice President	Hiroyuki Uemura
Senior Vice President	Seiji Osaka
Senior Vice President	Shinya Yoshihara
Senior Vice President	Noboru Saito
Senior Vice President	Robin Zeng
Senior Vice President	Joachim Zichlarz
Senior Vice President	Shigenao Ishiguro
Corporate Officer	Takakazu Momozuka
Corporate Officer	Mitsuru Nagata
Corporate Officer	Joachim Thiele
Corporate Officer	Keiichi Imamoto
Corporate Officer	Satoru Sueki
Corporate Officer	Christian Block
Corporate Officer	Norbert Hess
Corporate Officer	Michael Pocsatko
Corporate Officer	Hong Tian
Corporate Officer	Tetsuji Yamanishi

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