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TDK Announces Changes of Directors and Corporate Officers

Apr. 28, 2017

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 29, 2017. The appointments of Corporate Officers are subject Board approval at the meeting of the Board of Directors following the General Shareholders Meeting.

Directors (new appointment and retirement)

Director Candidate

Seiji Osaka Senior Vice President,
General Manager of Corporate Strategy HQ,
in charge of Human Resources

Retiring Director

Noboru Saito Director, Senior Vice President,
Chief Executive Officer of Sensor Systems Business Company

Seiji Osaka	Senior Vice President, General Manager of Corporate Strategy HQ, in charge of Human Resources

Noboru Saito	Director, Senior Vice President, Chief Executive Officer of Sensor Systems Business Company

Corporate Officers (changes in corporate officer positions, new appointment)

Changes in Corporate Officer Positions

	New Position	Former Position
Seiji Osaka	Executive Vice President	Senior Vice President
Joachim Zichlarz	Executive Vice President	Senior Vice President
Tetsuji Yamanishi	Senior Vice President	Corporate Officer

Corporate Officer Candidates

Dai Matsuoka	General Manager of Technology and Intellectual Property HQ
Osamu Hikita	General Manager of Production Engineering HQ, Deputy General Manager of Technology and Intellectual Property HQ, General Manager of Intellectual Property Rights Center of Technology and Intellectual Property HQ

New Executive Lineup

As a result of the above changes, the new executive lineup as of June 29, 2017 will be as follows.

Directors

Representative Director	Takehiro Kamigama
Representative Director	Shigenao Ishiguro
Director	Tetsuji Yamanishi
Director	Seiji Osaka
Director	Makoto Sumita^* (Chairman and CEO of INNOTECH CORPORATION, Chairman of INNOTECH FRONTIER, Inc.)
Director	Kazumasa Yoshida^* (Outside Director of Onkyo Corporation, Outside Director of Gibson Brands, Inc., Outside Director of CYBERDYNE Inc., Outside Director of Mamezou Holdings Co., Ltd., Outside Director of FreeBit Co., Ltd.)
Director	Kazuhiko Ishimura^* (Chairman of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.)

* Outside Directors

Company Auditors

Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Junji Yoneyama
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Osamu Yotsui
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Kazunori Yagi^* (Outside Company Auditor of Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp., Outside Company Auditor of JSR Corporation, Outside Director of OYO Corporation)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Toru Ishiguro^* (Partner of Mori Hamada & Matsumoto LPC, Outside Director of Daiwa Asset Management Co. Ltd., Director of Japan Investor Protection Fund)
Audit & Supervisory Board Member	Kiyoshi Fujimura^*

* Outside Company Auditors

Corporate Officers

President and CEO	Shigenao Ishiguro
Senior Executive Vice President	Hiroyuki Uemura
Executive Vice President	Atsuo Kobayashi
Executive Vice President	Seiji Osaka
Executive Vice President	Joachim Zichlarz
Senior Vice President	Noboru Saito
Senior Vice President	Tetsuji Yamanishi
Corporate Officer	Takakazu Momozuka
Corporate Officer	Mitsuru Nagata
Corporate Officer	Joachim Thiele
Corporate Officer	Keiichi Imamoto
Corporate Officer	Satoru Sueki
Corporate Officer	Norbert Hess
Corporate Officer	Michael Pocsatko
Corporate Officer	Hong Tian
Corporate Officer	Albert Ong
Corporate Officer	Dai Matsuoka
Corporate Officer	Osamu Hikita